Date: 2026-01-22Category: Extra OrdinaryState: Union GovernmentCountry: India
Publication of Gazette Notification for census questionnaire for the first phase of Census 2027 Houselisting Operations HLO Houselisting and Housing Census
**Executive Summary**
This document from the Ministry of Home Affairs, dated January 22, 2026, outlines the instructions for the Census of India 2027. It directs all census officers to collect information through houselisting and housing census schedules. The document replaces a previous notification dated January 7, 2020, except for actions already taken.
**Key Points / Main Content**
* **Supersession:** This notification supersedes the previous notification S.O. 120(E) dated January 7, 2020, published on January 9, 2020, except for things already done or omitted.
* **Instruction to Census Officers:** All census officers are instructed to collect information related to the Census of India 2027.
* **Data Collection Method:** Information should be collected through houselisting and housing census schedules.
* **Question Categories:** Census officers are directed to ask questions related to the following categories:
* Building and Census House Details: Numbering, material of floor, wall, and roof.
* Household Information: Number of residents, head of household details (name, sex, caste/tribe), ownership status, number of rooms, number of married couples.
* Amenities: Source of drinking water, availability of water, source of lighting, access to and type of latrine, waste water outlet, bathing facility, kitchen and LPG/PNG connection, main fuel used for cooking.
* Possessions and Connectivity: Radio/Transistor, Television, Internet, Laptop/Computer, Telephone/Mobile Phone/Smartphone, Bicycle/Scooter/Motorcycle/Moped, Car/Jeep/Van.
* Food Habits: Main cereal consumed.
* Contact Information: Mobile number (for census-related communication only).
**Impact Analysis**
**Stakeholder: Census Officers**
* **Impact:** They are required to collect specific information from all persons within their assigned local areas.
* **Action Required:** Ask all enumerated questions as specified in the document.
**Stakeholder: General Public**
* **Impact:** They are expected to provide answers to the questions posed by Census Officers related to housing and household details.
* **Action Required:** Be prepared to answer the questions truthfully and accurately when approached by Census Officers.
Key Entities Referenced
Census Act, 1948: The act that empowers the government to conduct the census.
Census of India 2027: The upcoming national census.
Ministry of Home Affairs: The ministry responsible for the census in India.
Mritunjay Kumar Narayan: Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India.
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EXTRAORDINARY
भाग II—खण् ड 3—उप-खण्ड (ii)
PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (ii)
प्राजधकार स ेप्रकाजित
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
स.ं 325] नई दिल्ली, बृहस्ट्प जतवार, िनवरी 22, 2026/माघ 2, 1947
No. 325] NEW DELHI, THURSDAY, JANUARY 22, 2026/MAGHA 2, 1947
गहृ मत्रं ालय
(भारत के महारजिस्ट्रार का कायाला य)
अजधसचू ना
नई दिल्ली, 22 िनवरी, 2026
का.आ. 353(अ).— केंद्रीय सरकार, िनगणना अजधजनयम, 1948 (1948 का 37) की धारा 8 की उपधारा (1)
के द्वारा प्रित्त िजियों का प्रयोग करत ेहुए और भारत के रािपत्र, असाधारण, भाग 2, खंड 3 उपखंड (ii) तारीख 9 िनवरी,
2020 में प्रकाजित भारत सरकार के गृह मंत्रालय (भारत के महारजिस्ट्रार का कायाालय) की अजधसूचना सखं यांक
का.आ. 120(अ) तारीख 7 िनवरी, 2020 के अजधक्रमण म,ें उन बातों के जसवाय अजधक्रांत करत ेहुए, जिन्ह ेंऐस ेअजधक्रमण
स ेपहले दकया गया ह ैया करन ेका लोप दकया गया ह,ै यह अनिु ेि िेती ह ैदक वे सभी िनगणना अजधकारी जिसके जलए उन्ह ें
जनयुि दकया गया ह,ै अपनी जनयुजि से संबंजधत स्ट्थानीय क्षेत्रों की सीमाओं के भीतर भारत की िनगणना 2027 के संबंध
में मकानसूचीकरण तथा मकानों की गणना अनुसूजचयों के माध्यम स े िानकारी एकत्र करन े के जलए नीच े प्रगजणत मिों के
संबंध में सभी व्यजियों से इस प्रकार के प्रश्न पछू ,ें अथाात:-
1. भवन नंबर (नगर या स्ट्थानीय प्राजधकरण अथवा िनगणना नंबर)
2. िनगणना मकान नंबर
3. िनगणना मकान के फि ा म ेंप्रयुि प्रमुख सामग्री
496 GI/2026 (1)2 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART II—SEC. 3(ii)]
4. िनगणना मकान के िीवार म ेंप्रयुि प्रमुख सामग्री
5. िनगणना मकान के छत म ेंप्रयुि प्रमुख सामग्री
6. िनगणना मकान के उपयोग
7. िनगणना मकान की हालत
8. पररवार क्रमांक
9. पररवार म ेंसामान्यतः रहने वाल ेव्यजियों की कुल संखया
10. पररवार के मुजखया का नाम
11. पररवार के मुजखया का ललगं
12. क्या पररवार का मुजखया अनुसूजचत िाजत/ अनुसूजचत िनिाजत/ अन्य स ेसंबंजधत ह ै
13. मकान के स्ट्वाजमत्व की जस्ट्थजत
14. पररवार के पास रहने के जलए उपलब्ध कमरों की संखया
15. पररवार म ेंरहने वाल ेजववाजहत िंपजत्तयों की संखया
16. पेयिल का मुखय स्रोत
17. पेयिल स्रोत की उपलब्धता
18. प्रकाि का मखु य स्रोत
19. िौचालय की सुलभता
20. िौचालय का प्रकार
21. गंि ेपानी की जनकासी
22. स्नानगृह की उपलब्धता
23. रसोईघर और एलपीिी/पीएनिी कनेक्िन की उपलब्धता
24. खाना पकाने के जलए प्रयिु मुखय ईंधन
25. रेजडयो/रांजिस्ट्टर
26. टेलीजविन
27. इंटरनेट सुजवधा
28. लपै टॉप/कंप्यूटर
29. टेलीफोन/मोबाइल फोन/स्ट्माटा फोन
30. साइदकल/स्ट्कूटर/मोटरसाइदकल/मोपेड
31. कार/िीप/वैन
32. पररवार द्वारा उपभोग दकया िाने वाले मखु य अनाि
33. मोबाइल नंबर (केवल िनगणना संबंधी संसूचना के जलए)
[फा. स. ं 9/8/2025-सीडी (सीइएन)]
मृत्युंिय कुमार नारायण, भारत के महारजिस्ट्रार एव ं िनगणना आयुक्त[भाग II—खण् ड 3(ii)] भारत का रािपत्र : असाधारण 3
MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS
(Office of Registrar General, India)
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 22nd January, 2026
S.O. 353(E).— In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 8 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. 120(E), dated the 7th January,2020 published in the
Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (ii), dated the 9th January, 2020, except as respects
things done or omitted to be done before such supersession, the Central Government hereby instructs that all the
Census Officers may, within the limits of the local areas for which they have been respectively appointed, ask all
such questions from all persons on the items enumerated below for collecting information through the
houselisting and housing census schedule in connection with the Census of India 2027 namely:-
1. Building number (Municipal or local authority or census number).
2. Census house number.
3. Predominant material of floor of the census house.
4. Predominant material of wall of the census house.
5. Predominant material of roof of the census house.
6. Ascertain use of census house.
7. Condition of the census house.
8. Household number.
9. Total number of persons normally residing in the household.
10. Name of the head of the household.
11. Sex of the head of the household.
12. Whether the head of the household belongs to Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe/Other.
13. Ownership status of the census house.
14. Number of dwelling rooms exclusively in possession of the household.
15. Number of married couple(s) living in the household.
16. Main source of drinking water.
17. Availability of drinking water source.
18. Main source of lighting.
19. Access to latrine.
20. Type of latrine.
21. Waste water outlet.
22. Availability of bathing facility.
23. Availability of kitchen and LPG/PNG connection.
24. Main fuel used for cooking.
25. Radio/Transistor.
26. Television.
27. Access to internet.
28. Laptop/Computer.
29. Telephone/Mobile Phone/Smartphone.
30. Bicycle/Scooter/Motorcycle/Moped.
31. Car/Jeep/Van.
32. Main Cereal consumed in the household.
33. Mobile Number (for census related communications only).
[F. No. 9/8/2025- CD (Cen)]
MRITUNJAY KUMAR NARAYAN, Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India
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