Hoshiarpur (Daljit Ajnoha):- A special awareness stall on Census-2027 was set up during the four-day Youth Festival at SGGS Khalsa College, Mahilpur, through the joint efforts of the Census Department, Chandigarh, and the Hoshiarpur District Administration. Through this stall, students, youth and members of the general public were provided important information about the second phase of the upcoming census.
The initiative was undertaken under the guidance of Deputy Commissioner-cum-Principal Census Officer Mrs. Ashika Jain, IAS; Additional Deputy Commissioner-cum-District Census Officer Mr. Rakesh Kumar Meena, IAS; and SDM Garhshankar Mr. Sanjeev Kumar Gaur, PCS.
During the awareness campaign, people were informed in detail about the importance of Census-2027, the facility of self-enumeration and the forthcoming population enumeration process.
Special information was also provided about the self-enumeration facility, which will be available in Punjab from November 16 to November 30, 2026. Under this facility, citizens will be able to enter information about their households and families from home by visiting the online portal https://se.census.gov.in. After successfully submitting the information, a Self-Enumeration ID will be generated, which must subsequently be shared with the census official visiting their home.
On this occasion, Mr. Lovedeep Singh Dhoot (PRS), Tehsildar-cum-Charge Officer, Garhshankar/Mahilpur (Rural), stated that for the first time in the long history of the census, which began in 1881, the facility of self-enumeration has been made available to the general public. He said that awareness and enthusiasm for self-enumeration among residents of villages falling under Garhshankar and Mahilpur tehsils would help further strengthen the national-level identity and reputation of these tehsils and the district. It would also provide an excellent opportunity to reflect the area's high literacy rate.
He further informed that the fieldwork for population enumeration would be carried out from December 1, 2026, to January 4, 2027, while the correction phase would take place from January 5 to January 9, 2027. During this period, census officials would visit households to collect the required information.
Citizens were urged to make maximum use of the self-enumeration facility and обязательно share the ID generated online with the census official. This would save time, eliminate the need to enter the same information repeatedly and help complete the census process more quickly, smoothly and accurately.
The main objective of this awareness campaign is to involve young people as ambassadors of census awareness and ensure maximum public participation so that the Census-2027 process can be successfully completed.
