A BILLION SNAPSHOTS:

PRINCIPLES AND PROCESSES

IN THE CENSUS OF INDIA

Varsha Joshi, Director of Census Operations Delhi 13.07.2013

THE LARGEST CENSUS IN THE WORLD

1.21 BILLION PEOPLE

COUNTED BY

2.7 MILLION

FUNCTIONARIES

2 UNIVERSAL

ROUNDS WITH DATA PROCESSING OF

100% SCHEDULES

2

UNMATCHED COMPLEXITY

35 QUESTIONS IN

HOUSELISTING

29 QUESTIONS IN

POPULATION

ENUMERATION

SCHEDULES IN 16 LANGUAGES

MANUALS IN 18 LANGUAGES

3

PRINCIPLES OF CENSUS TAKING 4

LEGAL BACKING

CENSUS ACT 1948 RESPONDING TO CENSUS

QUESTIONS IS MANDATORY

5

PROTECTION OF PRIVACY

THOUGH THERE ARE SEVERAL SENSITIVE QUESTIONS

ASKED IN THE CENSUS, THERE IS A GUARANTEE OF

COMPLETE

CONFIDENTIALITY &

ANONYMITY

6

INCLUSIVENESS IN THE COUNT

THE CENSUS MUST ENSURE THAT

EVERYONE IS COUNTED WITHOUT OMISSION OR DUPLICATION

AND THIS INCLUDES

VULNERABLE PEOPLE & GROUPS

7

OPENNESS IN THE PREPARATION

DEMOGRAPHERS, PLANNERS, AND

OTHER DATA USERS ARE CONSULTED TO

DECIDE ON THE QUESTIONS

SECTORAL NGOS & UN AGENCIES ARE INVOLVED IN TRAINING AND PUBLICITY

MEASURES AND FIELD MONITORING

8

OVERCOMING BIASES

THE ENUMERATOR IS TRAINED TO

ASK EVERY QUESTION FOR EVERY HOUSEHOLD MEMBER WITHOUT MAKING

ASSUMPTIONS AND TO PROBE GENTLY TO OVERCOME

RESPONDENTS’ ASSUMPTIONS

9

REAL TIME FEEDBACK LOOPS 10

FIELD SUPPORT FOR ENUMERATORS AT ALL TIMES

FROM SUPERVISORS & MASTER TRAINERS

FEEDBACK FROM PUBLIC THROUGH TOLLFREE NUMBER, HELP DESKS, EMAIL,

FACEBOOK, TWITTER

PROCESSES 11

GIS MAPPING

SHAPE FILES OF ALL

640,000 VILLAGES

SATELLITE BASED GIS

MAPS FOR 33

CAPITAL CITIES

12

ENUMERATOR MAPS 13

UNIQUE LOCATION CODE

STATE DISTT SUBDTT TOWN WARD EB HSHD

07 08 003 7001 0149 0112 083

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DESIGNING THE QUESTIONNAIRE

QUESTIONNAIRE =

CONTENT (QUESTIONS)

+ PHYSICAL FORM (SCHEDULE)

15

DESIGNING THE QUESTIONS

BACKWARD COMPATIBILTY

LOGICAL PROGRESSION

GENDER AND CLASS NEUTRAL

16

TO CODE OR NOT TO CODE 17

DESIGNING THE SCHEDULE

EASY TO READ AND WRITE

LONG LASTING QUALITY

SUITABLE FOR SCANNING & ICR

18

19

INTELLIGENT CHARACTER RECOGNITION 20

DATA PROCESSING- PRE SCANNING 21

PRE SCANNING- PREPARING SCHEDULES FOR

SCANNING THROUGH A BARCODE BASED

CONTROL SYSTEM

SCANNING

COLOUR ARCHIVING; COLOUR DROPOUT FOR ICR

22

EFLOW TEMPLATE MATCHING 23

SEPARATION AND TILING 24

COMPUTER ASSISTED CODING 25

DATA EDITING IN IMPS/ CSPro 26

COVERAGE CHECKS

CONSISTENCY CHECKS

ITEM IMPUTATION HOT DECK/

COLD DECK

NO UNIT IMPUTATION

TABULATION 27

TMF/ TRU UNIVARIATE & MULTIVARIATE TABLES

CUSTOMISED TABLES ON REQUEST

RECAST DATA OF PREVIOUS CENSUSES

PUBLICATIONS 28

HOUSELISTING TABLES:

H & HH SERIES

POPULATION ENUMERATION TABLES:

A, B, C, D, F, SC, ST SERIES

ADMINISTRATIVE & THEMATIC ATLASES

DATA DISSEMINATION POLICY 29

COPYRIGHT 30

FREE TO USE WITH ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

“Census of India 2011, Office of the Registrar

General & Census Commissioner of India”

RESALE/ REDISTRIBUTION WITHOUT VALUE ADDITION PROHIBITED

MODES OF DISSEMINATION 31

WEBSITE http://www.censusindia.gov.in

CENSUSINFO http://www.devinfo.org/indiacensus2011

GRANULAR & CUSTOMISED DATA 32

DIRECTORATES OF CENSUS

OPERATIONS IN STATE CAPITALS

WORKSTATIONS IN UNIVERSITIES

JNU & PUNJABI UNIVERSITY PATIALA FUNCTIONAL

PRINT PUBLICATIONS- AT DCOs 33

BOOKS, REPORTS, MAPS OF

PRESENT & PREVIOUS CENSUSES

DIGITAL ARCHIVE OF PUBLICATIONS

(UNDER PREPARATION)

DATA RELEASES FROM CENSUS 2011 34

RELEASED PROVISIONAL POPULATION TOTALS

HOUSELISTING & HOUSING CENSUS RESULTS

PRIMARY CENSUS ABSTRACT

UPCOMING AGE GROUPING, DISABILITY

RELIGION, MOTHER TONGUE, MIGRATION

WORKERS BY NIC/NCO CLASSIFICATION

UTILITY OF CENSUS DATA 35

ELECTIONS 36

DELIMITATION OF CONSTITUENCIES

RESERVATION OF SC/ ST SEATS

SAMPLING FRAMES 37

ALL MAJOR SURVEYS INCLUDING

NFHS

SRS

AHS

SECC CREATE THEIR SAMPLING/ SURVEY FRAMES ON THE BASIS OF CENSUS ENUMERATION BLOCKS

PLANNING COMMISSION 38

POPULATION PROJECTIONS

RESOURCE REQUIREMENTS

ACHIEVEMENT OF GOALS

IMPACT ON POLICYMAKING 39

CHILD SEX RATIO IN PUNJAB

2001- 798

2011- 846

MANUAL SCAVENGING

ELECTRIFICATION OF VILLAGES

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