Overview
- India’s houselisting phase for Census 2027 is underway through September using a 33‑question survey on the HLO app after a 15‑day self‑enumeration window.
- Delhi’s rollout in NDMC and Cantonment areas relies on government school teachers who report workdays stretching beyond 12 hours after finishing classes.
- Enumerators describe locked homes, wary residents, safety worries in slum clusters, and restricted access in VIP zones that now require appointments or prior emails.
- State orders are piling up: Maharashtra fixed May 3–18 for census training and fieldwork through May 31 as the election commission warned of FIRs for skipping voter‑list duty, with Rajasthan officials also flagging disciplinary action during new training.
- Classroom teaching is getting hit in Punjab, where a teachers’ group says about 70% are on non‑academic tasks and border‑belt schools saw closures for census meetings, while some Delhi enumerators say pay for both phases totals ₹25,000 due next year.