Door to door survey agency in Mumbai for dense settlements
In clusters such as Dharavi, addresses are informal and lanes branch without names. Enumerators capture a GPS point and landmark per household so back-checkers can find the same door.
Locations · Maharashtra · Mumbai
Fieldwork planned around 227 BMC wards, gated towers and monsoon weeks
Bharat Survey works as a survey company in Mumbai for campaigns, brands, researchers and public bodies that need interviews they can check. Field teams are deployed per project across Mumbai City and Mumbai Suburban districts, and every response carries a GPS point, a timestamp and the BMC ward it belongs to. You get daily progress on a web panel instead of a spreadsheet at the end.
- Samples split by BMC ward and assembly seat
- Offline Android app for basements, chawl lanes and trains
- Society-access plans agreed before day one
- Marathi, Hindi, English and Gujarati questionnaires
3,000
Target outlets
2,184
Visited
1,962
Audited
1,871
Accepted
Daily accepted auditsLast 12 days
Quality
Accepted1871
In review64
Outside area19
Weak signal8
Top gaps · by territory
Out of stock62%
Planogram48%
Price label31%
Visibility24%
Survey 3/6 · AmenitiesOffline
How is drinking water in your area?
- Comes regularly
- Comes sometimes
- Rarely / never
- Don't know
✓ Section saved on phone · autosave
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227 BMC wards36 assembly seats6 Lok Sabha seatsChawls and SRA buildingsHousing societiesRetail auditsMonsoon schedulingMarathi · Hindi · Gujarati
Mumbai at a glance
Mumbai is not one district. Quotas that ignore the city-suburban split or the ward grid end up over-sampling a few easy neighbourhoods.
Revenue districts
Mumbai City and Mumbai Suburban
Both in Konkan division
Municipal body
Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC)
BMC wards
227 single-member wards
Polls held 15 January 2026, counted 16 January
Lok Sabha seats
6
Mumbai North, North West, North East, North Central, South Central, South
Assembly constituencies
36
10 in Mumbai City, 26 in Mumbai Suburban
Languages in the field
Marathi (official), Hindi, Gujarati, Urdu, English
Sources: Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation · Chief Electoral Officer, Maharashtra · State Election Commission, Maharashtra · 2026 BMC election (pointer to official results)
Political work
A corporator race in one BMC ward and a Lok Sabha contest across six assembly segments need different samples, even when they cover the same streets.
Ward-level sentiment for corporator contests
The January 2026 BMC polls put 227 wards back on the calendar for every civic campaign. We draw quotas per ward, then split by building type: chawl, slum pocket, SRA tower, older co-operative society and new high-rise, because opinion in Mumbai often tracks housing more than area.
- Housing-type quotas
- Ward boundary checks on every GPS point
- Neutral questionnaires reviewed before launch
3,000
Target homes
2,184
Visits
1,962
Completed
1,871
Accepted
Daily accepted surveysLast 12 days
Assembly and Lok Sabha tracking
For the 36 assembly seats, we roll ward samples up into constituencies and report issue priorities such as water, redevelopment, local trains and flooding by segment. Results describe what respondents said; we never promise an outcome.
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How a Mumbai project runs
Mumbai fieldwork loses days to two things, society gates and rain. The plan handles both before an enumerator steps out.
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Map wards to Lok Sabha and assembly seats
We tag each target ward to its constituency so reports can be read at either level without re-cutting data.Research lead3,000Target outlets2,184Visited1,962Audited1,871AcceptedDaily accepted auditsLast 12 days - 02
Agree access for gated societies
Where towers need secretary or committee permission, we schedule weekend and evening slots and carry a signed project letter.Field supervisorHome #17 · Intro & consentHello, I am Ram Kumar. This survey is run by Sample Organisation. Purpose: to learn about amenities in your area. It is voluntary, and you can say no at any time.
Consent v2 · 09:44Agreed — start surveyDeclined - 03
Collect offline, sync on the move
Forms work without signal in basements and chawl interiors and sync once the phone reconnects, often on the local train home.EnumeratorsSync6Safe on phone8Synced to serverSync nowLast sync12:40Offline permit18 h leftPhotos pending3 - 04
Back-check and publish daily
Supervisors re-contact a share of respondents; flagged interviews are held back until cleared.Quality teamLocation evidenceSurvey #BS-0412- In areaInside approx. boundary
- Accuracy±12 m
- Time09:42 · fresh fix
- Mock GPSNot detected
- Interview length11 min
Added to accepted count
3,000
Target outlets
2,184
Visited
1,962
Audited
1,871
Accepted
Daily accepted auditsLast 12 days
Home #17 · Intro & consent
Hello, I am Ram Kumar. This survey is run by Sample Organisation. Purpose: to learn about amenities in your area. It is voluntary, and you can say no at any time.
Consent v2 · 09:44
Agreed — start surveyDeclined
Sync
6
Safe on phone
8
Synced to server
Last sync12:40
Offline permit18 h left
Photos pending3
Location evidence
Survey #BS-0412
- In areaInside approx. boundary
- Accuracy±12 m
- Time09:42 · fresh fix
- Mock GPSNot detected
- Interview length11 min
Added to accepted count
Brands and retail
If you are shortlisting a market research agency Mumbai teams can brief in the morning and see data from by evening, this is how we split the work.
Data collection agency in Mumbai for household and shopper interviews
Doorstep and intercept interviews from Colaba to Dahisar and across the eastern suburbs, with quotas by ward so a sample is not built only from malls. Buyers who compare market research companies in Mumbai, Bangalore and Delhi on one brief can run the same questionnaire in each city; see our Bengaluru page for how that city is planned.
- Station and market intercepts
- Society doorstep visits
- Photo evidence where consent allows
Mystery audits and store checks
Among mystery audit companies in Mumbai, the practical test is proof: our auditors log each visit with GPS, time and photos, so a store manager cannot dispute that the audit happened. Useful for bank branches, QSR outlets and kirana distribution checks.
- Scored audit forms
- Timestamped photos
- Outlet-wise scorecards
3,000
Target outlets
2,184
Visited
1,962
Audited
1,871
Accepted
Daily accepted auditsLast 12 days
Our view
Doorstep fieldwork
High-rise society access
Security desks, intercom approvals and committee rules decide whether a tower is reachable. We log every refused society, not just completed interviews.
Monsoon planning
Heavy June to September rain and waterlogging in low-lying areas slow movement. Doorstep schedules for those months carry buffer days, and indoor intercepts fill gaps.
Choose a method
| Brief | Best method | Mumbai-specific watch-out |
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| BMC ward sentiment | Doorstep interviews by ward | Housing-type quotas inside each ward |
| Campaign volunteer coordination | Booth management app | Booth lists are entered by your team; we import no voter rolls |
| Shopper or brand study | Intercepts plus doorstep | Mall-only samples skew to higher incomes |
| Store compliance | Mystery audit | Peak-hour visits need permission from the brand, not the store |
| Slum or redevelopment study | Household census with GPS | Informal addresses; see our slum survey method |
Not the right fit if
- Anyone wanting a guaranteed election result or exit poll accuracy figure
- Studies that need voter-list personal data
- iOS-only field deployments
- Buyers expecting a walk-in Mumbai office: field teams are deployed per project
A good fit if
- Ward or seat samples that need GPS proof
- Mixed housing-type household surveys
- Retail and branch audits with photo evidence
- Campaigns fielding their own volunteers on the booth management app Mumbai teams can run offline on Android, with no voter-roll data
Maharashtra
State-level coverage, divisions and election calendar.
Learn moreKonkan division
Thane, Navi Mumbai, Vasai-Virar and the MMR belt.
Learn moreNagpur
Vidarbha's largest city and its corporation.
Learn moreNashik
Fieldwork around the 2027 Simhastha Kumbh.
Learn moreBengaluru
Pair a Mumbai study with Bengaluru fieldwork.
Learn moreSlum survey
Household enumeration in informal settlements.
Learn moreMystery shopping
Scored, photo-verified outlet visits.
Learn moreNagar nigam election survey
Ward-level civic poll research.
Learn moreFAQ
Straight answers to the questions people ask most about this topic.
Can you survey inside gated housing societies in Mumbai?
Often, but not always. Many societies need approval from the secretary or managing committee. We send a project letter, request weekend or evening slots, and record every refusal. Your report shows how many societies were approached, how many allowed entry and how the final sample was balanced by housing type.
Do you split Mumbai results by BMC ward?
Yes. Each interview is geo-tagged and checked against ward boundaries, so results can be read by any of the 227 BMC wards and rolled up into the 36 assembly constituencies or six Lok Sabha seats. Small ward samples are flagged so nobody reads too much into them.
How does the monsoon affect a Mumbai survey timeline?
Heavy rain between June and September causes waterlogging in low-lying areas and train delays, which cuts doorstep output. We add buffer days for those months, shift some interviews indoors or to evenings, and show the daily completion rate so you can see slippage as it happens.
Can you run the same study in Mumbai and Bengaluru?
Yes. The questionnaire, quotas and quality checks stay identical, and field teams are deployed separately in each city. Language versions change: Marathi and Hindi in Mumbai, Kannada in Bengaluru, with English in both. Results sit in one dashboard with a city filter.
Do you have an office in Mumbai?
We do not claim a local office. Field teams and supervisors are deployed for each Mumbai project, and clients follow progress on the web panel with GPS, time and photo evidence on each record. Briefings happen by call or at your premises when needed.
India Nationwide, Hindi-first
Share the brief, sample size and deadline. We reply with a ward plan and a quotation.