The document discusses the modern definition and key aspects of conducting a census. It notes that a census involves collecting, compiling, evaluating, analyzing and publishing demographic, economic and social data for an entire population within a country or region. It highlights some important features of censuses including individual enumeration, universality within a defined territory, simultaneity, and defined periodicity. The document also outlines some common uses of census data and the roles and responsibilities of different government agencies involved in conducting a census in India.

3. Modern Definition Of Census:
A census of population is the total process of
• Collecting
• Compiling,
• Evaluating ,
• Analyzing and Publishing
Demographic, Economic and Social data
At a specific time, to all persons in a country.
OR

4. • The enumeration of the entire population of a
country or a region at a particular time is
known as a census.

5. Salient features of a Population
Census:
1. Individual enumeration,
2. Universality within a defined territory,
3. Simultaneity &
4. Defined periodicity

6. Individual Enumeration
• A census implies that each individual is
separately, but only once, enumerated and that
some important characteristics of each person
are separately recorded.
These include :-
Marital
sex age
status
Religion Educational
literacy
attainment
Economic Etc.
occupation
activity

7. Universality within a defined
territory
• Ideally, a national census should cover the
country’s entire territory and all people
resident places.

8. Simultaneity
• Ideally, census is taken of a given day. To
avoid omissions and duplications in census, it
should be taken in a given day but it is not
possible particularly in case of de jure census.
• eg: in case of residence ,when a person is
living for more than 5 years at a particular
place and income in the preceding calendar
year.

9. DEFINIED PERIODICITY
• “Census should be taken at regular
intervals, so that comparable information is
made available in a fixed sequence.”
• A series of censuses make it possible to :-
Appraise the past
Accurately describe the present &
Estimate the future

10. USES OF THE CENSUS
• Population census is the primary source of
basic national population data;
• Required for administrative purpose &
• For many aspects of economic and social
planning and research.

11. • It provides us with information on
Trends in population growth,
Change in the age and sex structure of the
population,
The course of mortality and fertility, migration
and urbanization etc.

13. HOUSE LISTING
• Houselisting operations are prerequisite to the population
enumeration for conducting census in India.
OBJECTIVE:
• Is to number and list out all the building, census houses
and households so as to serve as an inventory for
organising the population enumeration.

15. Office of Registrar General and Census
Commissioner
• Under the Ministry of Home Affair , GOI.
• Headed by Registrar general & Census
commissioner.
• Appointed by central government.
• Responsibility of conducting census all over the
country.

16. • In each state and union territory ,census operation are under
Director of Census Operation.
• In Tamilnadu , Commissioner of Revenue Administration is
responsible for Census Operation.
• At district level , collector is designated as Principal Census
Officers.
• In ten municipal corporation areas Commissioners of Corporations
have been designated as the Principal Census Officers.
• In Chennai, Commissioners of Corporations is designated as
principal census officer.

17. • A number of officers are designated as Census
Officers at various sub-district levels to assist the
Principal Census Officers in the conduct of Census.

18. Census act 1948
The legislature has enacted certain provision in the
India under Census Act, 1948. These provision are
Asking of questions and obligation to answer
Occupier to permit access and affixing of numbers
Records of Census not open to inspection nor
admissible in evidence.
Protection of service interests of members of
Census staff.
Protection of action taken in good faith.

19. Continue……….
Penalties
Any person who refuses to cooperate may be fined
with Rs. 1000 or/and imprisoned for 3 years.

20. Census house
A 'census house' is a building or part of a building used or
recognised as a separate unit because of having a separate main
entrance from the road or common courtyard or staircase, etc.
• It may be occupied or vacant.
• It may be used for a residential or non- residential purpose or
both.
Houselisting block
It means a specific area allotted to a specific enumerator for the
purpose of carrying out census operations relating to house
numbering and house listing.

21. Houselisting operation
It includes
• preparation of maps
• Preparation of houselists and
• house numbering.
Map: it includes
•National map
•layout sketch
Natinol Map is prepared for entire village or urban block and it
shows the location of each enumeration block within a village or
town.
Layout sketch is a detailed map of the block assigned to the
enumerator showing streets and buildings on the street.

22. House-numberig:
Each building or house is numbered in series.
Houselist:
Identification particulars of the numeration block and the details of
the building, census houses, names of the head of the house hold etc
are furnished.
For listing of these units/households, enumerator has to visit all the
houses/households/units of the village/UFS blocks.
On the basis of houselist, enumeration blocks are carved out and each
such enumeration block is allotted to an enumerator during the actual
census.

23. All the enumerators are thoroughly trained and they receive all the
relevant Schedules and other materials as :
• Village/ Ward Map showing the boundaries of the HLB
• Enumerator’s kit
• Sheets for preparing Layout Map
• State List of Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes
• Instruction Manual for House listing and Housing Census
• Instruction Manual for NPR Household Schedule
• House listing and Housing Census Schedules
• NPR Schedules
• House list Abstract forms
• NPR Working sheets
• NPR Enumerator’s Abstract
• Acknowledgement Slip Booklet(s)

24. TRAINERS CAN BE CLASSIFIED AS:
NATIONAL
TRAINERS(MTs)
MASTER TRAINER
FACILITATORS
MTFs
MASTER TRAINERS
MT
ENUMERATORS AND SUPERVISORS

25. Training plan for house listing
Training is conducted at three levels:
• State level training
• District level training
• Charge level training

26. STATE LEVEL TRAINING
State level training is conducted at state headquarter
by the Directorate in which
Municipal Commissioners & Principal Census officers of
municipal
Corporations,
Divisional Census Officers,
District Census Officers,
additional District census officers and,
City Census Officers participates.
Training is imparted by expert faculty of trained NTs

27. DISTRICT LEVEL TRAINING
District level training is held at district headquarters for
Charge Officers and for Master Trainers (MTs).
In this training of three days duration,
two days are reserved for House Listing Operation and one day for
National Population Register.
Collector & Principal Census Officers, District Census
Officers, additional district census officer, city census
officers, charge officers and master trainers are trained in this way.
Training is conducted by faculty of trained national trainers (NTs)
and MTFs.

28. CHARGE LEVEL TRAINING
Charge level trainings for enumerators and supervisors is
organised at charge headquarters.
The three days training is given by the MTs which
includes two days for the House Listing Operation and one
day for NPR.

29. Unique Identification
`
Authority of India(UIDAI)

30. • The Unique Identification Authority of
India (UIDAI) is an agency of the
Government of India responsible for
implementing the AADHAAR scheme, a
unique identification project.
• The authority aims is to provide a unique id
number to all Indians.
• The authority will maintain a database of
residents containing biometric and other data.

31. • The UIDAI is part of the Planning
Commission of India
• Annual Budget 3000 crore (US$608.4
million)
• Established in February 2009

32. FEATURES
• Aadhaar is a 12-digit unique number.
• The number will be stored in a centralized
database.
• It is easily verifiable in an online, cost-
effective way.
• The first resident to receive an AADHAAR
was Rajana Sonawane of Tembhli
village, Maharashtra.

33. NECESSARY INFORMATION
• Photograph

34. • Finger print scan

35. • Retina scan

36. • Address with Pin Code
• Photocopy of a document like (Driving
licence, voter id card, PAN card)

37. BENEFITS
• Single source of identity verification
• Facilitate entry for poor and the opportunity to
avail services provided by the government and
the private sector.