Census 2027 comes to Hyderabad — and for the first time you can count yourself

Hyderabad Stories published this report on 11 October 2026 as part of a review of April 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: apartment blocks in Hitec City, Hyderabad.

For the first time, households in Hyderabad could take part in the Census online. Self-enumeration for the house-listing and housing phase of Census 2027 opened on 26 April 2026 for residents of the GHMC, Cyberabad and Malkajgiri corporations, and ran until midnight on 10 May.

How it worked

Residents filled in a form on the official portal, se.census.gov.in, answering 33 questions on the house — its material and condition — and the household: its size and head, water, lighting, sanitation, cooking fuel, assets, the main cereal eaten, and a mobile number used only for Census communication. Submitting produced a Self-Enumeration ID to show the enumerator, who would verify the answers and collect them again if anything was wrong.

What came next

Door-to-door verification was scheduled from 11 May to 9 June. The second phase, population enumeration, is set for February 2027.

Sources

• Census 2027 in Hyderabad: complete self-enumeration online by May 10 — Siasat, 8 May 2026
• 1.27 lakh Hyderabad households complete self-enumeration for Census 2027 — Siasat, 11 May 2026