CENSUS

CENSUS TECHNIQUE IN NEPAL

1. CENSUS By; Anju sapkota Bph1st batch UCMS

2. A well- organized procedure of gathering, recording and analyzing information regarding the members of the population is called a census. It is an official and complete count of the universe, wherein each and every unit of the universe is included in the collection of data. Here universe implies any region (city or country), a group of people, through which the data can be acquired Census

3. The national census in Nepal is undertaken at the interval of every 10 years The last census have been undertaken in the year 2011 and the next will be conducted in the year 2021 The census reference date is march 1 Nepal first conducted census in 1911 (1968 B.S) The last one is11th census held in 2011. National census

4. Census can be conducted on the following basis De facto method De jure method Modified de jure method Census technique

5. In this method people are counted in place where they are found. In order to conduct census on the basis of this method , the government declares fixed date as census day and all people are pre-informed of counting. This type of census Is conducted at night ,because it is presumed that all household are present on their residences during that time. This techniques was followed both in England and in India up to the 1931 census 1. De facto method

6. The census method which can be conducted on the basis of permanent place of residence is called de jure method. This method is considered more practicable and scientific than de facto method For this type of census operation census period is define and counting of population is completed within this period The period taken is generally 2 or 3 weeks. Difficulty to collect information regarding to the person whose usual place of residence is differ from permanent place of residence. 2. De jure method

7. In order to avoid the limitation of both method mentioned above the third has been develop as modified de jure method In this method census is performed on the basis of usual place of residence . Nepal has also applied it as a method of census since 1952/54 A.D. Instead of taking census on the basis of permanent residence ,usual place of residence of 6 months and over is considered in this method 3. Modified de jure method

8. Some of the information generally included in census are; 1.Geographical characteristic -usual place of residence -place of birth -duration of residence in current place -place of work 2. Economic characteristics -occupation -industry -employment -source of livelihood Coverage of information

9. 3. personal and household characteristics -age - sex -marital status -cast -language -religion -citizenship -literacy -relationship to the head of household -number of live birth -number of children alive -age at first marriage

10. National data bank for , age ,sex , occupation , religion , caste and other data Conducted by government body only Within fix time interval (in every 10 years) Data are based on individual counting Based on de facto ,de jure and modified de jure method Conducted in a fixed period ( upto two weeks for de jure and modified de jure) Features of census

11. Availability of national level data for socioeconomic and planning Basis for demographic and other survey Source of internationally comparable data Needed for every sector of development Useful in population projection Researchers, educators , NGOs use its data for different purpose Important of census

12. Expensive task and need large number of manpower Takes time to process the data and publication of final monograph No current data for intercensus period ,in 2017 also we are using 2011census data. Limitation of census

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