According to the government, this will be the first digital Census, the first to count caste and also the first where respondents will be able to self-enumerate through a yet-to-be announced portal. File
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The Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India (RG&CCI) on Thursday (January 22, 2026) notified 33 questions that residents will have to answer in the first phase of Census 2027, which will be conducted between April 1 and September 30.
While the notification published on January 7, 2020 for Census 2021, which was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic…