Census 2027: Household Schedule and India’s First Digital Census
24 August 2026
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Census 2027: Household Schedule and India’s First Digital Census
1. Context
The Office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India (ORGI) has notified the questionnaire for the Population Enumeration phase of Census 2027. The exercise is being conducted under the Census Act, 1948 and Census Rules, 1990. Census 2027 will be India’s 16th Census and the 8th after Independence.
2. Background and Salient Features
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Census 2027 is India's first digital census with mobile-based enumeration, household schedule, and caste data collection. Learn about phases, significance for welfare targeting and policy planning.
Keywords
Census 2027digital censushousehold schedulePopulation Enumerationcaste enumerationRegistrar GeneralCensus Act 1948welfare targetingenumerationdata security