Two Days District Level Training for Phase II of Census-2027 was held on 3rd and 4th November, 2026 in the Conference Hall of the Deputy Commissioner Office, Mon, for all administrative officers and technical assistants of Mon District.

Deputy Commissioner Mon, Wennyei Konyak, NCS, welcomed the participants and stressed on the importance of accurate census, explaining that it will serve as the foundation for all future planning in the state as well as the district. He also emphasized on the importance of roping in the village authorities during the exercise to ensure smooth census operation.

The DC also congratulated all the administrative officers for successfully completing Phase I of census despite the difficulties of conducting it during mid-summer. Census 2027 being a digital census, the resource persons from the Directorate of Census Operations emphasized on the technical aspects, particularly Census Management and Monitoring System (CMMS) portal, through presentation and live demonstration. They also presented on the 40 questions that is to be asked of each and every person in the forthcoming census 2027.

The house-to-house enumeration of Phase II of Census 2027, which is called the Population Enumeration (PE), will be carried out from 25th January, 2027 to 28th February, 2027, with a Revisional Round from 1st to 5th March, 2027. The reference date shall be 00:00 hours of 1st March, 2027. Prior to the actual house-to-house visit by the Enumerators, there will also be an option for Self-Enumeration from 10th January to 24th January, 2027 through which the residents can enumerate themselves.

The team from the Directorate of Census Operations, Nagaland, was led by Deputy Director, Imkongnungsang. The resource persons were Statistical Investigator, Lokesh Yadav, Senior Executive, Tsikingmong Sangtam, and Junior Executive, Nokyuh.

(M. Pelih, IA Mon)