Archive · 19 Jun 2025
Telangana to Freeze Administrative Units for 2025 Census
The Telangana government is getting ready for a big count of people, called a census.
To make sure the count is accurate, they're stopping any changes to city and district borders starting July 1, 2025.
This means the lines on the map stay put while they count everyone.
They'll announce the final borders soon.
They need to do this because changing borders during the count could mess up the numbers.
They'll allow some border changes until June 30, 2025.
They are also changing the borders of certain cities and towns to update their wards.
Telangana will freeze administrative unit boundaries from July 1, 2025, for the census.
The freeze, mandated by Census Rules, aims for accurate data collection.
Revenue department to issue a notification within a week detailing final boundaries.
Changes allowed until June 30, 2025, for reorganizations due to various factors.
Delimitation of wards scheduled in 30 new or expanded urban local bodies.
- Who
- Telangana state government.
- What
- Freezing administrative unit boundaries for the census and delimitation of wards.
- When
- Boundaries frozen from July 1, 2025; Ward delimitation from June 5-21.
- Where
- Telangana.
- Why
- To ensure accurate census data collection and administrative efficiency.
- Freeze Date
- July 1, 2025
- Notification Issuance
- Within a week
- Census Rule
- Rule 8 of the Census Rules, 1990
- Last Date for Changes
- June 30, 2025
- ULBs Affected
- 30