BENGALURU: Stating that all preparations have been made for house census work in Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA) limits, Special Commissioner (Revenue) Munish Moudgil said that 26,616 staff, including 23,705 enumerators, have been deployed for the census, and each enumerator has a target to cover 200 residents’ details per day, till May 15.
Addressing reporters on Thursday regarding the first phase of the ‘House List and Census of Houses’ work as part of the National Census-2027 in the five municipal corporations of GBA, he said, “If all citizens cooperate with the staff and answer questions posed by them, the house census work will be completed in 5-8 minutes.”
Moudgil added that enumerators will visit every house from 9am to 5pm for the household census. After a week, arrangements will be made to conduct the census from 6pm to 9pm, and 6am to 10am; he said this step will facilitate citizens.
The official stated that apart from enumerators, 2,500 supervisors will also visit homes as part of the exercise. House lists and house census are being conducted in the first phase. After this work is completed, census work will begin in the second phase in April 2027, he said.
Self-enumeration was allowed till April 15 and less than 2 per cent of people participated in it. On Thursday, enumerators started visiting homes. “It is the statutory responsibility of every citizen to participate in census work, and it is mandatory to participate as per the Census Act, 1948.” He said legal action will be taken against those who do not provide information, as per law.
If enumerators visit houses with no one at home, a sticker will be pasted in front and a mobile number will be entered. Out of 26,000 staff, 10,000 teachers have been deployed for household census work. About 8,000 staff have been exempted due to health problems. Pregnant women, women with children under a year old and those with other serious reasons have been exempted.