Jammu, 02 June (H.S.): Jammu and Kashmir is leading among the Union Territories and ranked eighth among states in the country in the self-enumeration phase of Census 2027, a senior Census official said, adding that over 6.67 lakh households voluntarily have submitted their details through the official portal.

He said that 6,67,517 households in Jammu and Kashmir and 7,009 households in Ladakh completed self-enumeration before the commencement of house listing operations (HLO), which began on Monday.

The official appealed to all residents of Jammu & Kashmir, and Ladakh to extend full cooperation to enumerators and supervisors visiting households during the month-long census exercise.

“J&K has emerged as the leading Union Territory and 8th among states in the country in self-enumeration under census 2027. Over 6.67 lakh households voluntarily submitted their details through the official Self-Enumeration portal,”

Chief Principal Census Officer and Director Census Operations for Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh, Amit Sharma told reporters here.

Describing the response as highly encouraging, Sharma said, “Residents across districts actively participated in the exercise, with Pulwama, Jammu and Kulgam recording particularly strong responses”.

He also appreciated the participation of residents from Leh and Kargil districts in Ladakh. Sharma thanked district administrations, principal census officers, field functionaries, media organisations and residents for contributing to the successful completion of the self-enumeration phase.

Appealing to the public to cooperate with census staff, he said enumerators and supervisors would visit households during the month-long house listing operations, a key phase of census 2027 aimed at collecting information on housing and living conditions.

Highlighting preparations for the nationwide exercise, Sharma said house listing block demarcation and geo-tagging activities have been virtually completed across the two Union territories.

“More than 23,600 house listing blocks have been demarcated in Jammu and Kashmir and 567 in Ladakh”, he said.

He added that extensive training programmes have been conducted for master trainers, field trainers, enumerators and supervisors to ensure uniform and professional conduct of census operations, including in remote areas.

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Hindusthan Samachar / Krishan Kumar