Tuesday, 06 June 2026 –
The Jammu and Kashmir administration has reported a significant milestone in the House Listing Operations phase of the upcoming Census-2027, with more than 6.67 lakh households having completed their self-enumeration process as of a review held Monday. Senior officials convened in Srinagar to assess progress and issued fresh directions to accelerate the drive across districts where completion rates remain below target.
The House Listing Operations represent the first phase of the Census exercise, mapping out dwellings and establishing the baseline household database that underpins the full enumeration in the second phase. J&K, like much of India, missed the Census-2021 exercise due to the COVID-19 pandemic — making Census-2027 the first comprehensive nationwide count in well over a decade, carrying enormous importance for development planning, resource allocation, welfare entitlements, and electoral delimitation.
The scale of self-enumeration reported — 6.67 lakh households — reflects meaningful public participation, but officials have emphasised that outreach must intensify before the enumeration window closes. For a Union Territory that has seen significant demographic and administrative changes since the last census — including the bifurcation of the erstwhile state, the reorganisation of districts, and new settlement patterns — an accurate census count will be especially consequential. Residents have been urged to complete self-enumeration to ensure their households are accurately represented in official records.
