Gurgaon: The district administration has started training census officials for the second phase of Census 2027, which will count the population using digital tools, as Haryana prepares to deploy thousands of field personnel.A two-day programme is being held at PWD Rest House on Oct 22 and 23 for census officers, charge officers, census clerks and technical assistants. Joint director Laxman Singh and master trainer Prashant Sharma are briefing participants on census procedures, digital applications, monitoring mechanisms and their responsibilities. Singh urged officials to coordinate closely and follow prescribed procedures to ensure accurate and systematic data collection.Under Haryana’s schedule, online self-enumeration for the population count will run from Jan 10 to 24, 2027. Door-to-door enumeration will follow from Jan 25 to Feb 28, and a revisional round from March 1 to 5 will identify omissions and correct discrepancies. The census reference date is midnight on March 1, 2027. Even households that submit information online will be visited by enumerators for verification. The state is preparing to enumerate the population across about 70,000 blocks in 23 districts.The first phase has been completed across 51,907 house-listing blocks in Haryana, according to the Union govt’s Oct 12 update. It recorded information on houses, household amenities and assets. In Gurgaon, self-enumeration was scheduled for April 16-30, followed by house-listing and the housing census from May 1 to 30, according to the state’s published schedule.
