Population Study

3. •The census organization was established in 1950 as a part
of Ministry of Home Affairs
•After 1972 Census, Census Organization was made an
attached department of Ministry of Interior
•With the creation of Registration organization in 1973, as
an attached department of Ministry of Interior and also
headed by Census Commissioner, both the departments
were merged in 1976 to be called “Census & Registration
Organization”.
•In March 1978, the “Census & Registration Organization”
was split into two separate departments and Population
Census Organization was placed under the Statistics
Division which remain as such thereafter.

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IMPORTANCE OF CENSUS
 Population and Housing Census is a stock taking of human
resources of a country and their living conditions at one
point of time.
 It provides basic data on demographic, social and economic
variables about each person and each housing unit.
 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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HISTORY OF CENSUS TAKING
 First regular census in the areas now comprising
Pakistan was held in 1881. Since then regular censuses have
been conducted after every ten years up to 1981.
 After independence, the first census of Pakistan was
conducted in 1951, the second in 1961 while the third
census was held in 1972 instead of 1971 due to political
environment in the country and war with India. The
fourth census was held in March 1981 and fifth one
which was due in 1991 could be held in March, 1998
due to specific circumstances.
 6th Population & Housing Census is scheduled to be held
in September, 2011.

6. Census Methodology
There are two approaches of census
enumeration:
(a) De-jure – in which persons are counted at
their usual place of residence and
(b) De-fecto– in which persons are counted
where they are found on the census data. In 1998
census both the approaches were applied
simultaneously during enumeration, but the
data was tabulated and published on de-jure
basis for comparability of data over time.

7. TOPICS TO
BE
COVERED IN
CENSUS

9. Planning & Preparation

10. Planning & Preparation

11. Planning & Preparation

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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 census
operations and presentation of census results.
 Maps of each Admin as well as Census Area have been
prepared/updated.
 Maps of 50666 villages and 7594 urban areas (census circles)
have been prepared and updated. Maps are being verified
through satellite images (Google Earth).
 Block maps showing physical landmarks have been prepared
which are provided to the enumerators and supervisors.

15. CHARGE/CIRCLE/
BLOCKS SETUP
COMPRISING
OF
CENSUS CHARGE 5 TO 7 CIRCLES
CENSUS CIRCLE 5 TO 7 BLOCK
CENSUS BLOCK 200 TO 250 HOUSES

16. CENSUS AREAS BY ADMN. UNITS
Admn.
Area
Admn
Distt.
Census
District
Census
Charges
Census
Circles
Census
Blocks
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 14 107 863
AJK 10 10 88 445 3892
GB 7 7 35 141 1198
Total
138 424 3202 20107 146289
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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 other
Government Departments are hired as Enumerators /
Supervisors.
 Participation of females is encouraged. Efforts are been made to
deploy maximum females in the census operation as
enumerators and supervisors.
 Enumerators and supervisors are paid one month salary as
remuneration.
APPOINTMENT OF FIELD STAFF

18. Field Staff (for House Listing)
Province PCOs/RCOs
Field Staff for House Listing Including 6% Reserve
Charge
Superintendents
Circle
Supervisors
Enumerators Total
Punjab
Lahore 1127 8853 18040 24074
Multan 569 4474 11872 14940
Sindh
Karachi 710 4100 10010 13440
Sukkur 240 1235 4220 5031
KPK Peshawar 383 2464 7325 9955
FATA
FATA 57 305 1455 1698
Balochistan
Quetta 144 424 5270 5828
Khuzdar 134 339 4435 4896
Gilgit
Baltistan
Gilgit 39 151 648 834
ICT Islamabad 16 116 325 576
AJK AJK 98 473 2100 2683
Total - 3523 22932 65700 91155

19. TRANSPARENCY
o Updated maps of census areas are provided to each
enumerator and supervisors.
o CNIC of head or any member of household is recorded for
verification.
o One supervisor has to supervise 5-7 enumerators. They
fill-in certain forms independently for quality checks.
o Vigilance teams comprising DDO (R), a police officer and
a technical officer are formed at Census District level to
monitor census operation.
o Established control rooms at Census District level to
redress public complaints about enumeration.

20. o Collection of filled-in questionnaires under sealed
cover.
o Census Evaluation Survey will be undertaken by an
independent agency (FBS).
o Administrative Boundaries have been freezed by the
Provincial Governments.
o Ban on the transfer and postings have been imposed
on the staff engaged in census operation.
Continued

21. o Provincial Census Commissioners (PCC) have been appointed for
effective coordination between Provincial Governments & 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.
Continued

22. 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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23. 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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24. 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 PCO,
FBS and ACO.
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25. THANKS
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