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The efficacy of the self-enumeration module for the archetypal signifier of Population Census 2027 volition beryllium tested from Saturday (November 1, 2025) with enumerators visiting the homes of salient citizens successful their areas and helping them capable the details connected a website, a elder authorities authoritative told The Hindu. This volition beryllium the archetypal integer Census, and the archetypal to enumerate caste successful autarkic India.
The details of the self-enumeration website and the mobile exertion prepared for the pre-test of the Houselisting and Housing Census (HLO) is not being publicised oregon shared successful the nationalist domain arsenic its usability volition beryllium checked from November 1-10 and November 10-30 respectively successful prime areas.
As galore arsenic 30 questions connected household particulars specified arsenic gathering number, Census location number, predominant worldly of the roof, level of the house, sanction and enactment of the caput of the household, fig of persons residing successful the household, main root of drinking water, main root of lighting, entree to toilet, main substance utilized for cooking, entree to radio, TV, laptop, computer, car, main cereal consumed and mobile fig are apt to beryllium asked during the pre-test.
On October 16, the Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India (RG&CCI) notified that the pre-test for HLO, the archetypal signifier of Population Census 2027, volition beryllium conducted from November 10-30 successful selected illustration areas of each States and Union Territories and the enactment to self-enumerate volition beryllium disposable from November 1-7. Pre-test is required to trial the efficacy of the full workout that volition beryllium held successful 2 phases – HLO and Population Enumeration from April 1, 2026, to February 28, 2027.
“The enumerator volition sojourn prime citizens successful prime areas from November 1-7 and volition stock with them the code of the portal wherever they tin capable the questionnaire. Once that is done, they volition sojourn the aforesaid households again and besides the remaining homes successful the prime areas betwixt November 10-30,” said the official.
The authoritative added that the enumerators volition beryllium fixed a integer territory layout map. “On the 2nd sojourn betwixt November 10-30, the enumerators are expected to find the details of those who self-enumerated connected an app developed for the HLO phase. It volition prevention the clip of the enumerators. The details of different households successful the ward not covered during the self-enumeration module volition beryllium collected separately connected the app,” the authoritative added.
Both the modules volition beryllium linked to the Census Management and Monitoring System developed by the RGI for the ongoing Census.
Census 2021 that was postponed indefinitely initially owed to COVID-19 pandemic is present being known arsenic Population Census 2027; arsenic the colonisation headcount, the 2nd and the last signifier volition beryllium done by February 28, 2027.
Under the 2021 Census, enrolment nether the National Population Register (NPR) was made compulsory if citizens wanted to workout the close to capable the Census signifier connected their ain alternatively than done authorities enumerators. The RGI had designed a ‘Self- Enumeration’ portal successful English for the workout and Aadhaar oregon mobile fig were to beryllium mandatorily collected.
On July 29, the authorities informed the Lok Sabha that nary determination has been taken to update NPR, which has the details of 119 crore residents and was updated successful 2015-16, during the forthcoming Population Census 2027 exercise.
The NPR is the archetypal measurement for the instauration of a National Register of Citizens (NRC), according to the Citizenship Rules, 2003 nether the Citizenship Act, 1955. The NPR was archetypal created successful 2010 and information was collected simultaneously during the archetypal signifier of the 2011 Census.
With NPR not being updated during the ongoing Census exercise, a portal has been developed for the exercise.
The October 16 notification implied that since the methodology connected caste enumeration has not been finalised, dissimilar the erstwhile instances, the pre-test for lone the archetypal signifier - HLO - was notified.
In 2019, the questions to beryllium asked successful some the phases - HLO, PE and NPR - were tested successful succession from August 12 to September 30.
The pre-test for the planned 2021 Census took spot successful 2019, covering much than 26 lakh radical successful 76 districts of 36 States and Union Territories. Around 6,000 enumerators and 1,100 supervisors from State governments were engaged successful 2019.
