Patiala, October 12: Training sessions for enumerators and supervisors regarding the second phase (population enumeration) of Census 2027 have commenced in Patiala district at the charge level (covering 6 tehsils, 5 municipal councils, and 4 nagar panchayats). In accordance with Census Circular No. 27, these training sessions are scheduled to be conducted from October 5, 2026, to November 10, 2026. The training has begun under the leadership of Dr. Himanshu Aggarwal (IAS), Deputy Commissioner-cum-Principal Census Officer, Patiala. Damanjit Singh Mann (PCS), Additional Deputy Commissioner (Rural Development)-cum-District Census Officer, is serving as the Census Nodal Officer for Patiala district. Training is being imparted to approximately 3,300 enumerators, supervisors, and reserve staff across 6 tehsils, 5 municipal councils, and 4 nagar panchayats by 58 district-level field trainers. These training sessions are being monitored at the charge level by Aman Kumar Balihar (District Coordinator, Census Operations Department, Punjab/Chandigarh), Nishu Sharma (Master Trainer, Patiala), Jaswinder Kaur (Assistant Research Officer-cum-Additional District Census Officer, Patiala), and the Census Cell team.
In the second phase of Census-2027, these enumerators will conduct the population enumeration by visiting households from December 1, 2026, to January 4, 2027, and will ask citizens 40 questions. During training programs held at the Tehsil/Charge level, these supervisors and enumerators are being provided with detailed information, practical demonstrations, and hands-on practice regarding various key aspects of the second phase of Census-2027.
In Patiala district, the Additional Deputy Commissioner (Rural Development)-cum-District Census Officer stated that 'self-enumeration' has been introduced as a new initiative for this census. Under this process, citizens can personally complete their household enumeration between November 16, 2026, and November 30, 2026; the officer appealed to the residents of Patiala district to participate actively in this self-enumeration exercise. The second phase of the census, focusing on population enumeration, will commence on December 1, 2026, and continue until January 4, 2027; during this phase, enumerators will visit households to conduct the count and ask citizens 40 specific questions. The Deputy Commissioner and the Additional Deputy Commissioner (Rural Development), Patiala, have appealed to all citizens of the district to extend their full cooperation in this census exercise being conducted by the Government of India. Officials present during the monitoring of the census training in Patiala Tehsil included Mrs. Jaswinder Kaur (Deputy Economic and Statistical Advisor), Aman Kumar Balihar (District Coordinator), and members of the Census Cell team—namely Narinder Kumar (Accounts Clerk), Bikramjit Singh (Investigator), Kulinderjit Singh, and Hemant Kumar (Investigator).
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