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Part II—Section 1

Notifications or Orders of specific character or of particular interest to the public

issued by Secretariat Departments.

NOTIFICATIONS BY GOVERNMENT

TAMIL NADU

GOVERNMENT GAZETTE

EXTRAORDINARY PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY

PUBLIC DEPARTMENT

(Law Officers)

DECLARATION OF CONDUCT THE CENSUS OF POPULATION OF INDIA DURING 2027.

(Letter No. 7623/L.O/2025-7, 21.01.2026)

No. II(1)/PULO/2(a)/2026.

The following Order of the Gazette of India, Ministry of Home Affairs (Office of Registrar General, India),

New Delhi, the 7th January, 2026 is republished:-

S.O.99(E).— In exercise of the powers conferred by section 3 and section 17A of the Census Act, 1948

(37 of 1948) read with rules 6A and 6D of the Census Rules, 1990 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. 119(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 declares that the houselisting operations of the Census of lndia

2027 shall take place between 1st April, 2026 and 30th September, 2026 in all States and Union territories in

India during the period of thirty days specified by each State and Union territory. There shall also be an option

for self-enumeration which shall be conducted in fifteen days’ time period just before the start of house to house

houselisting operations of thirty days.

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

MRITUNJAY KUMAR NARAYAN,

Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India.

REETA HARISH THAKKAR,

Principal Secretary to Government.

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