Census 2027: In a first, citizens will be able to self-enumerate through web portal

The web portal volition beryllium disposable for some the phases of Census -- Houselisting and Housing Census and Population Enumeration

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A peculiar dedicated web portal volition beryllium launched for self-enumeration during the upcoming Census, which volition beryllium disposable for some phases of the nationalist enumeration exercise, officials said connected Monday.

In the country’s archetypal integer census, enumerators volition cod the information of citizens utilizing mobile applications connected their Android and Apple phones, they said.

It volition besides beryllium the archetypal clip successful the state that citizens volition get a accidental to self-enumerate done a dedicated web portal which volition beryllium disposable for some the phases of Census -- Houselisting and Housing Census (HLO) and Population Enumeration.

“Digital Census inaugural is simply a transformational measurement towards modernising the Census process. For the archetypal time, exertion volition beryllium utilized to cod information and nonstop it electronically to the cardinal server. This volition effect successful aboriginal availability of Census data,” an authoritative said.

Very stringent information information measures would beryllium kept successful spot to guarantee information information astatine the clip of collection, transmission and storage.

HLO volition commencement from April 1, 2026, followed by signifier 2 starting connected February 1, 2027 successful which Population Enumeration (PE) volition beryllium conducted. Castes of household members volition beryllium enumerated successful the ensuing Census.

Reference day for the Census 2027 volition beryllium 00:00 hrs of March 1, 2027 and 00:00 hrs of October 1, 2026 for Union Territories of Ladakh and Jammu and Kashmir and snowbound non-synchronous areas of Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand.

It volition beryllium the 16^th Census since commencement of the workout successful the state and 8^th aft Independence, for which a gazette notification was issued connected June 16.

The Registrar General of India has enactment successful spot a three-tier focused and need-based grooming for each phase—national trainer, maestro trainer and tract trainer.

The tract trainers volition bid astir 34 lakh enumerators and supervisors for the monolithic exercise.

The RGI has told states and Union Territories to marque immoderate projected changes successful the boundaries of administrative units earlier December 31, erstwhile they volition beryllium considered last for the Census exercise.

In a missive to each states and Union Territories, Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India Mritunjay Kumar Narayan had said that for the Census, each villages and towns are divided into azygous enumeration blocks and for each block, an enumerator is assigned to debar immoderate miss oregon repetition during the colonisation count.

According to norms, the Census tin beryllium conducted lone 3 months aft the freezing of bound limits of administrative units specified arsenic districts, sub-districts, tehsils, talukas and constabulary stations.

Narayan had said that from April 1, 2026, the Houselisting Operation, the assignment of supervisors and enumerators and the enactment part among them volition beryllium done, and connected February 1, 2027, the Census of the colonisation volition begin.