Centre Issues Census Notification, To Start In Ladakh, J&K, 2 States In 2026

The Census - the recording of India's population, including of critical details such as caste - will begin in the union territories of Ladakh and Jammu and Kashmir, as well as Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand from midnight on October 1, 2026, the government said Monday afternoon. Counting for the rest of the country will begin from midnight on March 1, 2027. Earlier today Union Home Minister Amit Shah reviewed the census prep with the Home secretary, the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India and other senior officials. 

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