Jammu, Aug. 12 -- Ladakh is set to become the first Union Territory or state in the country where population enumeration under Census 2027 will be 100% completed, with self-enumeration scheduled from August 17 to 31. The Census 2027 reference date for the Himalayan region has been fixed at 00:00 hours on October 1, 2026. "Census 2027 will take off in Ladakh in a sense that self enumeration [SE] for Ladakh as well as 16 snow-bound districts of J&K (partially) will start on August 17 till August 31, like it happened previously for HLO [Houselisting and Housing Census Operation] from May 17 to 31st," said Chief Principal Census Officer and Director, Census Operations, J&K and Ladakh, Amit Sharma. Sharma informed that immediately after SE, the ...