PATNA, April 26 -- Vaishali district has emerged as the top performer in Bihar's ongoing online self enumeration phase of Census 2027, recording over 4.12 lakh submissions out of the state's total 24.35 lakh completed entries as of Saturday (5pm), officials from the directorate of census operations said on Sunday.

Madhubani followed closely with 3.97 lakh self enumerations, while Khagaria (1.28 lakh), Gopalganj and Bhojpur (1.26 lakh each) rounded out the top five districts.

State capital Patna, despite its higher levels of urbanisation and digital literacy, ranked sixth with more than 1.25 lakh self enumerations completed in the eight days since the exercise began on April 17.

Aurangabad (97,385), West Champaran (79,722), Darbhanga (7...