Public Urged To Take Part In Census Self-Enumeration
The exercise, scheduled to begin in the first week of January, should be completed by February 28: Reports
VIJAYAWADA: The public can participate in self-enumeration for the second phase of the Census by registering their details online from January 10 to 24, 2027, NTR district joint collector S. Ilakkiya said on Friday.
She asked officials to launch an extensive awareness campaign to encourage people to use the facility and submit their details through the Census portal ([https://sc.census.gov.in](https://sc.census.gov.in?utm_source=chatgpt.com)) during the 15-day period.
Addressing a two-day training programme for district- and charge-level officials on population enumeration in Vijayawada, Ilakkiya said the second phase of the Census was crucial and required meticulous planning, coordination and accuracy. She said information covering 40 questions would be collected through a mobile application.
The exercise, scheduled to begin in the first week of January, should be completed by February 28 within the stipulated 55-day period, without last-minute confusion, she said.
Officials should assign daily targets to enumerators across all 647 blocks in the district and closely monitor data collection to ensure accuracy. She emphasised that the Census was a statutory exercise and should be accorded the same priority as election duties.
Technical assistants would receive hands-on training in using the mobile application, correcting block boundaries and handling self-enumeration. Field trainers and enumerators would subsequently undergo comprehensive training at the mandal level.
District revenue officer M. Lakshmi Narasimham outlined the schedule. Self-enumeration will be conducted from January 10 to 24, followed by door-to-door population enumeration from January 25 to February 28. A revision round will be held from March 1 to 5.
State Census Operations joint director and CEO G. Prasanna Kumar explained the technical aspects, mobile application operations and block demarcation through a PowerPoint presentation. He urged officials to increase public participation and improve the self-enumeration conversion rate, drawing lessons from previous exercises.
Vijayawada RDO Vennela Sreenu, Tiruvuru RDO A. Kumar, VMC additional commissioner A. Ravindra Rao, master trainer Kolleti Ramesh, and Census instructors from NTR and Guntur districts, C. H. Venkataramana and V. Adilakshmi, attended the programme.