The reference date for Population Enumeration will be midnight of March 1, 2027
As many as 148 officials completed a state-level training programme at Yashwantrao Chavan Academy of Development Administration (Yashada) in Pune on Thursday. Of them, a total of 120 were master trainers representing the state’s six revenue divisions. The remaining 28 were officials from the Directorate of Census Operations. The field trainers will subsequently prepare and guide the 2.82 lakh enumerators and supervisors involved in household visits. The training, conducted in two sessions between Oct 28 and Nov 5, covered the Census procedures, 40 questions to be asked during population enumeration, use of a cellphone application, self-enumeration and enumeration block maps.
Participants were also given practical exposure through demonstrations, role plays and field visits, officials said. Preparations for the exercise, called Population Enumeration, are underway. They will train field trainers across Maharashtra.