D ETERMINATION OF THE SCOPE AND FORM OF CENSUS DATA DISSEMINATION United Nation Regional Seminar on Census Data Dissemination and Spatial Analysis Manish Bharadwaj Indian Administrative Service Director of Census Operation, Gujarat Office of the Registrar General India 2011

I NTRODUCTION Recognizing that information collected during the decennial censuses is vital for national good, the Census Organisation offers wide access to a broad range of information about the people of the country, while completely protecting the confidentiality of individual response. Census Organisation freely disseminates the results from census on an equitable basis and helps the government or those outside, including business, academicians, NGOs, et al, in taking informed decisions.

O BJECTIVES OF D ATA D ISSEMINATION ‘… it is not sufficient merely to prepare the Census reports. A variety of information products targeting different users should be prepared. The intended users should be involved in the development and utilization of the products …’ - UNFPA Country Technical Services Team, Bangkok : 2000 W HAT THE E XPERTS SAY

S COPE OF C ENSUS DATA IS USED AT VARIOUS LEVEL Macro level Country and State Meso level Districts, Sub-districts, Towns Micro level Ward, Village, Enumeration Block Household, Individual

M ACRO LEVEL Planning and Policy formulation for various sections of the society – Children, Youth, Women, Aged, Scheduled Castes, Schedules Tribes, religious and linguistic groups, disabled population Projections – Population, Work force, etc. Delimitation of electoral constituencies and reservation of seats (Constitutional requirement) Allocation of funds for schemes Urban Planning ………and many more

M ESO LEVEL Decentralized Planning Allocation of funds for programmes and projects Identifying areas of specific interventions for fund

M ICRO LEVEL V ILLAGE LEVEL Delimitation of electoral constituencies at Local Body (Panchayat) level and reservation of seats for SC/ST Use as sampling frame and stratification characteristics for various sample survey like NSSO, NFHS, RCH and survey conducted by NGOs Non census data on various facilities at village level also available which is use for planning to provide different amenities upto needful villages Planning intervention strategies

M ICRO LEVEL H OUSEHOLD LEVEL INFORMATION Household level data collected during Houselisting Operation made available on sample basis (Standard set) 1% Country sample and 5% State sample to produce cross-classified table at India, State and District level

F ORM OF C ENSUS D ATA D ISSEMINATION

S TRATEGY Setting up of Data Dissemination Centres in all State Census Directorates User-friendly products High visibility Consultancy Service Presence on the web Continuous interaction with the data users Training and workshops

D ATA D ISSEMINATION C ENTERS (DDC) Data Dissemination Centers set up formally to serve as hub of data dissemination activity in each state At least one officer and other assistants to be posted in the Data Dissemination Centers Facility to data users made available to consult books or CDs Provided training and skill up-gradation to personnel in DDC Participation in National and State level exhibitions and book fairs

T YPES OF D ATA O UTPUTS (C ENSUS 2001) Basic pre-formatted tables in electronic format (more than 300 in number) as per the Tabulation plan A - Series : General Population Tables B - Series : Economic Tables C - Series : Socio and Cultural tables D - Series : Migration Tables F - Series : Fertility tables H - Series : Housing census HH - Series : Household and Amenities & Assets Micro data on Housing Census – 1% & 5% sample District Census Hand Books provide information upto village / ward level of the District.

S ALES O UTLETS Office of the Registrar General, India, 2A Mansingh Road, New Delhi 31 offices of the Directorates of Census Operations located in almost all State/UTs capitals Outlets of the Controller of Publications, Government of India Authorised Selling Agents of Controller of Publications Book-sellers and Distributors Now its possible to buy Census Products Online through E-payment facility at the Census website introduced

R EGISTERED U SERS FROM C ENSUS OF I NDIA WEBSITE Facility of free registration introduced at the Census of India website on the Internet Keeps the regular users posted with information on the latest data releases and time schedule for future releases Allows registered users access / download data at the census website. More than 50,000 registered users.

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GIS C ENSUS M APPING Census of India is one of the largest producers of maps in the country Updated maps are extensively used in census The digital database of maps are used to produce thematic maps on various census subjects at country, state, district, sub-district level These maps are also used for checking the quality of census data before publishing Extensive use of maps have been made in PowerPoint presentations while sensitizing the data users with the highlights from 2001 Census.

GIS M APPING OF C APITAL C ITIES The project envisages to produce detailed ward-wise map of cities showing each building, road network and other landmarks Taken up in 33 Capital Cities in the Country. Prepared from Satellite Imageries, the digital maps is prepared to avoid overlapping and duplication of areas in large cities. Are being currently used in 2011 Census by the Census Enumeration.

GIS C ENSUS M APPING L IST OF P UBLICATIONS : Census Atlas - National Volume Population Atlas - National Volume Census Atlases of each State and Union Territory District Census Hand Book maps Tribal Atlas of India. Administrative Atlas of India Administrative Atlases of States and Union territories Language Atlas of India Housing Atlas of India Map Profile 2001 – India, State and Union Territories Preparation of 593 District maps of the country showing villages

GIS A PPLICATIONS DEVELOPED BY C ENSUS CensusInfo India (on CD) Census GIS Punjab (on CD and Internet) Census GIS India (on Internet)

S OME E XAMPLES FROM H OUSLISTING D ATA

Availability of Drinking Water (Tap) 2001 Census

S EX R ATIO (C HILD SEX RATIO : 0-6 YEARS ) 1991 C ENSUS

S EX R ATIO (C HILD SEX RATIO : 0-6 YEARS ) 2001 C ENSUS

T REND OF F EMALE L ITERACY

29 Reaching out to data users in schools, colleges, universities and associations Fostering partnership in data dissemination A stable relationship will allow larger use of census data and intensive research Another area of new interaction will be making available census data for serious research and analysis with full financial support form the government. Census organisation is setting up a workstation for research on micro-data at Jawaharlal Nehru University shortly. Would enable greater utilization of data. F UTURE

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