Overview
- Uttar Pradesh launched the house-listing phase on Thursday, opening self-enumeration through May 21 before door-to-door checks, with the state deploying about 5.47 lakh personnel including 4.5 lakh enumerators.
- Delhi rolled out a 15-day outreach drive on Thursday using six mobile vans that will cover 180 high-footfall spots, as self-entry in MCD areas continues and house visits begin May 16 across nearly 45,000 blocks.
- Hyderabad’s Core Urban Region self-enumeration closes May 10, with field verification set for May 11–June 9 that relies on an 11-digit Self-Enumeration ID residents receive after answering 33 questions online.
- Census workers in Bhopal report frequent upload failures of self-filled forms that force manual re-entry, which officials link to incorrect geo-tagging and errors with downloading the Self-Enumeration ID.
- Gurugram officials said some gated societies blocked enumerators on Thursday and recommended FIRs against staff who obstructed duties, while Haryana introduced QR-coded ID cards so residents can verify enumerators; participation is building with Mumbai reporting 70,657 self-entries and 92 lakh households self-enumerated across 23 States and UTs.