Lucknow,

02 May (HS): The chief principal census officer of Uttar Pradesh said on

Saturday that caste enumeration will take place alongside census activities. Sheetal

Verma, the state's director of census operations, spoke to media in Lucknow. She

stated, We reach out to every ordinary citizen and count them. We count

households and acquire information about their assets. When we go on to Phase

2, which is anticipated for February 2027, we will concentrate on a broad

spectrum of unique qualities and personal features. For example, we gather

information on fertility, literacy levels, and the nature of one's work.This

time, a caste enumeration will also be performed. A caste-based census will

actually be conducted.

She

also stated that the next census will be the eighth after Independence and the

sixteenth in the series, which began in 1872. In terms of population, if you

normally live in a specific place, you are considered part of that area's

population and will be counted. Unless you have diplomatic immunity or are a

citizen of another nation, you will be considered as part of the population,

according to Verma, who added that territory refers to the physical region

whose boundaries are essentially fixed for the sake of this operation. As of

December 31, 2025, all revenue and administrative entities across the entirety

of India have been frozen, and no new tehsil will be created. There would be no new state, revenue village,

or administrative block, she stated.

The

justification for this action is that once the population has been enumerated,

the resulting statistics will be released revenue-village and ward-wise,

according to the officer. She pointed out that the census is the only really

global procedure of its sort. Verma stated that we go out to each and every

citizen and person to count them. On March 30, India's Registrar General and

Census Commissioner, Mritunjay Kumar Narayan, encouraged citizens to supply

correct information to census enumerators, promising them that individual data

would be kept secret and could not be used as evidence or to get any advantage

under any scheme.

Hindusthan Samachar / Abhishek Awasthi