Census 2027: Centre notifies 40 questions for Census population enumeration phase, read full list of questions here

The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on August 14 notified a set of 40 questions to be asked by Census officers for collecting information through the Household Schedule in connection with the Census of India 2027. The notification was issued by the Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India, Mrityunjay Kumar Narayan.

The 40 questions notified by the MHA are:

1. Name of the person

2. Relationship to head
3. Sex
4. Date of Birth and Age (in completed years)
5. Current Marital Status
6. Age at Marriage (in completed years)
7. Spouse Name
8. Nationality as declared
9. Religion
10. Scheduled Caste (SC)/ Scheduled Tribe (ST)/Caste
11. Father’s Particulars
12. Mother’s Particulars
13. Disability
14. Mother Tongue and other languages known
15. Literacy and digital literacy status
16. Status of attendance in educational institution
17. Highest educational level attained and Stream/Discipline
18. Worked any time during last year
19. Category of economic activity
20. Occupation
21. Nature of industry, trade or service
22. Class of worker
23. Non-economic activity (for marginal, semi-marginal and non-worker)
24. Seeking or available for work (for marginal, semi-marginal and non-worker)
25. Travel to place of work
26. Birth place
27. Place of last residence
28. Reason for migration
29. Duration of stay in this village/town since last migration
30. Permanent Residential Address
31. Number of children surviving at present (for currently married, widowed, divorced and separated women only)
32. Number of children ever born alive (for currently married, widowed, divorced and separated women only)
33. Number of children born alive during last one year (for currently married women only)
34. Place of Covid-19 Vaccination
35. Total number of Bank Accounts
36. Mobile Number (if available)
37. Aadhaar Number (if available)
38. Voter ID Number (if available)
39. Passport Number (if Indian Passport holder)
40. Availability of Driving License

In January, Registrar General of India (RGI) had notified 33 questions for the first phase of Census 2027, covering houselisting and housing-related details. The questionnaire included a query on whether the head of the household belonged to the SC, ST or "other" category.

The second phase, or Population Enumeration (PE), is scheduled for February 2027 and will collect demographic, socio-economic, educational, migration, fertility and other details of individuals. Caste enumeration will also be carried out during this phase.

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