New Delhi, July 17 -- The Self-Enumeration (SE) facility for Houselisting and Housing Census (HLO) under Phase I of Census 2027 has commenced in Tamil Nadu and Tripura on Friday, marking the beginning of Census operations in these two states, according to the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA).

The facility will remain available till July 31, following which the corresponding house-to-house field enumeration will be undertaken from August 1 to August 30, MHA said.

Earlier, the process of self-enumeration was conducted and planned in several other states as well, Himachal Pradesh, Delhi, and West Bengal, on different timelines.

As per the MHA, residents who have completed self-enumeration are requested to keep their generated self-enumerati...