New Delhi, Apr 15 (PTI) More than 12 lakh households have successfully availed the self-enumeration facility for the Census 2027 first phase — houselisting and housing census over the last 15 days, the Centre in a statement said.
With the 15-day exercise concluded, a month-long field operation for the houselisting and housing Census will now begin from Thursday in eight states and Union Territories, it said.
Enumerators in Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Goa, Karnataka, Lakshadweep, Mizoram, Odisha, and Sikkim, along with the NDMC area and Delhi Cantonment Board in the National Capital Territory will conduct house-to-house visits to put forth 33 notified questions to house owners and collecting data.
During the period, residents who had availed the self-enumeration facility will have to provide self-enumeration ID (SE ID) to the enumerator during the field visit to complete the HLO process.
Households that did not opt for self-enumeration will be covered during the physical house-to-house visit by enumerators.
“The Self-Enumeration (SE) facility introduced for the first time in Census has received an encouraging response from the public. As part of the digital approach adopted for Census 2027, so far around 12 lakh households have successfully availed Self-Enumeration facility through the official portal (se.census.gov.in),” the government statement said.
The facility was made available to the citizens for a 15-day window immediately preceding the field operations.
“The initiative marks a significant milestone in digitising Census operations and has been widely appreciated for offering flexibility, convenience and ease of participation.
In a first, the 16th Census of India is being carried out as a completely digital exercise, while retaining the traditional door-to-door enumeration framework to ensure comprehensive coverage.
Over 32 lakh enumerators will use a mobile application to collect data digitally to ensure higher accuracy and faster processing, the government said.
Beginning April 16, the next phase of rollout, the self-enumeration facility will commence in Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Haryana, Chandigarh, Madhya Pradesh, and Chhattisgarh, and will be on till April 30, it said The corresponding house-to-house Houselisting Operations in these states and UTs will be conducted from May 1 to May 30, the statement said.
“Further, in Bihar, the 15-day Self-Enumeration period will commence from April 17, 2026 and continue till May 1, 2026, followed by field operations from May 2 to May 31, 2026,” it said. The decadal exercise, scheduled for 2021, was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Census is being conducted in two phases: house-listing and housing census from April to September 2026, and population enumeration (PE) in February 2027. PTI ABS VN VN
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