More than 5.72 lakh households have availed the self-enumeration facility so far during the first phase of the Census 2027, the Registrar General of India (RGI) said on Friday (April 10, 2026).
This reflects the growing participation in the digital initiative of the Census, it said.
"By choosing to provide their details online, these families have embraced a faster, smarter and a more convenient way to contribute to nation-building," the RGI said in a post on X.
Census 2027: How to do self-enumeration - a step-by-step guide
The self-enumeration facility is available to citizens in States and Union Territories which will start physical Houselisting and Housing Census (HLO) from April 16.
