PUBLIC DEPARTMENT (Law officers)--Census of India 2027

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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

PUBLIC DEPARTMENT

(Law Officers)

CENSUS OF INDIA 2027

(Letter No. 133/LO/2026-1, dated:27.02.2026)

No. II(1)/PULO/3(d)/2026.

The Following order of the Gazette of India, Ministry of Home affairs (Office of Registrar General, India), New Delhi, the 22nd January, 2026 is republished:-

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 of Census Number).

2. Census house Number.

3. Predominant material of floor of the Census house.

4. Predominant material of wall of the Census house.

Ex-II-1—(134)

[ 1 ]2 TAMIL NADU GOVERNMENT GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY 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 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).

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MRITUNJAY KUMAR NARAYAN, Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India.

Tamil Translation

REETA HARISH THAKKAR,

Principal Secretary to Government.

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