A video of Assam teacher Rumi Deka carrying out her Census 2027 fieldwork with her twin daughters has gone viral online.
The clip, shared on Instagram, shows Deka moving from house to house with one daughter in her arms and the other by her side as she completes her assigned duty.
She said she had no option but to take her daughters along, since the fieldwork involved visiting multiple homes and the time required for each round was uncertain.
The video has since won widespread praise for her dedication, though some social media users questioned how she was juggling childcare alongside her official responsibilities.
A person identifying himself as Deka’s husband clarified in the comments that her teaching job and Census assignment are separate roles, with her school close to home while the Census work requires visiting different households.
He noted that her school is close to home, while the Census assignment requires travelling to different households, making the twin-daughter workaround necessary during fieldwork hours.
Census-related fieldwork in India typically involves enumerators, many of whom are drawn from the teaching and government employee workforce, visiting households to record demographic data.
The video is among a string of recent human-interest clips from India’s ongoing Census 2027 preparatory exercises to draw attention on social media.
Officials overseeing Census operations have periodically highlighted individual enumerators’ efforts as part of broader outreach around the exercise, though this particular clip circulated organically rather than through official channels.
The response to Deka’s video reflects a recurring pattern online, where everyday acts of balancing work and childcare draw significant public sympathy and engagement.
Deka posted the video on Instagram, showing herself moving door to door with one daughter in her arms and the other holding her hand as she completed her rounds.
She explained that she had little choice but to bring her daughters along, since the fieldwork involved visiting multiple households and she was unsure how long each round of duty would take.
Photo of the Census enumerator mascot, Wikimedia Commons, GODL-India (representative census-duty image)