Patiala News:The second main phase of the census will run from December 01 to January 04, 2027.

-Training of second batch of field trainers for population census successfully completed

The 3-day training workshop of the first batch of field trainers for the smooth conduct of the second phase of Census-2027 (Population Enumeration) in Patiala district has been successfully completed today. This workshop was conducted at the Municipal Corporation office under the leadership of Deputy Commissioner-cum-Principal Sensing Officer, Patiala Dr. Himanshu Agarwal and Commissioner Municipal Corporation Pooja Sial Grewal. Sensing Nodal Officer and Additional Deputy Commissioner (Rural Development)-cum-District Sensing Officer Damanjit Singh Mann said that as per the guidelines of the Sensing Department, a total of 72 field trainers have been appointed in Patiala district, out of which 58 field trainers have been posted by the Deputy Commissioner and 14 field trainers have been posted by the Commissioner Municipal Corporation. To conduct the training smoothly, the field trainers have been divided into two batches of 36 each. Out of which, the 3-day training of the second batch has successfully concluded today (September 28 to September 30).
During this workshop, the master trainers of the Census Department—Nishu Sharma (Senior System Analyst, Punjabi University), Daulat Ram (Lecturer, P.M. Shri Government Senior Secondary School, Ghanaur) and Aman Kumar (District Coordinator, Census Operation Department Punjab, Chandigarh) provided detailed training to the field trainers on important topics related to population census, practical demos and field teams. These field trainers will now further train the supervisors and enumerators at the tehsil and charge levels.
After this, the second main phase of the census will run from December 1, 2026 to January 4, 2027, in which government enumerators will complete the population count by going door-to-door.
The district administration has appealed to all citizens to extend their full cooperation in this national work. Deputy Economic and Statistical Advisor Jaswinder Kaur, Superintendent Vishal Sial, Census Cell Team Narinder Kumar, Investigators Bikramjit Singh, Kulinderjit Singh and Hemant Kumar along with all the field trainers participated in this workshop.