1. United Nations Workshop for South Asian Countries on Collection and Dissemination of Socio-Economic Data from Population and Housing Censuses New Delhi, India 28-31 May 2012 Introduction to CensusInfo and Data Archiving Country Presentation – Sri Lanka By Sampath Perera / Senior Statistician Department of Census and Statistics

2. Stages of Census 2010 Round Sri Lanka 1.Census Enumerator Area Mapping Stage – 2008-2010 2.Listing of All the Buildings – 2011 3.Census Enumeration 2012 Feb/Mar

3.  Online Databases – eCensus – Data Collection Stage

4. Modes of Census Data Dissemination Printing : Departmental Publications Electronic Media (CD ROMs and DVDs) Census Info/ Dev info Internet : Web site  Static web pages (html, PDF, excel)  Interactive online tools (tabulating/graphing/mapping tools, etc) Census Info Geographic information systems (GIS)

5. Census Data Dissemination Plan Sri Lanka Item Mode of Data Dissemination Expected Time Frame Building Statistics of Sri Lanka-Listing Operation Report (DS Level)Web/ publicationJanuary 2012 Listing Operation Tables (GN Level)Web/ CDMarch 2012 Census Preliminary Report ( Based on Censuses Commissioner’s Manual Reports)(District Level) Publication/ WebMay 2012 Census Secondary Report on Population( Based on Enumerator’s Manual Summaries and Online MRCB Database) (DS Level) Publication/ Web/ CDJuly 2012 Census Secondary Report on Housing( Based on Enumerator’s Manual Summaries and Online MRCB Database (DS Level) Publication/ Web/ CDAugust 2012 Census Secondary Report on Population and Housing( Based on Enumerator’s Manual Summaries and Online MRCB Database (GN Level) Web/ CDSeptember 2012 5% Sample Report by Districts and Country Report26 Publications/ Web/ CDOctober 2012 Final District Bulletins (Based on Scanned Schedules)25 Publications/ Web/ CDDec 2012 – April 2013 Final District Reports (Based on Scanned Schedules)25 Publications/ Web/ CDMar- Sep 2013 All Island Final Reports on Population(Based on Scanned Schedules)Publication/ Web/ CDOctober 2013 All Island Final Reports on Housing(Based on Scanned Schedules)Publication/ Web/ CDOctober 2013 General Report – 2010 CPH Sri LankaPublication/ Web/ CDDecember 2013

6. Census Data Dissemination Plan Sri Lanka ItemMode of Data DisseminationExpected Time Frame Thematic Reports  Population Distribution of Sri Lanka  Migration Patterns of Sri Lanka  Disability in Sri Lanka  Households and Families  Economic Activities  Fertility Behavior  Housing Characteristics  Demographic Atlas Publication/ Web/ CD January 2014 onwards Research Reports  Life Table  Population Projection  Urban Definition  Basic Needs Publication/ Web/ CD January 2014 onwards

7. Census Micro Data Archiving Experiences 2001

8. Introduction to CensusInfo for Data Dissemination Census Info Workshop @ Sri Lanka 19-23 Sep 2011

9. Introduction to CensusInfo for Data Dissemination

12. Mapping Administrative Boundaries 1 st Administrative Level (National Level) 2 nd Administrative Level (Provinces) 3 rd Administrative Level (Districts) 4 th Administrative Level (DS Divisions) 5 th Administrative Level (GN Divisions)

13. 1 st Administrative Level (National Level) Sri Lanka – Area : 65,610 sqkmPopulation: 20.3 Mn(2012)

14. 2 nd Level Administrative Division Boundaries 9 Provinces

15. 3 rd Level Administrative Boundaries 25 Districts

16. 4 th Level Administrative Boundaries 330 Divisional Secretariat (DS) Divisions

17. 5 th Level Administrative Boundaries 14,022 Grama Niladari (GN)Divisions

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