The Ministry of Home Affairs has announced that Census 2027 will be conducted in two phases. Phase I, the Houselisting and Housing Census, will collect information on housing conditions, household particulars (including the name and sex of the head of household, categorized as Male, Female, or Transgender), amenities, and assets. The details for Phase II, Population Enumeration, will be announced later.
Enumerators will conduct house-to-house visits to gather data, with self-enumeration offered as an additional facility. Enumerators will verify self-enumerated data, and the self-enumeration portal will include FAQs, tool tips, and validation checks to ensure data accuracy. Field functionaries, including enumerators and supervisors, are receiving adequate training. A mobile app will incorporate validation rules for data consistency and accuracy, and data collected by enumerators will be monitored and checked by supervisors. All necessary measures are in place for data security during collection, transmission, and at the server level. This information was provided by the Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs, Shri Nityanand Rai, in a written reply to the Rajya Sabha.
Key Entities Referenced
CENSUS 2027: The primary subject of the policy, detailing the upcoming census and its phases.
Ministry of Home Affairs: The government body overseeing and conducting the Census 2027.
Shri Nityanand Rai: Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs who provided information regarding the Census 2027.
Rajya Sabha: The parliamentary body where the statement about Census 2027 was made.
Ministry of Home Affairs
CENSUS 2027
Posted On: 11 MAR 2026 4:37PM by PIB Delhi
Census 2027 will be conducted in two phases. Questions of Phase I i.e., Houselisting and Housing Census
have been notified. Information on Housing condition, Household particulars including name and sex of
the head of the household, amenities available and assets possessed by household will be collected in this
phase. Three categories of sex of head of household viz. Male/Female/Transgender will be collected.
Questions for the second phase, i.e., Population Enumeration, in which information of each individual
will be collected, will be notified in due course.
Enumerators shall undertake house-to-house field visit in entire enumeration area for collection of Census
data to avoid any exclusion on any ground. Provision of self-enumeration is an additional facility for the
respondents to submit data. Enumerators will confirm self-enumeration data before final submission.
Further, FAQs, necessary ‘Tool Tips’ and validation checks for questions are provided in the self-
enumeration Portal itself to ensure accuracy of data.
Adequate training is being provided to all field functionaries appointed for Census work including
enumerators and supervisors. Validation rules are incorporated in the mobile app itself to ensure data
consistency and accuracy. Further, Data collected by enumerators will also be monitored and checked by
supervisors.
(d) All suitable measures have been taken for data security while collecting data on mobile, during data
transmission and at server level.
This was stated by the Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs Shri Nityanand Rai in a written
reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha.
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