India, Sept. 15 -- All natural features such as rivers, streams, and reserved forests; transportation features including national, state highways as well as railway lines and stations should be 'duly' updated in the geo-spatial data layers along with all administrative boundaries for the upcoming Census 2027, the office of registrar general of India (ORGI) has directed all its field offices.

In the circular number 4, titled 'updating of base maps for Census 2027', issued on September 8, RGI Mrityunjay Kumar Narayan said, "As the updated geo-spatial data of administrative boundaries shall be used as digital framework for creating Charges (different aspects of field work for enumeration are recorded in a charge register during Census) and ...