EXTRAORDINARY

Department of Planning

Directorate of Planning, Statistics and Evaluation

Notification

Pursuant to the Government of India Notification for conducting Pretest for the 1^st Phase of Census

2027, under Section 17-A of the Census Act, republished in the Official Gazette, Government of Goa

(Extraordinary No. 2) dated 22^nd October, 2025, the Government of Goa is pleased to appoint the District

Collectors North Goa and South Goa respectively as Principal Census Officers for the Pretest of Census

2027 being conducted in their respective districts from 10^th November, 2025 to 30^th November, 2025 with

an option for self-enumeration from 1^st November, 2025 to 7^th November, 2025 as under:

State

Name

District Name

Taluka

Rural/Urban

Town with Ward No./Village Name

Goa

North Goa

Pernem

Rural

Corgao

South Goa

Salcete

Urban

Margao (MCL) (Ward No. 0016)

By order and in the name of the Governor of Goa.

Vijay B. Saxena, Director and ex-officio Joint Secretary (Planning).

Porvorim.

DPSE/IV/Population Census-2027/1/2025-26/2245

Date : 24-Oct-2025

1025

Reg. No. RNP/GOA/32/2024-2026

RNI No. GOAENG/2002/6410

Panaji, 24th October, 2025 (Kartika 2, 1947)

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