Andhra Pradesh Census to begin on March 2027

AMRAVATI (Andhra Pradesh): The Andhra Pradesh government has announced that the process of population enumeration in the state will commence from March 1, 2027.

Chief Secretary in the general administration department, S Rawat issued, a government order on Thursday to republish the notification issued by the Centre and published in the Gazette of India, in the AP Gazette with regard to conduct of population census in the state.

The central government has decided to conduct a nationwide census in 2027. This aligns with the Centre’s nationwide census schedule. The last census in Andhra Pradesh was conducted in 2011 as part of a larger Census of India.

The Union Home Ministry had announced the dates for the country’s population census. The central goverment will carry out the Census in two phases, starting March 1, 2027. The first phase of 2027, which will focus on listing operations, is scheduled to begin on October 1, 2026, in Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand.

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This phase will collect data on housing conditions, assets, and amenities. However, the second phase will include phase and population enumeration, which will commence on March 1, 2027, for the rest of the country.

Meanwhile the Himachal Pradesh State Election Commission (SEC) has taken a strong exception to the state government’s move to postpone the Urban Local Body (UBC) election reservation roster, asserting the the Urban Development Department has no legal mandate to alter a schedule issued by a constitution authority, as per an official statement.

In the letter dated July 10, the SEC said, “Your kind attention is invited towards clause (g) of Article 243P of the Constitution of India read with Section 2(31) of the Himachal Pradesh Municipal Corporation Act, 1994 and Section 2(38) of the Himachal Pradesh Minucipal Corporation Act, 1994, which in unambiguous terms provides that ‘population as ascertained at the last preceding census of which the relevant figures have been published’ shall be used for the reservation purpose.”

The order, signed by Special Secretary (Urban Development) Saurabh Jassal, had instructed that no reservation notification be issued or implemented “until such time as the updated Census data is officially released.” Copies of the letter were marked to the Secretary, State Election Commission, and Director, Urban Development. (ANI)