Census Commissioner urges citizens to provide accurate data, assures confidentiality

Registrar General and Census Commissioner Mrityunjay Kumar Narayan (centre) with other officials in New Delhi on Monday. PIC/PTI

Registrar General of India and Census Commissioner Mrityunjay Kumar Narayan on Monday advised citizens to give accurate information to Census enumerators, asserting that the individual data will remain confidential and cannot be used as evidence or to get benefit under any scheme.

Addressing a press conference, as the first phase of the country's 16th Census is all set to begin in April in some states, including Delhi, the commissioner said under Section 15 of the Census Act, all individual data remains confidential.

The Census will be conducted in Delhi from April 16 to May 15. Meanwhile, the government has notified 33 questions that will be put to citizens during the first phase of the Census houselisting and housing enumeration, starting April 1, 2026.

Questions such as the material used in house flooring and roof, number of married couples living there, sex of the head of the household, access to basic and modern necessities, and types of vehicles owned shall be put forth.

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