Census of India 2011 & Preparation of the National Population Register

Dr. C. Chandramouli I.A.S.Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India

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Census in India

• In 1872 the first Census was held in India.

• Since then, Census in India held uninterruptedly.

• The Census of India 2011 will be the 15th Census and the 7th after Independence.

• Census 2011 will mark a milestone as the National Population Register (NPR) will also be prepared

11stst Phase: Phase:

HOUSELISTING & HOUSING CENSUS AND COLLECTION OF DATA ON NATIONAL POPULATION REGISTER

April to September 2010April to September 2010

22ndnd Phase: Phase:

POPULATION ENUMERATION 99thth to 28 to 28thth February 2011 February 2011

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Census 2011

Dt. of commencement States

1st April West Bengal, Assam, A & N Islands, Goa, Meghalaya

7th April Kerala, Lakshadweep, Orissa, Himachal Pradesh, Sikkim

15th April Karnataka, Arunachal, Chandigarh

21st April Gujarat, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Daman & Diu

26th April Tripura, Andhra Pradesh

1st May Haryana, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Punjab, Uttaranchal, Maharashtra

7th May Madhya Pradesh

15th May J & K, Manipur, Mizoram, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh

1st June Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Himachal Pradesh (non synchronous), Nagaland

Not finalised Bihar, Jharkhand

Calendar

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Census - Utility

Biggest source of data on: Demography Economic Activity Literacy & Education Housing & Household Amenities Urbanization Fertility and Mortality Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Language, Religion & Migration

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Census - Utility

• Only source of primary data at village, town and ward level.

• Valuable information for planning and formulation of polices for Central & State Governments

• Widely used by National & International

agencies, scholars, business people,

industrialists, and many more.

• Delimitation/Reservation of Constituencies -

Parliamentary/Assembly/Panchayats and other

Local Bodies

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Create a comprehensive identity database in the country

Help in better targeting of the benefits and services under the Government schemes / programmes

Improve planningStrengthen security of the country

NPR - Utility

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o The Citizenship Act, 1955 and The Citizenship (Registration of Citizens and Issue of National Identity Cards) Rules, 2003

o The Census Act 1948 and Census Rules

Statutory Backing

2001 2011

States/UTs 35 35

Districts 593 640

Tehsils 5463 5767

Towns 5161 7742

Villages 593732 608786

Households 194 240

EBs 19.82 lakhs 23.56 lakhs

Population 1.03 Bn 1.20 Bn

How Big is the Exercise

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Enumerators 21 lakhs

Supervisors/Master Trainers 4 lakhs

Charge Officers 17, 500

Additional Charge Officers 6, 300

Principal/District Census Officers 1, 500

UDC 1, 065

LDC 6, 905

Others 664

Total 25, 42, 934

How Many People will be directly involved?

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How much will it Cost?

Expenditure (in Rs. Crores)

Census 2, 200

NPR 3, 756

Total 5, 956

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How much paper?

Census NPR Total

Qty of Paper (in MTs)

7336 4295 11, 631

No. of Schedules(in Cr)

34 30 64

No. of Manuals (in lakhs)

54 27 81

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•Schedule Canvassed in 16 languages

•Instruction manual printed in 18 languages

•More than ---religions returned in 2001 Census

•More than ---mother tongues returned in 2001 Census

How Diverse is the Exercise

Items of Information: Houselisting and Housing Census

• Information relating to Buildings- Use, Quantity and Quality

•Amenities available to the Households

•Assets possessed by the Households

35 Columns relating to Building material, Use of Houses, Drinking water, Availability and type of latrines, Electricity, possession of assets will be canvassed

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1 Name of person 6 Sex 11 Present address of usual residence

2 Relationship to Head

7 Date of Birth 12 Duration of stay at present address

3 Father’s Name 8 Marital Status 13 Permanent Residential Address

4 Mother’s Name 9 Place of Birth 14 Occupation / Activity

5 Spouse’s Name 10 Nationality as Declared

15 Educational Qualification

Above details to be collected from all Usual Residents

Photograph, Finger Print and Iris (if approved) to be collected for Usual Residents aged 15 years and above

Items of Information: NPR

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Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India

Directors of Census Operations, State

Principal Census Officers

Charge Officers

State Coordinator NPR will co-ordinate between State & Central Government Offices

Administrative Set Up: Census

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District Magistrates/Collectors/Commissioner Corporations

Tehsildars/Mamlatdars

Enumerators and Supervisors

Registrar General of Citizen Registration

State Directors of Citizen Registration

District Registrars of CitizenRegistration

Sub-District Registrars of Citizen Registration

Local Registrars of Citizen Registration

NationalRegistration Authority

Directorate of Census Operations (Each State)

District Magistrate of Every Revenue district

Sub District Magistrate /Taluka Executive Magistrate

Local revenue officer

State Coordinator NPR will co-ordinate between State & Central Government Offices

Administrative Set Up: NPR

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3331 villages in 9 States and 4 UTs taken up under the project

Data entry through direct data entry using laptops

Door to door visit by enumerator and data entry operator

Biometric and photography targeted for completion by 31st March 2010

Identity (smart) Cards to be given thereafter

NPR Coastal Project

Notification under the Census /Citizenship Acts Freezing of Administrative

Boundaries as on 31/12/2009

Finalising the Rural Urban Frame

Appointment and NotificationOf

Census Officers

Process : Houselisting and NPR

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Formation Of

Houselisting Blocks

Appointment Of

Supervisors and Enumerators

Writing Of

Charge Register

Training

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Process : Process : Process : Houselisting and NPR

National Trainers ( NTs) (90)

Master Trainer Facilitators (MTFs) (725)

Process : Training Cascade

Master Trainer (MTs) (54, 000)

Enumerators and Supervisors (27 Lakhs)

Train

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Process : Houselisting

Scanning of Schedules House to house canvassing

for NPR by Enumerators (45 days)

Manual Processing of unrecognised images Finalisation of Results

Processing of Images using ICR technology

Automatic Data Capture

National Population Register Preparation Process

Scanning of Schedules And

Digitizing of data

House to house canvassing for

NPR by Enumerators (45 days)

Publication of the Local Register of

Usual Residents (LRUR)

Disposal of Objections/Claims By Registrars

Biometric and Photography Visit 1

(First Round)

PHASE I

Biometric and Photography Visit 2

(Second Round)PHASE II

National Population Register Preparation Process

Publication of the Local Register of

Usual Residents (LRUR)

Disposal of

Objections/Claims By Registrars

Final LRUR with all Usual Residents given

An Unique ID

De-duplication Unique Identification

Authority of India(UIDAI)

Placing the LRUR Before the

Grama Sabha / Ward CommitteeFor finalization

Creation of

National Population Register

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Flow of Materials

Schedules (34 Crores)

Charge Officer12, 000 locations)

Other Materials (6000MTs)

Enumerators

Supervisors

Dispatch of Material after HLO/NPR

Enumerator

Charge Officer Scanning centre

Supervisors

Enumerator Enumerator

Filled in Schedules

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Data Processing at 15 Locations: Census

ASCII F

ILE

Prepare Batch

Scanning

Recognition

Tiling

Completion

Exception

Export/Archival

Server

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De-Duplication UIDAI

Image based Data Entry

Scanning stationRecognition stations

Biometric Capture

National Population Register

Publication

Objections

Appeals

FinalisationID CardORGI Server

State Data Centre

National Data Centre

NPR Centre NPR CentreNPR Centre

State Wide Area Network

National Grid

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Universal Coverage

Accurate Content

Timely Completion

Difficult Areas

Difficult People

Special Charges: Military and Para-Military Forces

Publicity and Awareness Creation

Way Forward…

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‘Heroes are ordinary men and women, who on motivation perform extraordinary feats in extraordinary times’.

- A Tribute to the Census Officials

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Thank you

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