India’s Census 2027 exercise has entered a major operational phase with door-to-door field surveys beginning across several states and union territories, including Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Jharkhand, Meghalaya, and municipal areas of Delhi. The nationwide population count is being conducted with a significant digital component for the first time, combining traditional enumeration methods with mobile-based data collection and online self-enumeration facilities. Officials said the initiative marks one of the country’s largest technology-driven administrative exercises aimed at improving efficiency and public participation.

Enumerators have started visiting households equipped with mobile applications to record details related to housing conditions, household assets, amenities, and demographic information. Authorities said the digital system is expected to speed up data collection, minimize manual errors, and streamline verification processes. The survey currently focuses on house listing operations and gathering information through a questionnaire containing 33 notified questions, which officials said would help the government improve welfare planning and policy implementation in the coming years.

The center has also expanded the self-enumeration facility introduced as part of the digital census initiative. Residents in Gujarat, Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, and Puducherry can now complete their census forms online through the official portal until May 31. Physical verification visits by enumerators in these regions are scheduled to begin from June 1. In Uttar Pradesh, where the online self-enumeration process is already underway, the facility will remain available until May 21 before field verification operations commence later this month.

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Government officials said public participation in the online process has been encouraging so far, with more than 1.44 crore households across 25 states and union territories already completing self-enumeration. The Centre described the response as one of the largest instances of digital participation in a government-led exercise in India. Authorities believe the use of technology will make the census process more accessible while reducing administrative burdens associated with large-scale manual data collection across urban and rural regions.

House listing and enumeration activities are simultaneously continuing in Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Haryana, Punjab, Telangana, Uttarakhand, and several other states and Union Territories. The first phase of census operations has already been completed in regions including the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep, Mizoram, Odisha, and Sikkim, along with the New Delhi Municipal Council and Delhi Cantonment areas. Officials said the phased rollout is being implemented to ensure smooth execution and accurate data verification across diverse geographical areas.

The Centre has assured citizens that all information collected during the census process will remain confidential under the provisions of the Census Act, 1948, and will only be used for statistical and developmental purposes. Residents completing self-enumeration have been advised to keep their self-enumeration ID ready and share it with field officials during verification visits. The census data is expected to play a crucial role in shaping future welfare schemes, infrastructure planning, and socio-economic policies as India prepares for the next decade of demographic and developmental challenges.

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