Punjab Newsline | Chandigarh
Preparations for the second phase of Census 2027, involving population enumeration, have begun in Punjab. As part of the awareness campaign, nine digital LED vans were flagged off from Chandigarh on Wednesday by Dr Navjot Khosla, Director of the Census Operations Directorate, Punjab.
The vans will travel across cities, towns, villages, markets and other public places to spread awareness about the census and encourage people to participate in the exercise.
The LED vans will display messages related to the census and carry QR codes that people can scan to directly access the National Census Portal and submit their information online. Audio-visual communication will also be used to educate people about the process.
The second phase of Census 2027 in Punjab will be conducted from December 1, 2026, to January 4, 2027. Before the door-to-door enumeration, citizens will have the option of self-enumeration from November 16 to November 30.
Under this facility, people can visit https://se.census.gov.in and answer 40 census-related questions online. The portal will remain open until November 30.
The reference date for the second phase of the census has been fixed as midnight of January 5, 2027. The population figures will be prepared based on the population status as of that time.
A revision round will also be conducted three to five days after the completion of population enumeration to include people who may have been missed during the exercise.
For assistance or queries while filling out the census form, citizens can contact the toll-free helpline number 1855.
The Census Department has appealed to residents to make use of the online self-enumeration facility and extend full cooperation to enumerators when they visit their homes.
