What Will You Be Asked During Phase 1 Of National Census Of India | Full Details Here

New Delhi: The first phase of the 2027 Census of India is scheduled to take place between April 1, 2026 and September 30, 2026 in all states and Union Territories. What are the questions that appointed officers will ask people as part of the national census? Here is the questionnaire prepared by the Ministry of Home Affairs for the first phase- ‘Houselisting and Housing Census’.

1. Building number (Municipal or local authority or census number)
2. Census house number
3. Predominant material of floor of the census house
4. Predominant material of wall of the census house
5. Predominant material of roof of the census house
6. Ascertain use of census house
7. Condition of the census house
8. Household number
9. Total number of persons normally residing in the household
10. Name of the head of the household
11. Sex of the head of the household
12. Whether the head of the household belongs to Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe/Other
13. Ownership status of the census house
14. Number of dwelling rooms exclusively in possession of the household
15. Number of married couple(s) living in the household
16. Main source of drinking water
17. Availability of drinking water source
18. Main source of lighting
19. Access to latrine
20. Type of latrine
21. Waste water outlet
22. Availability of bathing facility
23. Availability of kitchen and LPG/PNG connection
24. Main fuel used for cooking
25. Radio/Transistor
26. Television
27. Access to internet
28. Laptop/Computer
29. Telephone/Mobile Phone/Smartphone
30. Bicycle/Scooter/Motorcycle/Moped
31. Car/Jeep/Van
32. Main cereal consumed in the household
33. Mobile number (for census related communications only)

The Indian Census is the largest administrative and statistical exercise in the world. It will be conducted in two phases-

a) Houselisting and Housing Census – April to September, 2026

b) Population Enumeration (PE) – February 2027

For the Union Territory of Ladakh and snow bound non-synchronous areas of Jammu & Kashmir and states of Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand, the second phase of census will be conducted in September, 2026.

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