Population Census Statistics by Population Census Organization

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By

Mr. Habib Ullah Khan

Census Commissioner

POPULATION CENSUS ORGANIZATION

PAKISTAN

PRESENTATIONON

POPULATION & HOUSING CENSUS

2011


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DECISION TO HOLD CENSUS

The issue of 6th Population and Housing Census wasconsidered by the Council of Common Interests in a meetingheld on 8thNov. 2010 under the chairmanship of the Prime

Minister and it was decided to hold the next Census as perfollowing schedule:

- House Listing Operation March / April , 2011

- Population and Housing Census August /Sept, 2011


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IMPORTANCE OF CENSUS

Population and Housing Census is a stock taking ofhuman resources of a country and their living conditionsat one point of time.

It provides basic data on demographic, social and

economic variables about each person and each housingunit.

Data collected through census serves as bench mark for

all type of socio-economic development plans,administrative activities and demographic research.


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LEGAL AND POLITICAL IMPACT

Census also meets Legal requirements for:

Providing basis for political representation in the Nationaland Provincial Assemblies (Article 51 (3) of Constitution).

Distribution of funds to the federating units by NationalFinance Commission (Article 160(2) of Constitution).

Determining quota for recruitment to all civil posts in theFederal Government.

Delineation of constituencies for National and Provincial

Assemblies


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HISTORY OF CENSUS TAKING

First regular census in the areas now comprisingPakistan was held in 1881. Since then regular censuseshave been conducted after every ten years up to 1981.

After independence five censuses have been undertakenfirst in 1951, 1961, 1972, 1981 and the last in 1998.

6thPopulation & Housing Census is scheduled to be heldin September, 2011.


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TOPICS TO BE COVERED IN CENSUS

A) DEMOGRAPHIC & SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS

Age - Sex - Relationship to the head - Maritalstatus - Religion - Mother tongue (language)- Nationality

B) EDUCATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS (for 5 years +)

Literacy status - School attendance - Level ofeducation completed - Field of education

C) GEOGRAPHICAL / MIGRATIONCHARACTERISTICS

Usual residence - District of birth - Duration ofcontinuous residence in district - District of previousresidence - Reason of migration


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D) ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS (for 10 years +)

Usual Activity - Part time Activity Occupation

- Industry, Employment status - Reason of

unemployment

E) FERTILITY / MORTALITY (females 15-49 Years)

No. of children ever born by sex

No. of children still living by sexNo. of children born during last 12 months by sex

No. of children still living by sex

F) MISCELLANEOUS

Nature and Type of Disability if any

Holding of CNI Card by persons of 18 years plus

Member of a household living abroad for more than

6 members.


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G) HOUSING CHARACTERISTICS

- Information about living quarters; number of rooms,sex of the owner, tenure status, period sinceconstructed and construction material used in outerwalls & roofs.

- Data on source of drinking water, source of lightingand cooking fuel used.

- Availability of proper kitchen, bathroom, latrine and

type of latrine.

- Media of information such as T.V., Radio, Newspaper,Telephone and Mobile.


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Forms Used in House Listing

And Census Operation

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Scope of House Listing Operation

House Listing as first phase is generally

conducted to 2 to 3 months prior to main

census.

It provides inventory of structures / housesand household in the country.

Data is used for planning of 2ndphase i.e. maincensus.


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Steps involved are:

- to number each structure in the census block.

- to ascertain nature & use of each structure.

- to indentify households and obtain name and

CNIC of head or member of household.

- to obtained number of persons residing in the

household.

- any kind of economic activity being carried out inthe household.


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Planning & Preparation


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ARRANGEMENTS/PREPARATIONS

MADE FOR THE

CENSUS 2011


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DELIMITATION OF CENSUS AREAS

For complete coverage and effective field supervision, the

country has been delimited on a four-tier system, into;Census Districts (Tehsils/ Towns and Cantts.)

Census Charges (Qanun go/ part of Town/Cantt.)

Census Circle (Patwar Circle/part of Town /Cantt.)

Census Blocks (Village, part of Village/Town)

Census block roughly comprises of 200-250 houses

One block is assigned to one enumerator.


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PREPRATION OF MAPS

Maps help in proper delimitation, control of censusoperations and presentation of census results.

Maps of each Admin as well as Census Area have beenprepared/updated.

Maps of 50666 villages and 7594 urban areas (censuscircles) have been prepared and updated. Maps are beingverified through satellite images (Google Earth).

Block maps showing physical landmarks have been

prepared which are provided to the enumerators andsupervisors.


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CHARGE/CIRCLE/

BLOCKS SETUP

COMPRISING

OF

CENSUS CHARGE 5 TO 7 CIRCLES

CENSUS CIRCLE 5 TO 7 BLOCK

CENSUS BLOCK 200 TO 250 HOUSES


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CHARGE/CIRCLE/

BLOCK SETUP

COMPRISING

OF

Census Charge One Qanungo Halqa/ Total number

of Patwar Circles in Qanungo Halqa

Census Circle Total number of mauzas in Patwar

Circle / Tapedar Circle.

Census Block Each mauza/deh/village ranging

from 200 to 250 houses comprisesone block.

Large mauzas are divided into two

or more blocks of 200 to 250

houses.


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CENSUS AREAS BY ADMN. UNITS

Admn.

Area

AdmnDistt.

CensusDistrict

CensusCharges

CensusCircles

CensusBlocks

Khyber Pk. 24 78 336 2283 19828

FATA 7 7 48 288 3797

Punjab 36 158 1542 11224 72201

Sindh 23 129 875 4893 35317

Balochistan 30 34 264 726 9186

Islamabad 1 1 14 107 863AJK 10 10 88 445 3892

GB 7 7 35 141 1198

Total 138 424 3202 20107 146289

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APPOINTMENT OF FIELD STAFF


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Census operation requires a field force of 182,000 as

enumerators and supervisors.

The services of school Teachers and employees of otherGovernment Departments are hired as Enumerators /Supervisors.

Participation of females is encouraged. Efforts are been madeto deploy maximum females in the census operation asenumerators and supervisors.

Enumerators and supervisors are paid one month salary asremuneration.

APPOINTMENT OF FIELD STAFF


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Field Staff (for House Listing)

Province PCOs/RCOsField Staff for House Listing Including 6% Reserve

Charge

Superintendents

Circle

Supervisors

Enumerators Total

PunjabLahore 1127 8853 18040 24074

Multan 569 4474 11872 14940

SindhKarachi 710 4100 10010 13440

Sukkur 240 1235 4220 5031

KPK Peshawar 383 2464 7325 9955

FATAFATA 57 305 1455 1698

BalochistanQuetta 144 424 5270 5828

Khuzdar 134 339 4435 4896Gilgit

BaltistanGilgit 39 151 648 834

ICT Islamabad 16 116 325 576

AJK AJK 98 473 2100 2683

Total - 3523 22932 65700 91155


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TRANSPARENCY

o Updated maps of census areas are provided to each

enumerator and supervisors.

o CNIC of head or any member of household is recordedfor verification.

o One supervisor has to supervise 5-7 enumerators. Theyfill-in certain forms independently for quality checks.

o Vigilance teams comprising DDO (R), a police officerand a technical officer are formed at Census Districtlevel to monitor census operation.

o Established control rooms at Census District level toredress public complaints about enumeration.


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o Collection of filled-in questionnaires under sealed

cover.

o Census Evaluation Survey will be undertaken by anindependent agency (FBS).

o Administrative Boundaries have been freezed by theProvincial Governments.

o Ban on the transfer and postings have beenimposed on the staff engaged in census operation.

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o Provincial Census Commissioners (PCC) have been

appointed for effective coordination between ProvincialGovernments & Population Census Organization.

o Government Universities have been requested to spare

students to be deputed as Enumerators / Supervisors

o Meetings were also held with Provincial Chief Secretaries and

Secretaries of Education, Home Department, S&GAD, Local

Government and Rural Development Department and Senior

Member Board of Revenue to seek their cooperation.

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ISSUES

Law and order situation in certain parts of the country.

Access of enumeration and supervisory staff in troubledareas.

Security of census documents in sensitive areas.

Distortion of population figures due to linguistic and ethnicfeelings in certain areas.

Political linkage of census data in terms of representations inassemblies and distribution of financial resources amongprovinces have made census a sensitive issue.

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House Listing Operation-2011

o House Listing Operation has been conductedfrom 5thApril,2011 to 5thMay, 2011.

o Summary Forms REN-1 have been received

which are being processed.

o Results will be used for effective Planning of

Population Census.

o Other material i.e. Booklets of Form-I are being

received at PCOs / RCOs level.

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O S O S O O S


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KEY OBSERVATIONS ON HOUSE

LISTING OPERATION

Most of the field staff was taken from EducationDepartment with few exception Revenue and Local

Government Departments.

Training was imparted by DEOs/AEOs and seniorHeadmasters.

Deficiency in quality of training was observed in someareas.

The concepts of Structure / Building and householdwere not clear to the Trainers / Supervisors and theEnumerators.

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At some venues field staff found deviating fromguidelines provided in the Manual of Instructions.

For the next phase services of senior staff of FBSwill be utilized for imparting training.

Admn. Tiers had problems / confusion about theirfunctions who needed briefing on the concept andmethodology of House Listing Operation will berectified.

Other activities were going on in the field hence, theenumerators were not spared timely for censusduties.

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Census Enumeration Blocks particularly in suburbs

of big urban areas were found of abnormal sizes.

These blocks will be splited / bifurcated intomanageable size to avoid problems in second

phase.

In some Census Blocks Settlements / Goths weremissing in the maps which created confusion.

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The initial period for Field Operation was 5th to 19thApril, 2011 which had to be extended up to 5thMay, 2011 on the request of some quarters.

Instructions regarding Hiring of Vehicles did not

reach timely.

Coordination within the Census Staff and Admn.tiers was weak.

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Monitoring/ Checking of Field

Activities. Effective monitoring of field activities was ensured by

deputing officers / officials of FBS, PCO and ACO.

The complaints received from field were addressed

promptly.

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Establishment of Control Room

There were 392 Control Rooms operative in 424

Census Districts.

The complaints received in Control Rooms were either

redressed on the spot or referred to the concerned

quarters for necessary action.

Publicity campaign could not be started as per Activity

Calendar of the House Listing Operation.

However, Publicity Campaign was launched during the

operation to create the awareness among the masses

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LESSON LEARNT

Recommendation is that census staff may be taken

from Education Department only.

Appointment of Census Field Staff should be

ensured well before the start of operation.

Impartial people should be taken in the 2nd phase.

Training may be imparted by Senior Officers of

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Photograph of an Enumerator / Supervisor may beaffixed on the Identity Card. ID Card also should have

a serial number.

Admn. Tiers should be briefed / sensitized about theirfunctions / responsibilities.

Enumerators should be spared timely for censusduties.

Effective Monitoring may be started in the beginning ofcensus operation.

Briefing / Sensitization workshops should beconducted for Coordination Committees / Vigilance

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