The Digital Census 2027 will be conducted in two phases: Houselisting and Housing Census, followed by Population Enumeration. Mobile apps, Census Management and Monitoring Portal and Self Enumeration Portal have been developed for the first phase. Offline data collection is available in mobile apps, but in unavoidable circumstances, enumerators can collect data in paper mode, which will then be digitized. All security measures are in place for data collection, transmission, and storage. Enumerators will conduct house-to-house visits, and self-enumeration is an additional facility for respondents. This information was stated by Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs Shri Nityanand Rai. Release ID: 2223097, Visitor Counter: 184. This release is available in Urdu, Hindi and Assamese.
Key Entities Referenced
Census 2027: The upcoming census operation scheduled for 2027, including houselisting, housing census, and population enumeration phases.
Ministry of Home Affairs: The central government ministry responsible for conducting the Digital Census.
Mobile Apps, Census Management and Monitoring Portal and Self Enumeration Portal: Digital tools developed for data collection and management during the first phase of the Census.
Ministry of Home Affairs
DIGITAL CENSUS
Posted On: 04 FEB 2026 3:58PM by PIB Delhi
Census 2027 shall be conducted in two phases, first phase i.e., Houselisting and Housing Census and the
second phase i.e., Population Enumeration. Mobile Apps, Census Management and Monitoring Portal
and Self Enumeration Portal for first phase of the Census have been developed.
Provision for offline data collection is available in mobile apps. Only in unavoidable circumstances,
enumerators may collect data in paper mode and in such situation the data will be digitized at the charge
level itself. All suitable security measures have been provisioned during data collection, data transmission
and data storage at the server level.
Enumerators shall undertake house-to-house field visits in their allotted enumeration block for collection
of census data. Provision of self- enumeration is an additional facility for the respondents to submit data.
House-to-house visit of enumerator will ensure that there is no exclusion on any ground.
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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