House Listing a Key Component of Census: ADM

Udaipur — The three-day training for regular assistants, organized for the first phase of Census 2027, concluded on Wednesday at the District Council Auditorium. State-level trainers Mahendra Kumar Meena and Dwipendra Dhabhai, appointed by the Directorate of Census Operations, Rajasthan, Jaipur, conducted the training.

The first two days of training focused on detailed theoretical instruction on house listing and household enumeration. On the third and final day, participants received practical training by performing all tasks themselves on the HLBC portal. After the practical session, all participants were evaluated through an online test. Census 2027 will be completely paperless and digital. From May 1 to May 15, 2026, citizens will also have the option to self-enumerate.

During the concluding session, Additional District Collector (Urban) Jitendra Ojha explained the essential details and precautions for block-level house listing. Each census block will generally have a population of 700–800 or 150–180 houses. The role and responsibility of regular assistants in executing house listing are critical. Using satellite imagery, regular assistants will prepare maps of enumeration blocks, which will assist enumerators and supervisors in physical verification, house listing, and enumeration during the census.

The training was attended by 17 regular assistants from rural jurisdictions (tehsils), 6 from urban jurisdictions (municipal corporations and municipalities), and 4 from the district level.

Puneet Sharma, Deputy District Census Officer and Nodal Officer for Census 2027 under the Department of Economics & Statistics, Udaipur, highlighted that this represents a historic shift from traditional paper-based methods to a fully digital framework, reflecting the government’s commitment to “minimum government, maximum governance.” He emphasized that Census 2027 is not merely a statistical exercise; it forms the backbone of India’s future policy-making. The goal is to establish the census as a service, ensuring no citizen is left behind in the nation’s development journey.

Rajendra Khatik, Assistant Director, Statistics Department, elaborated on the importance of the Census Management and Monitoring System (CMMS) portal for real-time tracking, as well as ensuring data integrity and confidentiality under the Census Act, 1948.