Census-2027 in Telangana: self-enumeration from 10 January, house visits from 25 January

Telangana households can fill in their Census-2027 forms online from 10 January, two weeks before enumerators start visiting homes on 25 January. The State government issued orders on Monday, 9 November, republishing the Union government’s notification of 30 October, which set the calendar for the population count in Telangana and most of the country.

The calendar

Self-enumeration runs from 10 to 24 January 2027. House-to-house enumeration follows from 25 January to 28 February, and a revisional round is set for 1 to 5 March. The count is pegged to 00:00 hours on 1 March 2027.

This is the second phase of Census-2027. In the first phase, the houselisting round, Telangana had self-enumeration from 26 April to 10 May 2026, and enumerators went door to door from 11 May to 9 June.

The Centre’s notification, issued under Section 3 of the Census Act, 1948, covers every State and Union Territory except Manipur (until further declaration), Goa, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Uttarakhand and Ladakh, along with the snow-bound pockets of Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir that run on a different timetable. Telangana and Andhra Pradesh are not on that list.

What a household does

The second-phase household schedule has 40 questions, covering education, work, migration and disability as well as age, marital status, religion and caste. In the first phase, a household could log in to the portal se.census.gov.in with a mobile number, fill in the form and receive a Self-Enumeration ID to give the enumerator at the visit. Self-enumeration is an added facility: enumerators still visit every house in their blocks.

The Registrar General’s office lists the census portals on censusindia.gov.in.