New Delhi, Apr 1 President Droupadi Murmu participated in the self-enumeration initiative for the 2027 Census at Rashtrapati Bhavan, her office said.
Murmu self-enumerated her household details on the portal (se.census.gov.in) in the presence of Home Secretary Govind Mohan, Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India Mritunjay Kumar Narayan, and other senior officials, according to a post on X.
The Census began on Wednesday in eight states and Union Territories, including Delhi, with the opening of a 15-day self-enumeration window, allowing citizens to provide information themselves on the government-developed web portal.
"President Droupadi Murmu participated in the self-enumeration initiative of the Government of India for the 2027 Census at Rashtrapati Bhavan. This Census is being conducted in a digital mode for the first time," the President's office said.
The social media post also included pictures of the event.
The 15-day window for self-enumeration in the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) and Delhi Cantonment areas began on Wednesday. For the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) areas, the self-enumeration will be held from May 1 to May 15.
The door-to-door houselisting operation will be conducted in two 30-day windows: areas under NDMC and Delhi Cantonment from April 16 to May 15, and areas under MCD from May 16 to June 15, as outlined in the Census schedule.
The 2027 Census is being conducted in two phases: the first stage, known as house listing and housing census, and the second stage, the population census.