GUWAHATI: Assam has successfully completed the Self Enumeration (SE) phase of Census 2027, with 11,64,586 households submitting their details through the online platform before the exercise ended on August 16.
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Cachar, Sribhumi and Kokrajhar emerged as the three districts with the highest participation in the state.
Director of Census Operations, Assam, Biswajit Pegu, IAS, announced the completion of the self-enumeration exercise at a press conference held at the Directorate of Census Operations on Monday. He expressed gratitude to residents for their cooperation and participation.
The next stage, the Houselisting and Housing Census, commenced across Assam on Monday and will continue until September 15. As part of this phase, trained enumerators will visit households to collect the required information.
Pegu said the census would adhere to the principle of “No Omission, No Duplication” to ensure that every household is covered accurately without repetition. He also assured that the information provided by residents would remain confidential.
According to Pegu, census information is legally protected and cannot be used as evidence in a court of law under the Census Act, 1948.
State Nodal Officer for Census 2027 and Additional Secretary of Assam’s General Administration Department, Partha Pegu, was also present at the press conference. He appealed to residents to continue extending their support as the door-to-door enumeration process begins.
The Directorate of Census Operations has urged people to cooperate with visiting enumerators and provide the necessary details to ensure complete and accurate census coverage across the state.