Dimapur: More than 6,000 government officials will be engaged in the conduct of Census 2027 in Nagaland. The census will be carried out in two phases, as announced by the directorate of census operations.
First Phase: House-listing and Self-Enumeration
The first phase of house-listing operations will provide citizens an opportunity to enumerate their households through an online self-enumeration facility from June 16 to June 30. This will be followed by verification of the self-enumerated data and enumeration of households that have not been covered.
Second Phase: Population Enumeration
The second phase, scheduled for February 2027, will involve population enumeration, during which population data will be collected across the state. The directorate has appealed to all citizens to actively participate and extend their full cooperation in ensuring the successful conduct of Census 2027.
Training of Field Trainers
Nagaland has completed the training of field trainers for all 17 districts as part of the preparations for the Census of India 2027. A total of 130 field trainers from across the state underwent a three-day residential training programme, conducted in four batches. The trained field trainers will subsequently impart training to census supervisors and enumerators during June 2026 across Nagaland, covering 157 sub-districts, municipalities, and towns.
The training programmes, held between May 20 and May 29, witnessed 100% participation and were successfully organised under the Deputy Commissioners of Dimapur, Mokokchung, Kohima, and Phek.
