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India's 2027 digital census rolls out nationwide expands to West Bengal
After Following Himachal Pradesh completed its Pradesh’s house‑listing phase, the self‑enumeration portal was opened went live nationwide in mid‑July 2026. By the end of late July, Assam’s Sonitpur district began district‑level training for 2,415 trained over 2,400 enumerators and 416 supervisors across six venues, preparing staff for the a fully paper‑less census that will be conducted via using a mobile app and web portal. Tripura confirmed that began a month‑long door‑to‑door survey on 1 August 2026 with nearly 8,000 enumerators and supervisors will commence a month‑long door‑to‑door survey covering about 9 lakh families. The state’s Director of Census Operations emphasized that the digital count will feed planning for education, health, housing and welfare programmes. enumerators, while Tamil Nadu launched the first fully digital housing census on 1 August, the same day, deploying more than 115 000 enumerators organized into roughly 120 000 house‑listing blocks and overseen by about 19 000 supervisors. Over 1 one million households had already submitted their details online through the self‑enumeration portal, and residents are required to keep their 11‑digit Self‑Enumeration ID for verification. online. In Assam, self‑enumeration began on ran from 2 August 2026, running until to 16 August, after which a housing census will be carried out proceeded from 17 August to 15 September. The exercise covers September across 35 districts, 166 sub‑districts and 26,236 villages; flood‑affected 26 236 villages. Flood‑hit districts Charaideo and Sivasagar will were scheduled to start later. Training for 59 master trainers is complete, later, and preparatory work there remains suspended. On 1 August 2026 the online portal is offered opened in 16 languages, and a toll‑free helpline (1855) assists users. All data remain confidential West Bengal (se.census.gov.in) and are stored at stayed active until 15 August, allowing residents to submit household information without supporting documents. Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari noted the National Data Centre. All data are protected rollout had been delayed under the Census Act and will be used solely for statistical analysis previous administration. The West Bengal launch adds another eastern state to support evidence‑based policymaking, targeted welfare delivery and long‑term development planning. Field enumeration runs through 30 August, with the population enumeration slated digital census, reinforcing the nationwide effort to collect data for February 2027. education, health, housing and welfare planning while minimizing paper use and field‑staff workload.