The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has begun the pre-test exercise for Census 2027 in the M West Ward, initiating a fully digital houselisting and housing census process. The activity is part of a nationwide pre-test being conducted from November 10 to 30 to evaluate all operational components before the full-scale Census rollout.

As part of the transition to digital enumeration, supervisors are mapping houselisting block boundaries using the DLM app, while enumerators are collecting data on buildings, houses and households through the HLO app. The progress of fieldwork is being monitored in real time via the Census Management and Monitoring System (CMMS) portal.