PAKISTAN

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PAKISTANS 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
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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.

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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.

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

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• 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

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• 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

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• 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

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• 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

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• 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

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• 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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