Bhubaneswar, April 3: Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Friday participated in the first phase of Census 2027 by completing his self-enumeration at his official residence in Bhubaneswar.
Highlighting the significance of the exercise, Majhi observed correct statistics and well-thought-out planning are essential for building a strong and progressive state and nation.
“In this context, ‘Census-2027’ will provide a new direction to our development trajectory. For the first time, the entire process has been digitised, and an innovative provision of ‘Self-Enumeration’ has been introduced for the convenience of citizens,” Majhi wrote on ‘X’.
“Today, by participating in this collective initiative, I have completed the ‘self-enumeration’ process for my family. I urge all of you to also take part in this important digital initiative. Please visit the portal https://se.census.gov.in by April 15 and provide your family details safely and accurately,” wrote the Chief Minister.
During the self-enumeration process, Director of Census Operations (DCO) Nikhil Pawan Kalyan was present to facilitate the registration.
The self-enumeration facility for Census 2027 was rolled out in Odisha officially on April 1 with Governor Dr Hari Babu Kambhampati, as the first citizen of the State, enumerating himself digitally at Lok Bhavan in the presence of DCO Nikhil Pawan Kalyan and BMC Commissioner Chanchal Rana.
Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) Mayor Sulochana Das and Chief Secretary Anu Garg also joined the digital exercise on the first day on April 1.
Prior to the household data collection, the provision for self-enumeration was made available online from April 1 (Wednesday) and it will continue till the midnight of April 15. Through the self-enumeration portal (https:e.census.gov.in/), citizens can submit their own information.
The first phase of the census house listing operations will commence across all 30 districts of Odisha on April 16 and will continue till May 15.
Over 1 lakh trained enumerators and 17,282 supervisors has been engaged to visit households and collect data during the one-month period.
As per the schedule, the second phase, or the primary population enumeration phase, will be carried out from February 9 to February 28, 2027.
