Census 2027: multiple house calls to be made by enumerators before listing houses as ‘vacant’ (opens original article in a new tab)

Census 2027 will require multiple house calls by enumerators before listing houses as 'vacant', with house-to-house visits scheduled from July 1 to July 30 as part of the first phase of India's first digital census.

• A house will be reported as 'vacant' in the Houselisting and Housing Census phase of Census 2027 only after repeated efforts to ascertain occupancy
• Enumerators will conduct house-to-house visits from July 1 to July 30 as part of Phase 1 of Census 2027, India's first digital census
• The 2011 Census reported 11,89,144 vacant houses across Kerala, with 5,85,998 in rural areas and 6,03,146 in urban areas