Overview

• Government has unveiled a dedicated self-enumeration web portal enabling citizens to submit their own details ahead of official visits.
• Enumerators will collect information using multilingual mobile apps on Android and iOS devices to transmit data directly to central servers.
• For the first time since 1931, the census will record household members’ caste to support the next delimitation of Lok Sabha constituencies.
• States and Union Territories must finalize administrative boundary changes by December 31, 2025, to establish uniform enumeration blocks before April 2026.
• A three-tier training structure is preparing around 34 lakh enumerators and supervisors under stringent data security protocols.