The Centre has released the list of questions to be asked for first phase of Census 2027, which is house-listing operations. It will be held from April 1 to September 30 this year.
The questionnaire consists of 32 questions that include availability of drinking water, bathing facility, kitchen and LPG/PNG connection, access to internet, main cereal consumed in the household and more.
A notification released by Mrityunjay Kumar Narayan, Registrar General and Census Commissioner, stated,"All the Census Officers may, within the limits of the local areas for which they have been respectively appointed, ask all such questions from all persons on the items enumerated below for collecting information through the houselisting and housing census schedule in connection with the Census of India 2027."
Here are the list of questions:
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 census will take place over a 30-day period which will be specified for each state and Union territory.
"There shall also be an option for self-enumeration which shall be conducted in 15 days’ time period just before the start of house to house house-listing operations of 30 days," an earlier notification said.