First section of the Census with Houselisting operations to start from April 1, 2026

In a letter to chief secretaries of states and Union Territories, Census Commissioner and Registrar General of India Mrityunjay Kumar Narayan stated the Houselisting Operations and Housing Census shall start on April 1, 2026.

Before that the appointment of supervisors, enumerators and work distribution amongst them shall be finished with cooperation from states and district administration, it stated.

The Census is a two-phase train in section one i.e. Houselisting Operation , the housing circumstances, property and facilities of every family can be collected.

Subsequently, within the second section i.e. Population Enumeration , the demographic, socio-economic, cultural and different particulars of each particular person in every family can be collected which is scheduled for February 1, 2027, in keeping with the letter.

In the Census, Caste enumeration may also be finished, a authorities assertion had stated.

For Census actions, over 34 lakh enumerators and supervisors and round 1.3 lakh Census functionaries could be deployed.

It is the sixteenth Census until now and the eighth after independence.

The forthcoming Census can be performed by digital means utilizing cell functions. Provision of self-enumeration would even be made out there to the folks.

The Office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner had ready round three dozen inquiries to be requested to the residents.

The survey will ask households about possession of things like telephones, web, automobiles , and home equipment amongst others.

The residents may also be requested about cereal consumption, sources of consuming water and lighting, kind and entry to latrines, wastewater disposal, bathing and kitchen services, gas used for cooking and LPG/PNG connection.

Additional questions embody the supplies used for the ground, partitions and roof of the home, its situation, variety of residents, variety of rooms, presence of married {couples}, and whether or not the family head is a feminine or belongs to a Scheduled Caste or Tribe.

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