2027 Census: After a delay of five years due to Covid-19 pandemic and other administrative reasons, India’s 16th Census has begun today. This is eighth census after Independence and will be the largest such exercise till now with a digital touch. Census 2027 is being conducted in two phases – Phase I-House Listing and Housing Census popularly known as HLO during six months from April to September, 2026 in a period of 30 days as per the convenience of the State/UT governments along with option of Self-enumeration of 15 days period just before the 30 days period of house-to-house houselisting work.
In this phase information about condition of houses, amenities available to the household and assets possessed by the household will be collected. Questions of the Phase I of the Census have been notified in January, 2026.
Phase II-Population Enumeration (PE) will be conducted during February 2027 (UT of Ladakh and snow-bound non-synchronous areas of UT of Jammu and Kashmir and States of Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh Phase II will be conducted during September 2026). As decided by CCPA, enumeration of castes will also be done during second phase of Census. In phase II, information on demographic, socio-economic, education, migration, fertility etc. will be collected from each individual. Exact dates of the Population Enumeration and questions to be covered in this Phase will be notified in due course.
According to an official release, the Census 2027 will be conducted through digital means. Enumerators will collect and submit data directly through Mobile App, using smart phone. In addition to this, there will be an online provision for self-enumeration in both the phases. Mobile app as well as self-enumeration portal will be available in 16 languages including Hindi and English.
The questions that are part of the questionnaire include – Is your house built with a concrete roof or a thatched one? What is your main staple food? Do you have internet access, or do you use only a basic mobile phone? And how many married couples live in your home?
These are some of the 33 questions that over 100 crore people in India will be asked. The country is set to begin its biggest census exercise on Wednesday. This will be the first population count in more than 15 years.
The exercise will be carried out in two phases. It is being described as the largest of its kind in the world. Over 30 lakh officials will be involved to squeeze out details about 140 crore Indians, and the process is expected to take about a year to cover every individual across the country.
The exercise will cover 36 states and Union Territories. It will span more than 7,000 sub-districts, over 9,700 towns, and nearly 6,40,000 villages. Fieldwork will be carried out by enumerators and supervisors. These are usually schoolteachers, government employees, and local officials.
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