Kerala's July digital census will mark homes vacant after checks
Kerala's upcoming census is getting pretty detailed: houses won't be called "vacant" unless enumerators check them several times and find no one home.
This phase runs from July 1 to July 30, and it's India's first digital census.
Enumerators recheck homes before vacancy tag
Homes that are just locked temporarily aren't counted as vacant right away.
Enumerators will revisit these places throughout the month; only if they're empty every time will they officially get the "vacant" tag.
Officials say this careful process helps keep the data accurate.
Kerala self-enumeration began on June 16
Kerala has seen a strong perception that the number of vacant homes could increase from the last Census, given the migration trends in recent years.
The self-enumeration process kicked off on June 16, and the enumerators and supervisors will be deployed during the month-long exercise to categorize homes under the census.