Census of the year 2027 is going to start in Uttar Pradesh. This time it will be the first time that the census will be conducted digitally, in which all the work including data collection, their entry, verification and monitoring will be done on the digital platform. People will also be given the option of self-counting, that is, voters will be able to participate in the census by submitting their own data.

Census will be conducted in two phases in Uttar Pradesh. In the first phase, house listing and house counting will be done, while in the second phase, population census will be conducted. In the first phase, the process of self-counting will run from May 7 to May 21, after which officials will complete field work by going door-to-door from May 22 to June 20. Caste counting will be done in the second phase only.

These questions will have to be answered in the census

In the first phase of census, house listing and counting of houses will be done. For this, 33 questions will be asked to the people, information about which will have to be given to the officials who have come for the enumeration.

1. Building Number or Census Number
2. House number
3. Major materials used in house flooring. That means the floor is cement, granite, marble.
4. Materials used in the wall of the house
5. Materials used in roofing of house
6. Use of house
7. Condition of the house
8. Family Number
9. Number of family members
10. Name of the head of the family
11. Gender of the head of the family
12. Caste, General, Scheduled Caste, Tribe, OBC.
13. House ownership status
14. Number of rooms in the house
15. Number of married couples
16. Source of drinking water
17. Availability of drinking water
18. Source of electricity
19. Availability of toilets
20. Type of toilet
21. Drainage of dirty water
22. Bathroom availability
23. Gas connection
24. Main fuel for cooking
25. Radio or transistor
26. TV
27. Internet facility
28. Laptop or computer
29. Telephone, mobile, smart phone
30. Bicycle, Scooter, Motorcycle
31.Car, jeep, van
32. Main grains
33. Mobile number

More than six lakh employees will be deployed for census in Uttar Pradesh. These employees will go door-to-door and list the houses of the people and collect all the data. The work of collecting and verifying this data will be done through digital platforms. For this, a nodal office will also be established at the state level.

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