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लद्दाख, 24 अगस्त, 2026
LADAKH, MONDAY, AUGUST, 24, 2026
Part II - Section 3
के न्द्र-शासित प्रदेश लद्दाख प्रशासन ADMINISTRATION OF UNION TERRITORY OF LADAKH
PLANNING DEVELOPMENT & MONITORING DEPARTMENT
NOTIFICATION
LADAKH, THE 18th OF AUGUST, 2026
S.O. 248 In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-rule (ii) of Rule 8 of the Census Rules, 1990, the Administration of Union Territory of Ladakh hereby republishes the Notification S.O. 4505(E) dated: 14th August, 2026 issued by the Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India, Ministry of Home Affairs, New Delhi, published in the Gazette of India Extraordinary, appended to this notification for general public information.
By order of the Administration of Union Territory of Ladakh.
LADAKH GAZETTE : EXTRAORDINARY 2Sd/- (Himanshu Gupta) IAS Administrative Secretary, Planning Dev. & Monitoring Department, UT of Ladakh.
No.: M/328/2021-PD&MD/e-2402/237-248 Dated: 19.08.2026
MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS
(Office of the Registrar General, India)
Notification
New Delhi, the 14th August 2026
S.O. 4505(E).—In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section
(1) of section 8 of the Census Act, 1948 (37 of 1948), the Central Government hereby instructs and directs that the census officers may, within the limits of the local area for which they have been respectively appointed, ask all such questions of all persons residing within such limits, pertaining to the items enumerated below, for collecting information through the Household Schedule in connection with the Census of India 2027, namely :—
1. Name of the person
2. Relationship to head
3. Sex
4. Date of Birth and Age (in completed years)
5. Current Marital Status
6. Age at Marriage (in completed years)
7. Spouse Name
8. Nationality as declared
9. Religion
10. Scheduled Caste (SC)/ Scheduled Tribe (ST)/Caste
11. Father's Particulars
12. Mother's Particulars
13. Disability
14 Mother Tongue and other languages known
15. Literacy and digital literacy status
16. Status of attendance in educational institution
17. Highest educational level attained and Stream/Discipline
18. Worked any time during last yearLADAKH GAZETTE : EXTRAORDINARY 3 19. Category of economic activity
20. Occupation
21. Nature of industry, trade or service
22. Class of worker
23. Non-economic activity (for marginal, semi-marginal and non-worker) 24. Seeking or available for work (for marginal, semi-marginal and non-worker) 25. Travel to place of work
26. Birth place
27. Place of last residence
28. Reason for migration
29. Duration of stay in this village/town since last migration
30. Permanent Residential Address
31. Number of children surviving at present (for currently married, widowed,
divorced and separated women only)
32. Number of children ever born alive (for currently married, widowed,
divorced and separated women only)
33. Number of children born alive during last one year (for currently married women only)
34. Place of Covid-19 Vaccination
35. Total number of Bank Accounts
36. Mobile Number (if available)
37. Aadhaar Number (if available)
38. Voter ID Number (if available).
39. Passport Number (if Indian Passport holder)
40. Availability of Driving License
[F. No. 9/8/2025-CD (Cen)]
MRITUNJAY KUMAR NARAYAN,
Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India.