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PolityPIB2 May 2026
Houselisting Operations Under Census 2027 Begin in Six States and UTs
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📌 Summary:
- Houselisting and Housing Census (HLO) under Phase 1 of Census 2027 commenced on 1 May 2026 in 6 States/UTs: Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Haryana, Chandigarh, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh
- House-to-house visits by trained enumerators to run till May 30, 2026
- Self-Enumeration (SE) facility also commenced in MCD area, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Jharkhand — online till May 15, 2026; house-to-house visits for these states: May 16 - June 14
- Bihar: SE period ending May 1; house-to-house operations from May 2-31
- Census 2027 is India's first digital census using mobile app for data collection
- Last census was 2011; 2021 census was delayed due to COVID-19 pandemic
📌 Prelims Facts:
- India's census is conducted every 10 years by Registrar General of India (RGI)
- 2021 census was postponed due to COVID-19; Census 2027 will be India's 16th census
- Self-Enumeration: digital innovation in Census 2027 allowing households to fill data online
- ORGI = Office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India (under Ministry of Home Affairs)
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