EXTRAORDINARY
GOVERNMENT OF GOA
Department of Planning, Statistics and Evaluation
Notification
In supersession of the Notification of the Government of Goa, issued by the Directorate of Planning,
Statistics and Evaluation, notified vide No. DPSE/IV/Population Census-2021/2019-20/786, published in
the Official Gazette, Government of Goa, Series II No. 8, dated 23rd May, 2019, the following Notification
No. S.O. 2681(E) dated 16th June, 2025 issued by the Office of the Registrar General, India, Ministry of
Home Affairs, New Delhi, is hereby published for general information.
Vijay B. Saxena, Director.
Porvorim.
Ministry of Home Affairs
(Office of the Registrar General, India)
NOTIFICATION
No. 2616 dated 16th June, 2025.
S.O. 2681(E).---- In exercise of the powers conferred by section 3 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. 1455 (E), dated the 26th March, 2019 published in the
Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, sub-section (ii), dated the 28th March, 2019, except as
respects things done or omitted to be done before such supersession, the Central Government hereby
declares that a census of the population of India shall be taken during the year 2027.
2.
The reference date for the said census shall be 00.00 hours of the 1st day of March, 2027, except
for the Union Territory of Ladakh and snow-bound non-synchronous areas of the Union territory
of Jammu and Kashmir and the States of Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand.
DPSE/IV/Population Census -2027/1/2025-26/883
Date: 20-Jun-2025
Suggestions are welcomed on e-mail: [email protected]
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