By A video of Assam teacher Rumi Deka performing her Census 2027 fieldwork duties with her twin daughters by her side has won hearts across social media.
The Instagram clip shows Deka travelling door to door for her assignment, carrying one daughter in her arms while holding the other’s hand throughout the rounds.
Deka explained she had little choice but to bring her daughters along, given that the fieldwork spanned multiple households and the length of each round was unpredictable.
The video has generated a wave of praise online for her commitment, though some viewers also wondered how she was managing both her job and childcare simultaneously.
Responding to the queries, a man identifying himself as her husband clarified that Deka’s teaching job and Census duty are distinct roles, with her school located near home while the Census assignment requires travel to various households.
A person identifying himself as Deka’s husband responded to the comments, clarifying that her regular teaching job and her Census duty were separate responsibilities.
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.
Photo of the Census enumerator mascot, Wikimedia Commons, GODL-India (representative census-duty image)
