Hyderabad, January 15:The Directorate of Census Operations, Andhra Pradesh, will take up the second phase of population enumeration from February 9 to 28 with a revisional round from March 1 to 5.
Announcing this in a pressnote here, Ms Y V Anuradha, Director of Census Operations of AP, has stated that the first phase of Census was held from April 26 to June 10 last year. During the first phase, the coverage was on type, condition of the house and the predominant material used and use of Census house, Head and category (SC/ST) of the Household, amenities available to the household such as main sources of lighting, fuel used for cooking, drinking water, type and availability of latrine, kitchen availability and assets possessed by the Household like TV, Radio, computer, cycle, car, telephone and availing banking services.
During the second phase, the general, socio-cultural, economic and demographic characteristics of all individuals viz., date of birth, marital status, age at marriage, religion, SC/ST, disability, mother tongue, literacy status, workers and non-workers, migration and fertility are covered.
The Census moment and the reference date for the Census of India 2011 will be 00.00 hours of March 1, 2011. The enumeration has been fixed from February 9 to 28. During this period, entire jurisdiction of the Enumeration Block (EB) is covered (Approximately 1,88,000 Ebs in Andhra Pradesh) by every Enumerator (1,50,000 approximately) who would knock each house in Andhra Pradesh. On the night of February 28, the houseless population will also be covered. Thereafter, in order to update the population to take into account births and any unfortunate deaths during the Enumeration period, a revision round will be taken up from March 1 to 5. For every six to eight enumerators, there would be one supervisor (25,000 approximately), she added.
During the population Enumeration phase, a household schedule consisting of 29 questions is canvassed which is kept confidential. Entire machinery at all levels are trained and geared up for conduct of second phase of population enumeration.
The Indian Census has a rich tradition and enjoys the reputation of being one of the best in the world. The first Census in India was conducted in 1872. This was conducted at different points of time in different parts of the country in 1881. Census was taken for the entire country simultaneously. Since then, Census has been conducted every ten years without a break. Thus, the Census of India 2011 will be the 15th in this unbroken series since 1872 and seventh after Independence and sixth after formation of Andhra Pradesh.
It is through the missionary zeal and dedication of enumerators and supervisors that the great historical tradition of conducting the Census uninterruptedly has been maintained, the director added. (NSS)