Census 2027 Begins: Phase I Starts from April 2026 - Get Ready

The government, Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India (RG&CCI) on Thursday has announced that Census 2027 will be done in two phases. The first phase called house-listing operations, will conducted between April 1 and September 30 this year, for 30 days in each State and Union Territory. During this phase, census workers will visit homes will be put to citizens 33 simple questions about the house and household. The 33 questions include:

1. Building number (municipal or local authority or Census number)
2. Census house number
3. Predominant material of floor of the Census house
4. Predominant material of wall of the Census house
5. Predominant material of roof of the Census house
6. Use of Census house
7. Condition of the Census house
8. Household number
9. Total number of persons normally residing in the household
10. Name of the head of the household
11. Sex of the head of the household
12. Whether the head of the household belongs to Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe/Other
13. Ownership status
14. Number of dwelling rooms exclusively in possession of the household
15. Number of married couple(s) living in the household
16. The main source of drinking water
17. Availability of drinking water source
18. Main source of lighting
19. Access to latrine
20. Type of latrine
21. Waste water outlet
22. Availability of bathing facility
23. Availability of kitchen and LPG/PNG connection
24. Main fuel used for cooking
25. Radio/transistor
26. Television
27. Access to Internet
28. Laptop/computer
29. Telephone/mobile phone/smartphone
30. Bicycle/scooter/motorcycle/moped
31. Car/jeep/van
32. Main cereal consumed in the household
33. Mobile number (for Census-related communications only).

The second phase, which will count the population that will be conducted in February 2027.

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