Awareness campaign launched for Census 2027

Kanpur: An awareness campaign for Census-2027 was launched on Wednesday from NRI City on Mainawati Marg in the Sadar tehsil area, aiming to educate citizens about the importance of the national exercise and encourage participation through self-enumeration.During the camp, officials informed the residents about the significance of the census and explained the online self-enumeration process in detail. Citizens were guided on how to use the ‘Swaganana’ portal, where they can digitally submit information about their families and households.The officials said the self-enumeration facility will be available from May 7 to May 21. The process, including logging in through a mobile number and OTP, filling in family details, and generating a Self-Enumeration (SE) ID, was demonstrated to attendees.As part of the outreach, a parallel awareness drive was also conducted in rural areas. At a primary school in Bania Purwa village under Katri Khewra Gram Panchayat, students organized a rally to spread awareness. Moving through village lanes, the children encouraged residents to actively participate in the census process.Tehsildar (Sadar), Vinay Dwivedi, said census forms the foundation of the country’s development planning. He urged citizens to make use of the self-enumeration facility to ensure accurate and swift data collection. He also appealed to people to provide correct and factual information and participate wholeheartedly in this national initiative.