Census 2027 Phase-I pre-test ends, April 2026 rollout planned

Almost three months ahead of the beginning of the first phase of Census of India 2027 -- Houselisting and Housing Census -- a detailed plan for the gigantic exercise engaging lakhs of manpower and crucial infrastructure to cover the entire population of the country has been discussed with all stakeholder on sub-district, district and state level, officials part of the operation said.

- TDG NETWORK

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The discussion to be executed in further operations planned soon after the completion of the pretest exercise of the Phase I - Houselisting and Housing Census, which was concluded earlier this month, with Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India Mritunjay Kumar Narayan lauding all the stakeholders for its success, as it was a crucial part of the 1st ever digital Census 2027.

Government officials from few states and the Centre, known with the development, told ANI that a detailed roadmap was part of the discussion and further plan covering the ground level deployment of lakhs of field functionaries visiting every household and canvassing separate questionnaire for HLO; use of mobile app for data collection; deployment of census functionaries at sub-district, district and state levels; and security features for the mammoth digital operation necessary for the conduct of the first phase of largest administrative and statistical exercise in the world scheduled between April to September, 2026.