Mritunjay Kumar Narayan

April 1, 2026 2:42 PM

Census 2027 begins today; India’s largest enumeration exercise goes digital

India’s 16th Census exercise, and the eighth since Independence, began on Wednesday with the launch of the first phase of Census 2027, marking a historic shift as the survey will be conducted digitally for the first time. The massive nationwide exercise will be carried out in two phases, with the initial phase - House Listing and Housing Census (HLO) - starting today across select states and Union Territories. For the first time, citizens will also have the option of self-enumeration through ...

March 30, 2026 5:21 PM

Self-enumeration in Delhi to begin on April 1; Phase 2 to include fertility, migration data: Census Commissioner

Registrar General of India and Census Commissioner Mritunjay Kumar Narayan on Monday emphasised that the individual data collected for the Census 2027 will be kept confidential under Section 15 of the Census Act, 1948. Addressing a press conference in the national capital, Narayan said that the data collected under the Census exercise cannot be accessed under the Right to Information or for court cases. He said that the self-enumeration period for Delhi, along with several other states, will b...

March 30, 2026 4:16 PM

India to conduct first fully digital Census in 2027; nationwide exercise to begin April 1

India is set to undertake its first fully digital population census, with the initial phase of Census 2027 beginning from April 1, 2026, Registrar General and Census Commissioner Mritunjay Kumar Narayan said on Monday. Addressing a press conference in New Delhi, Narayan said the upcoming census -India’s 16th since inception and eighth after Independence - will be the world’s largest enumeration exercise, involving over 3 million enumerators, supervisors and officials across the country. Fi...