Ministry of Home Affairs
DISABILITY INCLUSIVE CENSUS
Posted On: 17 MAR 2026 5:27PM by PIB Delhi
Census 2027 will be conducted in two phases, first phase i.e., Houselisting and Housing Census and the second phase i.e., Population Enumeration. Questions for the first phase of Census 2027 have been notified. In previous Censuses, Disabilitydata was collected in the second phase of Census. Questions of second phase of Censusare notified in due course before conduct of this phase. Once the questions of second phase are finalised and notified, Instruction manual, training tool kits are prepared in consultation with concerned stakeholders and training to the census functionaries including enumerators and supervisors are organised.
Enumerators shall undertake house-to-house field visits in their allotted enumeration block for collection of census data. Provision of self-enumeration is an additional facility for the respondents to submit data. Data on the self-enumeration portal may be filled by any member of the household.
This was stated by the Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs Shri Nityanand Rai in a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha.
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