Nabarangpur, Feb, 10:A discussion and training preparatory programme for Census 2027 was held today at the Ashok Mehta Conference Hall of the District Collector’s Office under the chairmanship of District Collector Dr. Maheshwar Swain.
The meeting was attended by Additional District Magistrate (General) Tapan Kumar Khuntia, Additional District Magistrate (Revenue) Biswajit Barman, Sub-Collector Prakash Kumar Mishra, and other officials. Deputy Director Jayakrishna Bhoi from the Directorate of Census Operations, Bhubaneswar, delivered a detailed presentation through PowerPoint on the government’s approach, preparations, steps, and procedures for Census 2027.
This will be the 16th Census of India and the 8th Census in post-Independence India. In the district, the District Collector will serve as the Principal Census Officer. A total of 12 Census Charge Officers, along with about 3,300 enumerators and supervisors, will work until the completion of the census. Master trainers will provide training to the enumerators and supervisors.
For the first time, the Census will be conducted in digital mode. Citizens will be able to fill in answers to 33 personal questions related to the Census through a designated mobile app from April 1, 2026 to April 15, 2026.
In the first phase, house listing and housing census activities will be carried out from April 16, 2026 to May 15, 2026. In the second phase, enumerators will conduct door-to-door population enumeration from February 9, 2027 to February 28, 2027. Those wishing to make corrections to their personal information may do so between March 1, 2027 and March 5, 2027.
The Census will collect data on housing, economic status, education, and other details, which will help in planning various schemes and ensuring good governance in the country in the future. Census officers will review the data and take necessary steps through the CMMS portal.
District-level officers, all Tahasildars and Additional Tahasildars, Executive Officers of Nabarangpur and Umerkote Municipalities, census-related staff, and media representatives were present at the meeting.