VARANASI, Feb. 10 -- House listing will be conducted simultaneously across the entire Uttar Pradesh from May 22 to June 20 this in the first phase of Census-2027. This information was given by Sheetal Verma, chief principal census officer and director, Directorate of Census Operations, UP, here on Monday. Verma, who gave a detailed presentation on the process, timeline and the action plan for Census 2027, said population enumeration will be completed across the country in February 2027. Verma reviewed preparations for Census-2027 in a meeting with Varanasi divisional commissioner S Rajalingam and district magistrates of four districts in the division. Census-2027 will be the 16th census of the country and the eighth census after independence, Verma said, adding it is considered the largest and most reliable source of primary data at the village, city, and ward levels. The exercise will be conducted digitally and, for the first time, citizens have been given the option of self-enumeration....