Overview
- The Assam self‑enumeration portal opened on August 2 and will remain available to residents until August 16, with senior state leaders and officials publicly completing their online forms to encourage uptake.
- House‑listing and the housing census in Assam are scheduled to start from August 17 and run until September 15, and the Centre has notified that population enumeration in snow‑bound areas will take place from September 1 to September 30 with a revisional round from October 1 to October 5.
- The government is finalising the Phase‑2 population questionnaire, which sources say will record caste as declared by respondents and collect parents’ date and place of birth, and officials expect the questionnaire to be notified imminently.
- Census 2027 uses a four‑part digital ecosystem built by C‑DAC — a satellite‑based Houselisting Block Creator, an HLO mobile app for enumerators, the Self‑Enumeration Portal that issues SE IDs, and a central Census Management and Monitoring System — and millions of enumerators are being trained and deployed.
- Authorities are making operational changes to boost participation, including considering acceptance of partially completed online forms, while local disruptions such as floods have led to postponements in Sivasagar and Charaideo and officials have issued guidance on who should be listed at a household address.