PAKISTAN’S EXPERIENCE IN CENSUS GEOGRAPHY AND THE USE OF NEW TECHNOLOGIES PRESENTATION FOR U.N. WORKSHOP ON CENSUS CARTOGRAPHY AND MANAGEMENT, BANGKOK, THAILAND 15-19 OCTOBER, 2007

CENSUS HISTORY 1. FIRST REGULAR CENSUS IN THE AREAS NOW COMPRISING PAKISTAN WAS HELD IN 1881. 2. SINCE THEN REGULAR CENSUSES HAVE BEEN CONDUCTED AFTER EVERY TEN YEARS IN THE YEAR ENDING AT ONE. AFTER INDEPENDENCE FIVE CENSUSES HAVE BEEN UNDERTAKEN IN 1951, 1961, 1972, 1981 AND 1998. 4. FIFTH CENSUS DUE IN 1991 COULD NOT BE CONDUCTED AS SCHEDULED DUE TO SOME ADMINISTRATIVE/POLITICAL REASONS BUT WAS UNDERTAKEN IN MARCH, 1998.

INTRODUCTION TO POPULATION CENSUS ORGANIZATION ESTABLISHED IN 1950 UNDER THE CENSUS ACT,1949 AS PART OF MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS ( INTERIOR) AFTER 1972 CENSUS, CENSUS ORGANIZATION WAS ESTABLISHED ON PERMANENT FOOTING AND MADE AN ATTACHED DEPARTMENT OF MINISTRY OF INTERIOR WITH THE CREATION OF REGISTRATION ORGANIZATION IN 1973, BOTH THE DEPARTMENTS WERE MERGED IN 1976 TO BE CALLED “CENSUS & REGISTRATION ORGANIZATION” IN MARCH 1978, THE CENSUS ORGANIZATION WAS DETACHED FROM “CENSUS & REGISTRATION ORGANIZATION” AND MADE AN ATTACHED DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS DIVISION CURRENT ORGANIZATIONAL SETUP OF POPULATION CENSUS ORGANIZATION.

ORGANIZATIONAL CHART OF ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS IN PAKISTAN

NUMBER OF ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS PROVINCE/ ADMN. UNIT DISTRICT  CITY DISTRICT TEHSIL/ TALUKA  QH/ STC PC/ TC/ UC MAUZA/ DEH/ VILLAGE UNION COUNCIL TOWNS OF CITY DISTRICTS TOTAL URBAN AREAS   N.W.F.P. 23 1 51 122 1212 7326 957 4 54 PUNJAB 30 5 109 751 7390 25930 3466 38 213 SINDH 22 103 250 1437 5872 1080 18 157 BALOCHISTAN 29 128 134 367 6584 506 2 46 TOTAL:- 104 8 391 1257 10406 45712 6009 62 470 ISLAMABAD - 26 132 F.A.T.A. 7 42 76 403 2603 AZAD KASHMIR 20 351 1653 NORTHERN AREAS 6 21 100 566 GRAND TOTAL:- 126 475 1417 11286 50666 6055 499

GEOGRAPHIC ACTIVITIES OF PCO THE GEOGRAPHIC ACTIVITIES WHICH CONSTITUTE A MAJOR PART OF CENSUS PREPARATORY WORK ARE AS UNDER: UPDATING OF MAUZA/DEH/VILLAGE MAPS UPDATING OF URBAN AREA MAPS FINALIZATION OF AREA LISTS DELIMITATION OF CENSUS AREAS GEO-CODING OF CENSUS AREAS

UPDATING OF MAUZA/DEH/VILLAGE MAPS THE TOTAL NUMBER OF MAUZAS/DEHS/VILLAGES IN PAKISTAN ARE OVER 50,000 SEPARATE MAPS FOR EACH OF THESE UNITS WERE INITIALLY PREPARED IN 1990 FOR THE CONDUCT OF LAST CENSUS THE SAME MAPS HAVE BEEN UPDATED PARTLY BY PCO STAFF AND PARTLY BY STAFF OF REVENUE DEPARTMENT OF EACH PROVINCE, ETC. FOR FIELD USE IN THE CENSUS 2008

UPDATING OF URBAN MAPS THE NUMBER OF URBAN AREAS IN PAKISTAN IS 499. TWO TYPES OF MAPS OF EACH OF THESE AREAS HAVE BEEN PREPARED MASTER MAPS SHOWING THE WHOLE URBAN AREA TO BE USED BY THE SUPERVISORS MAP OF EACH URBAN CENSUS CIRCLE TO BE USED BY THE CIRCLE SUPERVISORS AND BLOCK ENUMERATORS BOTH TYPE OF MAPS USED IN THE 1998 CENSUS HAVE BEEN UPDATED THROUGH FIELD VISITS BY PCO STAFF

FINALIZATION OF AREA LISTS THE AREA LIST IS THE LIST OF RURAL AND URBAN ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS FOR WHICH CENSUS RESULTS ARE TABULATED AND PUBLISHED WITH THE CREATION OF NEW UNITS AND RECONSTITUTION OF THE EXISTING UNITS DURING INTER-CENSAL PERIOD, THE LISTS PREPARED AT THE TIME OF ONE CENSUS REQUIRE UPDATING BEFORE USE IN THE NEXT CENSUS BEFORE TAKING UP SUCH UPDATING, BOUNDARIES OF ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS ARE FROZEN AND FRESH LISTS ARE COLLECTED FROM LOCAL AUTHORITIES THE PROCESS OF COLLECTION AND FINALIZATION OF MAUZA/DEH LISTS IS CURRENTLY IN PROGRESS

DELIMITATION OF CENSUS AREAS TO ENSURE COMPLETE COVERAGE OF AREA/POPULATION AND FOR EFFECTIVE FIELD SUPERVISION, THE COUNTRY IS TRADITIONALLY DELIMITED ON A FOUR-TIER SYSTEM WHICH INCLUDE: CENSUS DISTRICT (TEHSILS/TALUKAS, BIG URBAN LOCALITIES AND CANTONMENTS) CENSUS CHARGE (QANUNGO/STC, TOWN/PART OF TOWN) CENSUS CIRCLE (PATWAR CIRCLE/TC, PART OF URBAN LOCALITY) CENSUS BLOCKS (MAUZA/PART OF MAUZA/URBAN LOCALITY/AREA OF APPROXIMATELY 150-175 HOUSES) THE BOUNDARIES OF CENSUS AREAS ARE COEXTENSIVE WITH ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS

GEO-CODING OF CENSUS AREAS A UNIQUE NINE DIGIT CODE WILL BE ASSIGNED TO IDENTIFY EACH CENSUS BLOCK BREAK-UP OF THESE NINE DIGITS IS GIVEN AS UNDER: FIRST THREE DIGITS: CENSUS DISTRICT NEXT TWO DIGITS: CENSUS CHARGE NEXT TWO DIGITS: CENSUS CIRCLE LAST TWO DIGITS: CENSUS BLOCK

USE OF NEW TECHNOLOGIES IN CENSUS MAPPING THE ENTIRE MAPPING TILL THE LAST CENSUS IN 1998 WAS DONE THROUGH TRADITIONAL MANUAL TECHNIQES SOME AUTOMATION IN CENSUS MAPPING HAS BEEN INTRODUCED RECENTLY THE SOFTWARE BEING USED BY PCO FOR MAPPING PURPOSES IS “MAPTITUDE” THE CENSUS DISTRICTS DELIMITED FOR 2008 CENSUS HAVE BEEN DIGITIZED AND THE PROGRESS OF FIELD ACTIVITIES WOULD BE MONITORED THROUGH GIS IT IS PLANNED THAT CENSUS FIELD USE MAPS UP TO CHARGE LEVEL FOR 2008 CENSUS WOULD BE COMPUTER GENERATED DEMONSTRATION OF 1998 CENSUS ATLAS OF PAKISTAN (IF TIME ALLOWS)

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