Mysore/Mysuru, March 31 -- 15-day self-enumeration to commence from April 1

The Census-2027 exercise will start in Karnataka as part of Census of India from tomorrow with a 15-day self-enumeration from Apr. 1 to 15.

Ahead of the exercise, the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) held a two-day training session for census enumerators at 16 centres across the city on Mar. 29 and 30.

The census enumeration is carried out in two phases, commencing with house listing and ending with population enumeration. This is India's first digital census which will be held in two phases from Apr. 1, 2026 to Mar. 1, 2027.

The first census in India was conducted in a non-synchronous manner in 1872 and since 1881, it has been conducted every 10 years. According...