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District Collectors have been appointed as Principal Census Officers for the pre-test.
Until 2011, Census data were recorded on paper and later digitised — a process that was both time-consuming and prone to errors. The 2027 Census will be entirely digital.
Citizens will also have the opportunity to submit their information themselves via the web portal during the Houselisting and Housing Census (HLO) and the Population Enumeration (PE) phases.
The census will use October 1, 2026, as the official reference date for snow-covered areas in the country.
Last population census was held in 2011.
The first phase of this decade's census was expected to begin on April 1, 2020 but had to be postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Livestock census began in the country in 1919, during the British rule.
'Implement the order now, or you will see the next Prime Minister do this,' the Congress leader said.
The last census was to be completed in 2021.
According to the 2017 census, there were 3,322 elephants in Kerala, but this dropped to 1,920 in 2023.
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