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Housing and amenities · people and households
What the Census 2027 questionnaires cover.
Two notified schedules cover different subjects. These summaries group the official items for understanding; they do not reproduce an official response form or predict future public results.
Houselisting and Housing Census33notified items · 2026-01-22
Houselisting and Housing Census
- Dwelling identification, structure and condition
- Household composition, head details, tenure and rooms
- Water, lighting, sanitation and drainage
- Cooking fuel and kitchen
- Household assets and connectivity
- Main cereal consumed and census communication detail (32-33)
Explain topic groups in original prose and link to the official schedule. Never run an imitation census form.
Population Enumeration40notified items · 2026-08-14
Population Enumeration
- Household relationships, age, sex and marriage (items 1-7)
- Nationality, religion, SC/ST/caste and parental particulars (8-12)
- Disability, language, literacy/digital literacy and education (13-17)
- Work, occupation, industry, worker category and work travel (18-25)
- Birthplace, migration, residence history and permanent address (26-30)
- Children surviving, ever-born and recent births (31-33)
- Other notified particulars, including vaccination, bank accounts and identifiers (34-40)
Collection topics are not promises of public table releases. PopulationIndia should handle only published aggregate data and link users to official participation channels; do not collect names or identity numbers.
Independent publication. For participation, instructions and official questions, use the linked Census of India notices and authorised channels. PopulationIndia handles published aggregate data, not personal census responses.