Overview
- Self‑enumeration opened in West Bengal on August 1 and in Assam on August 2, each with a 15‑day online window before house‑listing teams begin door‑to‑door verification.
- Households that complete the online form receive an 11‑digit Self‑Enumeration ID that must be saved and shown to enumerators when officials visit to verify entries.
- The houselisting questionnaire asks 33–34 items about homes and amenities and will record separate households within a single residence, effectively counting distinct 'kitchens' or family units.
- States have mobilised large field forces and outreach: Tamil Nadu deployed more than 115,000 enumerators and about 19,000 supervisors, local authorities are running camps and incentives, and Tripura reported under 10% online uptake prompting intensified door‑to‑door coverage.
- Census authorities say individual records are protected under the Census Act, 1948 and stored on central servers with encryption, and that the current houselisting phase will feed into a full population enumeration scheduled for February 2027.