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The Union Home Ministry on 5 September 2026 advanced the population enumeration phase of Census 2027 in the poll-bound states of Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Uttarakhand and Goa, ahead of the nationwide schedule planned for February 2027. In these four states, a self-enumeration option will run from 16 to 30 November 2026, followed by house-to-house enumeration from 1 December 2026 to 4 January 2027 and a revisional round from 5 to 9 January 2027, with the reference date set at 00:00 hours on 5 January 2027. The government deferred the exercise in Manipur amid protests and a demand from sections there for the National Register of Citizens exercise to be completed before the census, even as it moved up the schedule in the four states holding assembly elections in early 2027.