Chandigarh, April 15 -- The decennial Census exercise has officially got off the ground and it's time for residents to start self-enumeration - an optional process which allows citizens to fill out their details online before enumerators visit their homes. In Chandigarh, self-enumeration can be done from April 16 to 30.

Addressing a press conference on Tuesday, Chandigarh's Census operations director Navjot Khosa and deputy commissioner-cum-principal Census officer Nishant Kumar Yadav appealed to residents to opt for self-enumeration to ensure accurate and timely submission of their information.

The Census 2027 is the first-ever digital census Khosa said, adding that it will be conducted in two phases. The first phase would entail self-...