Assam teacher’s Census 2027 video with twin daughters goes viral

A video of Assam teacher Rumi Deka carrying out her Census 2027 fieldwork alongside her twin daughters has gone viral on social media.

The Instagram video shows Deka going from household to household, carrying one daughter while the other holds her hand as she carries out her assignment.

Deka said she was left with little choice but to bring her daughters along, since the fieldwork covered multiple homes and the duration of each round was unpredictable.

The clip has drawn significant praise online for her dedication, though some users also raised questions about how she balances childcare with her official duties.

A man identifying himself as her husband responded in the comments, clarifying that Deka’s teaching job and Census assignment are separate, with her school close to home while the Census duty requires travel to different areas.

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.

The clip prompted a wave of praise from social media users for her commitment to the assignment, though some also questioned how she was managing both childcare and her official duties at once.

Photo of the Census enumerator mascot, Wikimedia Commons, GODL-India (representative census-duty image)