Team Goemkarponn
PANAJI: Goa’s preparations for the second phase of Census 2027 have gathered momentum, with the Directorate of Census Operations announcing that residents can submit their household details online from November 16 to November 30, ahead of the door-to-door population enumeration beginning on December 1.
The schedule was outlined during a media briefing organised by the Directorate of Census Operations, Goa, in collaboration with the Department of Planning, Statistics and Evaluation (DPSE), the State Nodal Department and PIB/DIP at the Secretariat in Porvorim on November 13.
The online self-enumeration facility will remain available for 15 days through the official portal, **http://se.census.gov.in**. The facility will allow families to provide their information at a convenient time and from any location before census officials begin their field visits.
The population enumeration exercise will run from December 1, 2026, to January 4, 2027. Census enumerators will visit households and collect information through a mobile application, covering 40 questions relating to demographic, socio-economic, educational, language, migration, fertility and other details.
Families completing the online process will receive a Self-Enumeration ID, which they can share with the visiting enumerator for verification. If an entire family is away during the field survey, the ID can be written on a piece of paper and displayed on the house entrance.
A revisional round will subsequently be conducted from January 5 to January 9, 2027. The reference date for Goa has been fixed as midnight of January 5, 2027, and the census data will be compiled with reference to this date.
During the briefing, officials stressed that providing information for the census is mandatory under the Census Act, 1948. They also assured that individual information collected during the exercise will remain confidential under the law.
Residents have been urged to participate in the self-enumeration process and extend cooperation to census personnel to ensure accurate data collection across the state. The Directorate has also appealed to media organisations to spread awareness about the online facility and the upcoming household survey.
