{"id":62931,"date":"2025-09-11T11:26:23","date_gmt":"2025-09-11T05:56:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=62931"},"modified":"2025-09-11T11:30:17","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T06:00:17","slug":"geotagging-in-indias-2027-census-process-benefits-implementation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/geotagging-in-indias-2027-census-process-benefits-implementation\/","title":{"rendered":"Geotagging in India\u2019s 2027 Census: Process, Benefits &#038; Implementation"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Geotagging in Census Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">India\u2019s 2027 Census will introduce several firsts, including digital enumeration, self-enumeration, and caste counting after 1931.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A major innovation will be <\/span><b>geotagging of all buildings<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> across the country. Each structure will be assigned precise GPS coordinates using mobile devices, ensuring accurate mapping of households and institutions.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This will help remove duplication, improve coverage, and create a reliable spatial database to aid urban planning, infrastructure development, and better targeting of welfare schemes.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-62953\" src=\"https:\/\/d35xcwcl37xo08.cloudfront.net\/current-affairs-wp-uploads\/2025\/09\/unnamed-61.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"512\" height=\"474\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Geotagging<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Geotagging is the process of marking a <\/span><b>building\u2019s exact latitude-longitude coordinates on a Geographic Information System (GIS) map<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A <\/span><b>GIS<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a computer system that records, checks, and displays data linked to specific positions on Earth\u2019s surface.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Latitudes (horizontal lines) measure north-south distance from the equator, while longitudes (vertical lines) measure east-west distance from the prime meridian in Greenwich, UK.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Together, these create a grid that allows any location to be uniquely identified.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Through this system, geotagging assigns each building a precise locational identity that can be accurately pinpointed.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Number of Buildings in India (Census 2011)<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In Census 2011, a <\/span><b>\u2018Census House\u2019<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> was defined as any building or part of a building with a separate main entrance, used as a distinct unit.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Such houses could be occupied or vacant, and used for residential, non-residential, or mixed purposes.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Census recorded <\/span><b>330.84 million houses<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> across India, of which <\/span><b>306.16 million were occupied<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>24.67 million vacant<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rural areas accounted for <\/span><b>220.70 million houses<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, while <\/span><b>110.14 million were in urban areas<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>How Geotagging Will Be Conducted in Census 2027<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Geotagging will take place during the <\/span><b>Houselisting Operations (HLO)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the first phase of the Census scheduled for April\u2013September 2026.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The second phase, <\/span><b>Population Enumeration <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(will begin in February 2027) will record demographic, socioeconomic, and cultural details.<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In Ladakh, Jammu &amp; Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, and Uttarakhand, it will begin earlier in September 2026.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>Role of Enumerators<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Enumerators will visit all buildings within their assigned Houselisting Blocks (HLBs) \u2014 clearly demarcated areas in villages or town wards with notional maps.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Using Digital Layout Mapping (DLM) and smartphone apps, they will switch on location services and geotag each building.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The exercise will record the number of Census Houses and Households in each building.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Buildings will be classified as <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">residential, non-residential, partly residential, or landmarks<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>Definition of Household<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As per Census 2011, <\/span><b>a household is a group of people normally living together and sharing meals from a common kitchen, unless prevented by work conditions<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Benefits of Geotagging in the Census<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Geotagging during the Census will provide <\/span><b>accurate estimates of Census houses and households<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, ensuring better workload distribution for enumerators.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unlike earlier Censuses that relied on hand-drawn sketches, digital geotagging offers precision and efficiency.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The government already uses geotagging on a smaller scale, such as for tracking houses built under <\/span><b>Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana (PMAY)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in rural and urban areas, demonstrating its practical usefulness.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/explained\/how-geotagging-buildings-help-census-10242031\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">IE<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> | <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jagranjosh.com\/general-knowledge\/india-first-digital-census-2027-key-features-dates-and-new-changes-1820002412-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">JJ<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>India\u2019s 2027 Census will geotag all buildings for the first time, ensuring accuracy, better planning, and improved delivery of welfare 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