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.
