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India Details First Fully Digital Census With Real-Time Oversight for 2027

App-based collection with GIS mapping aims to speed results for broader coverage.

Overview

  • Field operations will be managed on the new CMMS portal with near real-time monitoring of roughly 32 lakh enumerators and supervisors.
  • The houselisting phase is scheduled nationwide for April 1–September 30, 2026, with population enumeration planned for February 2027.
  • Uttar Pradesh set a May 22–June 20 window that pairs houselisting with enumeration, plus a self-enumeration option open May 7–21 for residents.
  • Enumerators will use a mobile app on their personal phones to record 33 housing and amenity responses during the first phase, with confidentiality assured.
  • HLBC web mapping will generate satellite-based working maps and update locations in areas with incomplete boundaries using public geospatial datasets.