Overview
- The self-enumeration window, which opened Friday, lets households enter details online in Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Meghalaya, Jharkhand and across Municipal Corporation of Delhi wards through May 15.
- A government update on Friday said about 82 lakh households have already used the portal, and field visits have begun in several regions that finished earlier notified windows.
- People submit 33 housing and household questions at se.census.gov.in or via the mobile app, one member per family receives a Self-Enumeration ID, and no documents are uploaded.
- Door-to-door house-listing follows in most states from May 16 to June 14, though schedules vary by state, with Uttar Pradesh set for May 22 to June 20 and some areas already underway.
- Officials stress strict confidentiality under the Census Act, and the population count in February 2027 will include a caste enumeration, with large teams deployed such as about 2.64 lakh staff in Maharashtra and roughly 9,000 in Meghalaya.