The Governor, however, said the census would be helpful in many ways since it will be the basis on which the National Population Register (NPR) would be made.
He said the census this time was ''elaborate'' and ''it will be linked up with the Unique Identification Number in terms of ensuring that they are our own citizens''.
''The census operation is a great exercise which would build up national spirit, '' Mr Mooshahary said.
The second phase of the census operations would end on February 28 to enumerate the decadal growth of people in the state.
Meghalaya's Director for census operations, K L Tariang today said 5688 enumerators (school teachers) and 995 supervisors would carry out the headcount of people residing in Meghalaya.
He said Meghalaya expects a 'normal' decadal growth of 30 per cent in population.
''Roughly Meghalaya's population is expected to grow up to 28 to 30 lakh from the last census,'' he said.
As per the last census, Meghalaya's total population was 23,318,822 with a sex ratio of 972.
People following Christianity form the largest segment of the population with 70.3 per cent followed by Hindus with 13.3 per cent.
He stated that homeless and several other categories of people had been included in this 2011 enumeration, making it diverse and more inclusive.