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April 10, New Delhi: More than 5.72 lakh households have availed the Self-Enumeration facility under the 2027 Census, reflecting increasing participation in the digital initiative.The online facility, part of Phase 1 covering house listing and housing census, is currently being implemented in...

Hyderabad, April 9 Bharati Hollikeri, Director of Census Operations in Telangana, said on Thursday that the 2027 Census will be conducted in a digital mode, in contrast to the paper-based exercise conducted until 2011.The first phase of the exercise, involving house listing and housing census...

Mumbai, April 8 Union Minister Ramdas Athawale on Wednesday demanded that people who converted to Buddhism from the Scheduled Castes in Maharashtra be recorded as "Buddhist" in religion during the ongoing Census exercise, but their caste should continue to be listed under the SC category."This...

Lucknow, April 8 Uttar Pradesh Chief Secretary S P Goyal reviewed preparations for the first phase of the 2027 Census on Wednesday and directed officials to complete key groundwork, including a digital database of enumerators, by April 10.The review meeting, held via video conferencing with...

RAJOURI, APRIL 06: A three-day training program for Census 2027 Phase-I (House Listing Operations) concluded in Rajouri, aimed at strengthening the preparedness of field staff.Organized by the District Statistics & Evaluation Office, the training focused on improving the capacity and...

New Delhi, April 5 Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday opposed any move to operationalize the Women's Reservation Bill without a fresh population census, asserting that the absence of updated data would render the entire exercise flawed and unjust.In a post on the social media...

April 03, New Delhi – The Speaker of the Lower House of Parliament, Lok Sabha, Om Birla, completed his self-enumeration for the census on Friday at his residence in New Delhi.The Speaker urged citizens to actively participate in the exercise and contribute to the vision of "Jan-gan-na Se...

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...

Gangtok, April 1 Sikkim Governor Om Prakash Mathur and Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang began the self-enumeration exercise for the 2027 Census on Wednesday, officials said.Mathur and Tamang completed the process here through the newly launched online census portal, in the presence of...

The first phase of the 2027 Census, the world's largest population census exercise, will begin today. This will be the 16th census in the series, and the 8th since independence. The census will be conducted in two phases: House Listing (HLO) and Population Enumeration (PE), with March 1, 2027...

The government has announced a set of 33 questions that will be asked during the first phase of the 2027 Census. Speaking at a press conference in New Delhi, Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India, Mritunjay Kumar Narayan, stated that the census will be conducted in two phases. Mr...

New Delhi, March 30 The first phase of the 2027 Census, House Listing Operations, will begin in Delhi on April 16, during which information pertaining to all structures, houses, and households will be collected, Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India Mrityunjay Kumar Narayan said on...

Imphal, March 27 Manipur Chief Minister Yumnam Khemchand Singh said on Friday that the state government is making efforts to ensure a free and fair census.On Thursday, the state government had announced that the house listing operations for the 2027 India Census will be conducted in the state...

Imphal, March 26 House listing operations for the 2027 Census in Manipur will be conducted between September 1 and September 30, according to an official notification.The notification stated, "The state government declares that the house listing operations for the 2027 Census of India will...

Bhubaneswar, March 18 The first phase of the Census House Listing Operations (HLO) will begin in all 30 districts of Odisha from April 16 and continue until May 15, a top official said on Wednesday.Addressing a press conference here, Director of Census Operations in Odisha, Nikhil Pavan...

New Delhi, March 11 The upcoming census will collect data on the sex of the household head – Male, Female, and Transgender, the Rajya Sabha was informed on Wednesday.Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai, in a written response, said the 2027 census will be conducted in two phases...

Itanagar, March 8 The Arunachal Pradesh government has announced that the house listing operations (HLO) for the 2027 Census will begin across the state on April 16, an official said.The HLO, to be conducted in the first phase, is an important part of the Census process, said Census Operations...

Gandhinagar, February 24 – Gujarat has begun preparations for Phase 1 of the nationwide census in 2027, with officials emphasizing accuracy, transparency, and the use of digital tools to simplify the process.A special meeting of Principal Census Officers from Gujarat, Dadra and Nagar Haveli...

Colombo, February 15 Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake extended greetings to the people on the occasion of Mahashivratri, saying that such observances help foster harmony and compassion in society.“With the hope that the darkness of ignorance be dispelled and the light of wisdom be...

Ahmedabad, February 14 The Gujarat government has stated that the upcoming population census will be conducted in two phases, starting with the counting of residential units, known as the House Listing Operation (HLO), followed by the Population Enumeration (PE).The first phase of the HLO will...