Bengaluru, Oct. 6 -- Around 80 per cent of the state's population, around 5.6 crore people have been enumerated in the ongoing socio-economical and educational survey being carried out in Karnataka. The rest of the people will be counted with the cooperation of the locals, said the state's home minister G Parameshwara on Monday.

"Enumeration has been done in 80% of the population. There are some slow districts that have to be completed before the 7th", Parameshwara told reporters here.

He further mentioned that there is a possibility that the October 7 deadline of completing the caste enumeration exercise might be extended by the Chief Minister, but is "unsure" about it.

"The Chief Minister is reviewing this, and I am unsure whether th...