This document is a notification from the Government of the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi, dated July 16, 2025, regarding the upcoming census of India. It publishes for general information Notification No. S.O. 2681(E) issued by the Office of the Registrar General, India, Ministry of Home Affairs, New Delhi, dated June 16, 2025. This notification declares that a census of the population of India will be conducted in 2027, superseding previous notifications S.O. 1455(E) dated March 26, 2019. The reference date for the census will be 00:00 hours on March 1, 2027, with the exception of the Union Territory of Ladakh and snowbound areas of Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, and Uttarakhand, where the reference date will be 00:00 hours on October 1, 2026. The notification is issued under the authority of the Census Act of 1948. The issuing authority for the Delhi Gazette is the Revenue Department, Census Branch, Office of the Divisional Commissioner.
Key Entities Referenced
Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi: The governing body of the National Capital Territory of Delhi, responsible for issuing the initial notification superseded by this document.
Revenue Department, Govt. of NCT of Delhi: A department within the Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi responsible for revenue matters and the initial notification.
Office of the Registrar General, India: An office under the Ministry of Home Affairs, responsible for conducting census operations in India.
Ministry of Home Affairs: A ministry of the Government of India.
New Delhi: The location of the Office of the Registrar General, India and the Ministry of Home Affairs.
Census Act, 1948: An act of the Parliament of India that provides the legal framework for conducting the census of India.
India: The country for which the census is being conducted.
Ladakh: A Union Territory of India, for which a different reference date applies for the census.
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भारत सरकार
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स.ं 209] दिल्ली, बहृ स्ट् पजतवार, िलु ाई 17, 2025/आषाढ़ 26, 1947 [रा.रा.रा.क्षे.दि. स.ं 134
No. 209] DELHI, THURSDAY, JULY 17, 2025/ASHADHA 26, 1947 [N. C. T. D. No. 134
भाग IV
PART IV
राष्ट्रीय रािधानी राज्य क्षत्रे दिल्ली सरकार
GOVERNMENT OF THE NATIONAL CAPITAL TERRITORY OF DELHI
कायाला य मण्डलायक्तु (रािस्ट्व)
(समन्वय िाखा)
fnYyh] 16 िुलाई, 2025
. . 36 (146)/ िनगणना/ मडं लायक्तु /2025/894-905.— रािस्ट्व जवभाग, दिल्ली सरकार द्वारा िारी
राष्ट्रीय रािधानी क्षत्रे दिल्ली सरकार की अजधसूचना, संख्या एफ. 36(63)/समन्वय/जवभाग.संचार/2019/1179, िो
29 िलु ाई, 2019 को राष्ट्रीय रािधानी क्षत्रे दिल्ली सरकार के आजधकाररक रािपत्र म ें प्रकाजित हुई थी, के स्ट्थान पर,
भारत के महापंिीयक कायाालय, गहृ मंत्रालय, नई दिल्ली द्वारा िारी जनम्नजलजखत अजधसचू ना संख्या एस.ओ. 2681(ई)
दिनांक 16 िून, 2025, सामान्य िानकारी के जलए प्रकाजित की िाती ह।ै
“का.आ. 2681 (अ). केंद्रीय सरकार, िनगणना अजधजनयम, 1948 (1948 का 37) की धारा 3 द्वारा प्रिन्त
िजस्ट्तयों का प्रयोग करत े हुए और भारत के रािपत्र असाधारण, भाग 2, खडं 3 उपखंड (आईआई) तारीख 28 माच,ा 2019
म ें प्रकाजित भारत सरकार के गृह मंत्रालय (भारत के महारजिस्ट्रार का कायाालय) की अजधसूचना संख्यांक का.आ. 1455
4786 DG/2025 (1)2 DELHI GAZETTE : EXTRAORDINARY PART IV]
(अ) तारीख 26 माच,ा 2019 के अजधक्रमण म,ें उन बातों के जसवाय जिन्ह ें ऐस े अजधक्रमण स े पहल े दकया गया ह ै या करन े
का लोप दकया गया ह,ै यह घोषणा करती ह ैदक भारत की िनसंख्या की िनगणना वष ा 2027 के िौरान की िाएगी।
2. उक्त िनगणना के जलए संिभ ा तारीख, संघ राज्यक्षेत्र लद्दाख के और संघ राज्यक्षेत्र िम्म-ू कश्मीर तथा जहमाचल
प्रिेि एय उत्तराखंड राज्यों के जहमाच्छादित असमकाजलक क्षेत्रों के जसवाय, माच,ा 2027 के पहल े दिन के 00:00 बि े
होगी।
3. संघ राज्यक्षेत्र लद्दाख के जलए और संघ राज्यक्षेत्र िम्म-ू कश्मीर तथा जहमाचल प्रििे एव ं उत्तराखंड राज्यों के
जहमाच्छादित असमकाजलक क्षत्रे ों के जलए संिभ ा तारीख अक्तूबर, 2026 के पहल े दिन के 00:00 बि ेहोगी।
मृतयुंिय कुमार नारायण, महारजिस्ट्रार
और िनगणना आयक्तु ”
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आिेि एव ं उपराज्यपाल, राष्ट्रीय रािधानी क्षत्रे ,
दिल्ली के नाम स,े
नीरि सेमवाल, सजचव-(रािस्ट्व जवभाग)
OFFICE OF THE DIVISIONAL COMMISSIONER (REVENUE DEPARTMENT)
(Census Branch)
NOTIFICATION
Delhi, 16th July, 2025
F. No. 36(146)/Census/Div.Comm./2025/894-905.— In supersession of the Notification of the Government
of NCT of Delhi, issued by the Revenue Department, Govt. of NCT of Delhi, notified vide No.
F.36(63)/Coord./Div.comm./2019/1179, published in the Official Gazette, Government of NCT of Delhi, dated 29th
July, 2019, the following Notification No. S.O. 2681(E) dated 16th June, 2025 issued by the Office of the Registrar
General, India, Ministry of Home Affairs, New Delhi, is hereby published for general information.
“S.O. 2681(E). In exercise of the powers conferred by section 3 of the Census Act, 1948 (37 of 1948), and in
supersession of the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Home Affairs (Office of the Registrar
General, India) number S.O. 1455(E), dated the 26th March, 2019 published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary,
Part II, section 3, sub-section (ii), dated the 28th March, 2019, except as respects things done or omitted to be done
before such supersession, the Central Government hereby declares that a census of the population of India shall be
taken during the year 2027.
2. The reference date for the said census shall be 00.00 hours of the 1 day of March, 2027, except for the
Union territory of Ladakh and snow-bound non-synchronous areas of the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir and
the States of Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand.
3. In respect of the Union territory of Ladakh and snow-bound non-synchronous areas of the Union territory
of Jammu and Kashmir and the States of Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand, the reference date shall be 00:00 hours
of the 1st day of October, 2026.
MRITUNJAY KUMAR NARAYAN, Registrar General and
Census Commissioner, India
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By Order and in the Name of the Lieutenant Governor of the
National Capital Territory of Delhi,
NEERAJ SEMWAL, Secy. (Revenue)
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