NEW DELHI, May 17 -- Field operations under Phase I of Census 2027, covering the Houselisting and Housing Census (HLO), have begun in Rajasthan, Meghalaya, Maharashtra, Jharkhand and areas under the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) as part of the nationwide census exercise.
Officials said enumerators have already started door-to-door HLO surveys in several states and Union Territories, including Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Bihar, Chandigarh, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, Telangana and Uttarakhand.
The Self-Enumeration process has also commenced in Gujarat, Jammu & Kashmir, Ladakh and Puducherry and will continue till May 31, 2026. Field operations in these regions are scheduled from June 1 to June 30. In Uttar Pradesh, self-enumeration will continue till May 21, while house-to-house surveys are set to begin from May 22.
According to officials, over 1.44 crore households across 25 states and Union Territories have already completed self-enumeration through the official census portal, marking a significant step towards the digitisation of census operations.
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