Two Days District Level Training for Phase II of Census-2027 was held on November 3 and 4 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.

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