Census 2027: 15-day self-enumeration period to begin in Kerala on June 16

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K. Biju, Secretary, the General Administration department, and Census State Nodal Officer, explaining the self-enumeration process   astatine  a property   league  successful  Thiruvananthapuram connected  Monday (June 15, 2026). (From left) District Collector Anu Kumari; T. Mithra, Director of Census Operations - Kerala and Chief Principal Census Officer; and Athira Thampi, Deputy Director, Press Information Bureau besides  seen.

K. Biju, Secretary, the General Administration department, and Census State Nodal Officer, explaining the self-enumeration process astatine a property league successful Thiruvananthapuram connected Monday (June 15, 2026). (From left) District Collector Anu Kumari; T. Mithra, Director of Census Operations - Kerala and Chief Principal Census Officer; and Athira Thampi, Deputy Director, Press Information Bureau besides seen. | Photo Credit: Special arrangement

The 15-day self-enumeration play of the Houselisting and Housing Census, which forms signifier I of Census 2027, volition statesman successful Kerala connected Tuesday (June 16, 2026).

The nationalist tin straight taxable their household particulars done the portal https://se.census.gov.in/ till June 30. The portal tin beryllium accessed from 6 a.m. connected Tuesday. The information frankincense submitted volition beryllium verified by enumerators during their tract visits for information postulation from July 1 to 30.

Respondents are required to supply accusation based connected their existent spot of residence, K. Biju, Secretary, the General Administration department, and State Nodal Officer of the Census exercise, said. Students and employees surviving elsewhere for acquisition oregon enactment should supply details of their existent spot of residence. Likewise, tenants should supply details of the rented location successful which they presently reside. The portal tin beryllium accessed lone from Indian territory.

Data extortion and privateness are ensured successful the exercise, Census officials said. Only the aggregate information volition beryllium published. Individual accusation volition stay confidential, T. Mithra, Director of Census Operations - Kerala and Chief Principal Census Officer, said.

Unique ID

Where the self-enumeration has been completed, the respondents volition beryllium required to stock the unsocial 11-digit ‘SE ID’ that gets generated during the self-enumeration, with the enumerator during the house-to-house visit.

In all, 33 questions person been notified for the archetypal phase. The Kerala authorities had issued a notification connected May 7 seeking nationalist co-operation successful furnishing “accurate, unambiguous” accusation successful effect to the questions, Census officials said.

In Kerala, determination are 682 Census towns and 758 villages. There are astir 58,619 houselisting blocks successful the State.

Approximately 61,282 enumerators and 10,189 supervisors, mostly teachers and different authorities employees, person been identified from crossed Kerala to sojourn the houselisting blocks demarcated utilizing a web-mapping exertion and allotted to them for information collection.

The enumerators volition usage a mobile app for information postulation and the full cognition volition beryllium managed done a dedicated web portal, the Census Management and Monitoring System.

Two phases

India’s archetypal integer Census, Census 2027 is being conducted successful 2 phases. Phase I consists of the House Listing and Housing Census (HLO), which volition instrumentality spot successful Kerala from July 1 to 30. Phase II - Population Enumeration volition beryllium held successful February, 2027.

The Directorate of Census Operations, Kerala, is liable for coordinating the Census activities with the State government, with the manager being the Chief Principal Census Officer. The State nodal section is the General Administration section (GAD) with its caput arsenic the State Nodal Officer for Census.

At the territory level, District Collectors are the Principal Census Officers (PCO) liable for the Census operations.

A toll-free helpline, 1855, volition beryllium operational soon.

Published - June 15, 2026 07:48 p.m. IST

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