Chandigarh, November 11, 2026 (Yes Punjab News)
The Punjab Directorate of Census Operations on Wednesday launched a publicity and awareness campaign for Census 2027 Phase-II by flagging off nine Digital LED Vans across the state.
Director, Census Operations, Punjab, Dr Navjot Khosa flagged off the vans at 11 a.m. from the Directorate’s premises in Chandigarh. The vehicles will display awareness messages and QR codes linking citizens directly to the official National Census Portal for self-enumeration.
The vans will cover major towns, urban and rural areas, marketplaces and other prominent public locations with high footfall across districts. The campaign aims to educate people about the importance of Census 2027, self-enumeration and population enumeration through audio-visual publicity.
District-appointed escort officials will accompany the vans to facilitate their movement and coordinate publicity activities. Deputy Commissioners, who are also Principal Census Officers, have finalised route plans and identified suitable locations for publicity hoardings.
Census 2027 is being conducted in two phases. Phase-I, covering House Listing and Housing Census, has been completed. In Punjab, Phase-II, Population Enumeration, will take place from December 1, 2026, to January 4, 2027. The reference date will be 00:00 hours on January 5, 2027.
Self-enumeration will be available from November 16 to 30, 2026. Citizens can visit se.census.gov.in and answer the 40 census-related questions online before an enumerator visits their household. The portal will close on November 30.
A revision round will be conducted three to five days after the Population Enumeration exercise to cover people who may have been left out.
A dedicated toll-free helpline, 1855, has also been launched to help citizens resolve queries or difficulties while filling out the census questionnaire.
Dr Khosa appealed to people across Punjab to cooperate with enumerators and participate fully in the exercise to ensure accurate and complete census data. Citizens can also follow the Directorate’s official social media accounts on Instagram, Facebook, X and YouTube at @censusdcopunjab for updates.
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