From Thursday (April 16, 2026), enumerators will begin door-to-door visit in eight States and union territories seeking response to a set of 33 questions for the first phase of Population Census, 2027 — the House Listing and Housing Operations (HLO).
The field operations for the HLO phase will begin from April 16 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 of Delhi, as part of the nationwide Census exercise, following the conclusion of the 15-day self-enumeration period, a statement by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) said.
55,000 households use Census self-enumeration portal on day one
The exercise will be carried out over a 30-day period till May 15, during which trained enumerators will undertake house-to-house visits for data collection.
The self-enumeration (SE) facility, introduced for the first time, saw the participation from around 12 lakh households through the official portal (se.census.gov.in) in the eight States and union territories.
