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GOVERNMENT OF KARNATAKA

No: RD/542/TNR/2026

Karnataka Government Secretariat

M.S. Building,

Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Veedhi,

Bengaluru, dated: 29.06.2026.

NOTIFICATION

The accompanying Notification S.O. 3472(E) dated:27^th June, 2026 issued by the

Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India, Ministry of Home Affairs, New Delhi,

as published in the Gazette of India Extraordinary, is republished in Karnataka Gazette, part-

IV, Section-C, for information of General Public.

By order and in the name

of the Governor of Karnataka

(NARASIMHAMURTHY GK)

Under Secretary to Government,

Revenue Department,

(Services -3 & Disaster Management)

MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

(Office of Registrar General, India)

NOTIFICATION

New Delhi, the 27^th June, 2026

S.O. 3472(E).— In exercise of the powers conferred by section 17A of the Census Act,

1948 (37 of 1948) read with rule 6D of the Census Rules, 1990, the Central Government

hereby extends the provisions of the said Act for conduct of pre-test of second phase of Census

of India, 2027 in the States and Union territories, as under:-

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Part – IV

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, 2026

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BENGALURU, MONDAY, 29, JUNE, 2026 ( ASHADHA, 08, SHAKAVARSHA, 1948)

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(i) the pre-test of Population Enumeration in selected sample areas shall be conducted

from 6^th July, 2026 to 18^th July, 2026, with a revisional round from 19^th July, 2026 to

20^th July, 2026.

(ii) there shall be an option for self-enumeration from 1^st July, 2026 to 5^th July, 2026.

[F. No. 9/8/2025-CD(Cen)]

MRITUNJAY KUMAR NARAYAN, Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India

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