Next census of India to be held in 2021: Home Ministry

Home Ministry has announced that the next census of India will be carried out in 2021. March 01, 2021 will be the reference date for the census.
However, for the state of Jammu and Kashmir and snowbound non-synchronous areas of Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand, the reference date shall be October 01, 2020.
The decision has been taken in power of section 3 of the Census Act, 1948. India’s last census was carried out in the year 2011 when India’s population stood at 121 crores.