India, Aug. 17 -- Self-enumeration for Census 2027 will begin on Monday in identified snowbound areas of Jammu and Kashmir and across the Union Territory of Ladakh, and continue till August 31, officials said.

Director Census Operations for Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh, Amit Sharma, said the exercise will allow residents to digitally provide their details ahead of the door-to-door Population Enumeration scheduled from September 1 to 30.

"Self-enumeration for Census 2027 will begin on August 17 in identified snowbound areas of Jammu & Kashmir and across Ladakh, and continue till August 31," he told reporters here.

"We are fully prepared. This is the most important round of the Census, which we call Population Enumeration. In this, we ge...