1.27 lakh Hyderabad households counted themselves; now 21,773 enumerators take over

Hyderabad Stories published this report on 11 October 2026 as part of a review of May 2026. It was drafted with AI assistance from the reports listed at the end, each read in full; quotations are as those reports printed them. Photo above — File photo: high-rise residential towers in Hyderabad.

When online self-enumeration closed on 10 May 2026, 1.27 lakh households in Hyderabad's Core Urban Region had completed the Census house-listing form themselves, the GHMC said. On 11 May the field phase began.

The operation

Enumerators were to cover 19,868 house-listing blocks across the GHMC, Cyberabad and Malkajgiri corporations and the Secunderabad Cantonment Board until 9 June. A total of 25,175 personnel — 21,773 enumerators and 3,402 supervisors — were appointed.

In each block, teams verify boundaries against geo-tagged landmarks and Census maps, number every building and mark the number on its main entrance, draw layout maps of roads, lanes, landmarks, vacant sites and public buildings, and record house-listing and housing data on the HLO mobile application.

Population enumeration follows from 9 to 28 February 2027, with a revision round from 1 to 5 March.

Sources

• 1.27 lakh Hyderabad households complete self-enumeration for Census 2027 — Siasat, 11 May 2026