Jammu, Aug. 12 -- Ladakh, one of the country's two youngest Union territories, is all set to lead the country in Census 2027, with population enumeration scheduled to be completed across the Union territory by September 30, months before the exercise begins in most parts of the country.

Chief principal census officer (CPCO) and director, census operations (DCO), J&K and Ladakh, Amit Sharma, said, "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 31, like it happened previously for HLO (Houselisting and Housing Census Operation) from May 17 to 31."

Sharma informed that immediately after SE, second phase of census will ta...