Two Apps for Digital Census 2027
- Registrar-General and Census Commissioner of India Launches Two Apps for Digital Census 2027
- Digital Layout Map (DLM) app
- To digitally create and geo-tag all structures within the designated Houselisting Blocks (HLBs), replacing the manual drawing of notional sketches used in previous Censuses.
- Census 2027 – Houselist App:
- To modernize and streamline the data collection process for the first phase of the Census: the House Listing and Housing Operations (HLO).
- India’s first digital Census will be conducted in 2027.
- Marks a shift from paper-based to fully digital data collection.
- Represents a historic transition for the 16th Census of India to digital mode.
