Jammu, June 2 -- 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 amo...