The Nagaland government issued an official directive on Wednesday urging residents to utilize the newly launched self-enumeration portal for Phase I of India’s 2027 Census. The nationwide demographic update is bridging a 15-year data gap after the decennial schedule was repeatedly delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic following the 2011 count.
The state’s self-enumeration window operates from June 16 to June 30 ahead of physical field operations. Citizens can submit their household housing and asset data directly to government servers via the official portal at se.census.gov.in, according to a state directive outlining the user guide and specific dates.
The online registration process takes approximately 15 to 20 minutes to complete. Upon successful submission, the system generates a unique 11-digit Self-Enumeration ID prefixed with the letter “H”. Residents must present this specific identifier to enumerators when house-to-house listing operations begin on July 1.
The 2027 count is India’s 16th national census and its first transition to a fully digital, paperless format. The nationwide exercise relies on coordination between the Ministry of Home Affairs, the Office of the Registrar General, and individual state governments to train and deploy over 30 lakh field functionaries.
The initiative is structured in two distinct parts. Phase 1 focuses on houselisting and the housing census across various states from April to September 2026. Phase 2, which covers population enumeration and will electronically capture caste data following a recent Cabinet decision, is scheduled for February 2027.