The site’s map interface erroneously labelled his town, falling in Arunachal Pradesh’s East Siang district, as a city across the border in China named ‘Medog’.
The issue surfaced when retired Group Captain Mohonto Panging Pao, a resident of Pasighat, attempted to register on the Census official website (X/ @MontyPanging)
The issue surfaced when retired Group Captain Mohonto Panging Pao, a resident of Pasighat, attempted to register on the Census official website, se.census.gov.in. He saw that the site’s map interface erroneously labelled his town, falling in Arunachal Pradesh’s East Siang district, as a city across the border in China named ‘Medog’.
“#Census2027 During Self-Enumeration attempt on https://se.census.gov.in maps showing Pasighat, East Siang District, Arunachal Pradesh as ‘Medog’! Medog is a town in China! CEO of Google @sundarpichai is Indian! Even official Govt portals are virtually ceding our territory! Needs urgent intervention!” Group Captain Pao wrote in a post on X.
The Census Commissioner of India clarifies
The issue soon came to the notice of the Office of the Registrar-General and the Census Commissioner of India. The authorities sprang into action and issued a clarification.
“An issue was mentioned during Self-Enumeration on https://se.census.gov.in regarding map location in Pasighat, East Siang District in Arunachal Pradesh today. The issue was raised with the Map services provider, and it has been resolved,” a post on Census 2027 X handle read.
The Census 2027 details
Phase I of the Census 2027 began on April 16, with the field operations for the Houselisting and Housing Census (HLO). The process is currently underway across eight states and UTs following the conclusion of the 15-day self-enumeration period.
“The exercise will be carried out over a 30-day period till May 15, during which trained enumerators will undertake house-to-house visits for data collection. As part of the digital approach adopted for Census 2027, so far around 12 lakh households have successfully availed the self-enumeration facility through the official portal,” Indian Express quoted a Ministry of Home Affairs official as saying.
The MHA said that residents who have completed the digital process must share their self-enumeration IDs with field enumerators, who will use a dedicated mobile application to collect data, ensuring high accuracy and fast processing.
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