Door-to-door house listing, housing census begins in Thoothukudi district
Thoothukudi district has launched the house listing and housing census phase of the 2027 national census. Enumerators are using a digital mobile application to collect data on housing conditions and amenities, with officials emphasizing data confidentiality.
Why it matters
Census data is critical for government planning, resource allocation, and policy formulation.
A total of 646 field enumerators and 97 supervisors have been deployed for census work in Thoothukudi Corporation, while 2,224 field enumerators and 371 supervisors have been deployed across the rest of the district.
As part of the first phase of the 2027 census, the self-enumeration process was conducted from July 17 to 31. Following this, house listing and housing census is being carried out digitally throughout the district from August 1 to 30.
The exercise began across the district on Saturday. In Thoothukudi Corporation limits, work to assign unique identification numbers to every house by writing them on the buildings and preparing maps for the enumeration blocks has started. It will continue until Monday (August 3).
From August 4, field enumerators and supervisors will visit every household to collect detailed information required for the census till August 30.
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