Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, June 1: The Union Territory (UT) of J&K has emerged as the leading UT and 8th among States in the country in Self-Enumeration under Census 2027, with more than 6.67 lakh households voluntarily submitting their census details through the official self-enumeration portal.
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This was informed by Amit Sharma, Chief Principal Census Officer (CPCO) and Director Census Operations, J&K and Ladakh while addressing a press conference here today.
Following the successful completion of Self-Enumeration phase and the commencement of House Listing Operations (HLO) from today, Amit Sharma appealed to all residents of J&K and Ladakh to extend full cooperation to Enumerators and Supervisors visiting households during the month-long Census exercise.
Sharma termed the response to the Self-Enumeration phase highly encouraging, noting that 6,67,517 households in J&K and 7,009 in Ladakh completed Self-Enumeration through the official portal before the start of House Listing Operations.
He noted that enthusiastic participation was witnessed across all districts of J&K, with districts such as Pulwama, Jammu and Kulgam recording particularly encouraging responses.
Sharma also appreciated the participation of residents from Leh and Kargil districts in Ladakh and thanked the district administrations, Principal Census Officers, field functionaries, residents and others for contributing to the successful conduct of the Self-Enumeration phase.
Highlighting the scale of preparations undertaken for Census 2027, Amit Sharma informed that House Listing Block demarcation and geo-tagging activities have been virtually completed across both Union Territories with more than 23,600 House Listing Blocks demarcated in J&K and 567 in Ladakh. Similarly, extensive training programmes have been completed for Master Trainers, Field Trainers, Enumerators and Supervisors to ensure professional and uniform conduct of Census operations across all districts and remote areas.
He said that more than 27,000 Census kits have already been dispatched across J&K and around 800 in Ladakh for the commencement of House Listing Operations.
Sharma said that House Listing Operations are a key phase of Census 2027 for collecting data on housing and living conditions and called for accurate information to support effective planning and welfare programmes.
He reassured residents that all information collected during Census operations remains completely confidential under the provisions of the Census Act, 1948, and is used exclusively for statistical purposes.
The Chief Principal Census Officer further informed that special arrangements have been put in place for coverage of remote, border, tribal, migratory and nomadic populations so that no household or individual is left out of the Census exercise.
Director, PIB Jammu Neha Jalali said that Census 2027 will be India’s first digital Census, featuring mobile-based data collection and caste enumeration, backed by strong institutional preparedness and robust data infrastructure.
She further stated that House Listing and Housing Operations involve collection of information on buildings, households, housing conditions, family composition and living arrangements to support informed policymaking and planning.
Deputy Chief Principal Census Officer, Manmeet Singh Loomba and Media and Communication Officer, PIB, Zakir Nazeer were also present on the occasion.
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