Chandigarh, November 11: The Punjab Directorate of Census Operations on Wednesday launched a statewide publicity and awareness campaign for the second phase of Census 2027 by flagging off nine digital LED vans from its office in Chandigarh. Director of Census Operations, Punjab, Dr. Navjot Khosa, flagged off the vehicles at 11 am to spread awareness about population enumeration and encourage maximum public participation.
The digital vans, equipped with LED displays, audio-video messages and QR codes, will travel across major towns, urban and rural areas, markets and other prominent public places in their respective districts. The QR codes will enable citizens to access the official National Census Portal and complete the self-enumeration process online.
Addressing the occasion, Dr. Khosa said that population enumeration in Punjab would be conducted door-to-door from December 1, 2026, to January 4, 2027. She said citizens would also have the facility to register their details themselves through the online portal se.census.gov.in from November 16 to November 30.
She explained that every successful self-enumeration would generate a unique Self-Enumeration ID (SE ID). Citizens can share this ID with the government enumerator during the subsequent household visit, enabling their submitted information to be recorded in the census exercise.
Dr. Khosa appealed to residents to participate wholeheartedly and provide accurate information to ensure that the census exercise was comprehensive and reliable.
Census 2027 is being conducted in two phases, with the first phase of house listing and housing census already completed. The second phase will cover population enumeration, with January 5, 2027, as the reference date.
To facilitate citizens, a dedicated toll-free helpline, 1855, has also been launched to address queries and provide assistance while filling out the census questionnaire, which contains 40 questions.
The awareness campaign will be implemented with the support of district authorities. Nominated escort officers will accompany the vans for local coordination, while Deputy Commissioners-cum-Principal Census Officers have finalised routes and identified suitable locations for publicity activities.
Dr. Khosa also encouraged citizens to follow the Directorate’s official social media accounts on Instagram, Facebook, X and YouTube at @censusdcopunjab for updates and information.
