The next Bangladesh's Population and Housing Census will be held from 15-19 March this year with the focus on accuracy to enumerate the households, families and population across the country.
This will be the 5th census in the country after the last census was held in 2001. The population census is held every ten years.
Bangladesh has a long history of census. The first one conducted in this territory was in 1872 under the British. After Independence, the four Population and Housing Census were held in 1974, 1981, 1991 and 2001. The country’s population was 7,63,98,000 in 1974; the number was 8,99,12,000 in 1981; it was 11,14,55,185 in 1991 while the population rose to 13,05,22,598 in 2001.
Digital enumeration map and computerized geo-coding system would be used to process the data in the shortest possible time and disseminate results simultaneously in hard and soft formats, as well as on the web page.
“The preparations are going on in full swing for successfully holding the census,” said Statistics Division Secretary Riti Ibrahim while recently talking to UNB correspondent Golam Moin Uddin.
“The preparations are going on in full swing for successfully holding the census,” said Statistics Division Secretary Riti Ibrahim while recently talking to UNB correspondent Golam Moin Uddin.
The Statistics Division Secretary said that there would be around 2,800 zones across the country for the supervision of the census process with the BBS officers and staffs acting as zonal officers. The zonal officers will look after the supervisors while some 6-7 enumerators will work under a supervisor.
The number of supervisors will be around 57,000 while the enumerators will number around 3,10,000. Each of the enumerators will collect data from 120 households. The zonal officers would recruit the enumerators and supervisors from the local youths prioritizing the females.
To conduct the census, Riti Ibrahim said, the country would be divided into 130 census districts.
She said that only the floating people would be brought under enumeration from 14 March midnight (12:00 am) to 15 March (6:00 am) following the modified Defacto method. This will also be used as reference night.
Riti Ibrahim said that there will be 25 questions for the enumeration including 11 household related and 14 individual related. The question of disability will be included in the individual category while questions on ethnicity will fall in the household category. Some 18 specific ethnic communities will be mentioned in the questionnaire.