Union home secretary Govind Mohan has urged central government officials to self-enumerate for the upcoming Census 2027 exercise, set to begin in April. The 16th Census will be conducted in two phases and is expected to be completed by March 1, 2027.
The first phase, House Listing Operation (HLO), will collect data on housing conditions, assets, and amenities from April, while the second phase, Population Enumeration (PE), will collect demographic, socio-economic, cultural, and personal details from February 1, 2027.
A dedicated web portal has been created for self-enumeration, where people can furnish their household details starting 15 days before the house-to-house data collection commences. Officials are encouraged to set an example and promote wider public adoption of the process.
The Census will include caste enumeration and collect data on sex of transgender-headed households, a feature introduced for the first time. Around 33.2 million enumerators, supervisors, and senior Census officers are involved in the exercise.
