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Tamil Nadu Deploys Over 1.6 Lakh Personnel for Census 2027 Population Enumeration
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News18•15-10-2026, 10:45
Tamil Nadu Deploys Over 1.6 Lakh Personnel for Census 2027 Population Enumeration
- •Over 1.6 lakh personnel including 1,41,083 enumerators and 20,467 supervisors will undertake the Census 2027 population enumeration across all 38 districts in Tamil Nadu.
- •The massive exercise will cover 25 municipal corporations, 651 towns, and 15,437 villages across approximately 1.43 lakh enumeration blocks.
- •Special focus will be given to remote villages, slums, high-rise apartments, and newly developed residential or commercial areas to ensure no household is missed.
- •Digital applications and monitoring systems will support data collection, while households will also have a self-enumeration option via an online portal starting January 2027.
Key Questions Answered
Over 1.6 lakh personnel, consisting of an estimated 1,41,083 enumerators and 20,467 supervisors, will handle the population enumeration phase across all 38 districts in Tamil Nadu.
Households will have the option to provide their information through a designated online portal, and the specific dates for this self-enumeration facility will be notified in January 2027.
The revenue, education, police, health, and women and child development departments, along with local bodies and other concerned agencies, are coordinating to support field-level implementation across rural and urban areas.
