The EB boundary will be as per the boundary written in the revised Charge Register prepared for the PE. AHL does not give any boundary of the EB. It provides a list of buildings, census houses and households found within that area during HLO and which must be updated so that all households, residing in building or the houseless within that area and eligible to be enumerated are actually covered during the PE. Please note that the boundaries will be available in the SupervisorBooklet (part of the Charge Register for Population Enumeration), a copy of which should be provided to the Census Supervisor and the Supervisor should personally visit the field to clearly show the boundary to the enumerators.

B. There are two HLBs and some area in between has been missed during the HLO. How it will be covered during the PE?

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Please refer answer to FAQ already issued. This is reproduced below: There can be two situations where an area is left out. The solution for each of these two situations is described below. a. The left out area falls inside the boundaries of an existing House-listing Block: In such case, the question of providing any new number does not arise. If the size of the area is big and the expected workload of an enumerator seems to be large due to inclusion of this area and the households residing in the area, the existing HLB may be accordingly sub-divided and sub-block numbers may be given for each of these areas. For example, suppose an entire village has been considered as one HLB and the population of the village during the HLO has been found as 750. However, it has subsequently been found that an area with a population of 200 within the village has been left out during the HLO. In that case, two sub-blocks may be formed keeping the instructions of Circular 21 in mind such that the expected workload of each area during population enumeration remains more or less similar. b. The left out area does not fall inside the boundaries of any House-listing Block: This is a rare case. However, if found, a new EB number is to be allotted such that the number is in continuation of the highest HLB number given inside the Charge. For example, an entire village has been left out during the House-listing operations. There were 245 HLBs in that Charge during the HLO. Now, the EB number of this left out village will be 246, 247, etc. depending on the population of the village. Care should be taken to show the newly created EB No.s 246, 247, etc. properly in the Charge Map, Charge register, both the Supervisory Booklets and Supervisory Circle Maps.

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In such cases, the enumerator who is filling up a set of Schedules would sign for that set. To avoid confusion, the Charge Officer may issue necessary instructions in this regard showing the list of enumerators who would be working I any such EB on 28th night. Care should be taken to clearly show which enumerator will cover places like bus stand, railway stations, persons living in the open around the boundaries of the EBs, etc. so that the workload for enumeration of Houseless population on the night of 28th February 2011 can be properly ascertained. Please read Census Circular 24 containing detailed instructions on enumeration of Houseless Households.

D. The GIS maps given during HLO in PortBlair have been updated during the HLO. These updating is now being incorporated in the map used during the HLO. Can we use these updated maps during PE?

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E. How many copies of layout maps will be prepared during the PE?	Top
Please see paragraph 10.13 in this regard. One copy of the Layout Map will be prepared during the PE.

F. In AHL, the boundaries of EB are not there. Why we do not provide the copy of HL layout map?	Top
The matter has already been considered. It has been decided that the enumerator will draw a fresh layout map of the EB during population enumeration and the copy of layout map prepared during the HLO will not be supplied to the enumerator.

G. Will the enumerator revisit the houseless households during revisional round?	Top
No. Enumeration of houseless households will be done at a time very near to the census moment. Hence, revisional round is not required for the houseless.

H. A female head of the household gives birth to a child. This is reported during revisional round and corrections are necessary for entries of the Head. Shall we strike off the first line and write the revised details in the last line for the Head?	Top
Yes. If some error is detected, the line may be deleted and copied in the next available blank row (say at serial no. 006). Care should be taken to copy information pertaining to both side A and side B while doing this exercise, so that information for a person is written against same serial number (here, 006) on both the sides.

I. How to write working sheet etc. if there is no institutional or houseless household in an EB?	Top
One blank Schedule should be filled with location particulars and on the top of the Schedule, it should be clearly written as ‘No institutional household’ / ‘No houseless households’.

J.How to submit records for uninhabited villages?	Top
The records submitted will be: i) One copy of enumerator’s abstract and Household Schedules ii) Layout map showing boundary of village, iii) Updated AHL With codes filled-in and “Uninhabited” written on the body of each document.

K. Is it possible to have a provision of an English version/ translation of the role plays for trainees/ trainers who do not know Hindi?	Top
It is being done in all the respective DCOs.

L. For summary totals, will we supply separate working sheet printed as ‘Summary totals for working sheet’?

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No. Please refer to paragraph 9.16. Take one blank working sheet. Write ‘Summary Totals’ in the first line across columns 1 to 19. Then copy the totals of each working sheet used for normal households, then the institutional households and then the houseless households.

M. While updating AHL, if it is found that more than 100 households have been missed during the HLO, how is it possible to carve out a new EB at that stage and write a new AHL and assign it to the enumerator?	Top
If it is found that a part of a HLB was entirely left out during HLO, sub-blocks may be appropriately formed so that the enumerator’s workload does not exceed a population of 800. However, each enumerator must cover the entire area allotted to her/ him irrespective of the population enumerated in the allotted area.

N. In section 3 of AHL at page 144 , 2 examples of new building have been given. In the remarks column, new building is mentioned against serial no. 64 but not against serial no. 66.	Top
building, new census house and new household, the same may be written. In this example, since the space was enough for writing only the new census house and new household, the same has been written.

O. In the examples of AHL given at Annex III of Instruction Manual, the HLB number and household number is in 1 and 2 digits. But it is to be written in 4 digits. Can it create confusion?

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Note that the HLB number is to be written in 4 digits, both household number and serial number of household are to be written in 3 digits, although it is given in 1 or 2 digits in the example, since this is what the enumerator may actually get in most cases. The HLB number, in 4-digits, has already been written in the Charge Register. In Section 3, HLB number and household number need not be written and these columns are shaded in the AHL. The serial number of households appearing in Section 3 will be written in 3-digits and it will not be in 4 digits in any case.

P.In a Census house, one household has moved out and in that place, two new households have moved in. Are all of them to be updated in AHL Section 3 by striking out Section 2?	Top
Please see situation 8. Here, the first household will be shown in Section 2 and the next household will be shown in Section 3. This is due to the reason that we have one household replaced by another (partly) and one more household for which we have to allot a fresh serial number of household.

Q. What is basic difference shown in the example in situation 3 and situation 5 at Annexure II of Instruction Manual except remarks column of AHL?	Top
In situation 3, the entire household has been changed. In situation 5, due to some reason, the Head listed during HLO is no longer the head of the household, i.e., the household has not changed as such. Hence, the remark in Col. 10 of Section 2, AHL is important to distinguish between the two situations.

R. If a new household or house come up and accordingly entered in section 3 of AHL, in household schedule, 2 information ie. Houselisting block number (col2 of ) and household no (col 6 of ..) kept Blank. How do we know from which blocks it is?	Top
We need not find out these details for households appearing in Section 3 and Section 4 of the updated AHL.

S. Household split in to 2 households and staying in the same census house. In this case, how to update AHL (is it situation ix at page 24 or not)?	Top
Yes. It is similar to situation 9 described in Annexure II of the instruction manual.

T. A defense personnel is visiting the native place during the entire period of enumeration. Will she/he be enumerated as a visitor?	Top
Yes. She/ he will be enumerated as a visitor. However, for filling up the details regarding his occupation, industry and migration characteristics in Questions 17, 18, and 23 to 26, the instructions on defense personnel will be applicable.

U. If there are two daughters (Rekha and Keka) in a household, and each is having unmarried children, how do we write?	Top
We have to first find the Head of the household (say Rekha). Then Rekha will appear in serial no. 001. The unmarried children of Rekha will be listed then in descending order of age. Then Keka’s name will be written followed by the names of her unmarried children in descending order of age.

V. During tabulation of HH4, it was found that in one household, the relationships were Head, wife, son, son’s wife, son’s wife. From this it is not clear whether it is wife of same son or wife of another son.	Top
If one son (say Ramu) has more than one wife, enumerated in same household, write son (Ramu)’s wife and son (Ramu)’s wife against both the wives to clearly distinguish these rare situations.

W. If parents have come to a household, will they be recorded as visitor?

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If the mother/ father is a normal resident of the daughter/ son’s household, the relationship will be recorded as mother/ wife’s mother, etc. However, if the mother/ father are normal residents at some other place but she/he/they have come to the daughter/ son’s house and are eligible to be enumerated there as a visitor, then the relationship will be written as ‘visitor’. Please read paragraph 6.30 which states that if visitors are enumerated in a household, the relationship is to be recorded as ‘visitor’. For census purposes, a Visitor may be a related or un-related person.

X. If there is dispute in writing of Sex code for ’Other’, what to do?	Top
It is the respondent’s choice to record the sex code of some person enumerated in that household as ‘Other’. The enumerator will intimate about this option during rapport building. The question of entering into dispute does not arise.

Y. During the NPR operational stage a gentlemen has recorded his DOB as per his official record(Certificate) (1st June 1958) But at the PE stage his mother responded with his actual DOB as per his JanmaKundali (7th August 1958) Will it make any difference since there are two different dates	Top
No, because There is no relation between NPR and PE. The process and objectives are very much different.

Z. There is relation between date of birth, age and age at marriage. This may be stressed during training.	Top
Agreed, This has been elaborated in the discussions on the fertility questions.

AA. A woman has been given ‘talaq’ before the date of enumeration. Will the marital status be ‘divorced’ or ‘separated’?	Top
The status will be ‘divorced’ if the talaq’ given is considered as a divorce as per the prevailing social custom of that area.

AB. If a person is in the process of divorce what will we have to enter?	Top
It may be that at present the person may be separated or currently married. The code will accordingly be recorded.

AC. There is a live in relationship in an apartment in a metropolis. What will be the: i) Marital status, ii) Relationship to head (Q. 2) iii) Entry in Q. 6 age at marriage

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Please refer to paragraph 6.45 where it is stated that we are not concerned with the legality of the marriage. The marital status will be as reported by the respondent. The relationship in Q.2 will also be as per the respondent. It can be ‘wife/ husband’, ‘friend’ or ‘unrelated’ as the respondent tells. If both of them are reported as never married, entry in Q. 6 will be ‘—‘. Otherwise, the age at first marriage of each person will be recorded.

AD. If a lady is cooking for the PG, will she be a worker?	Top
If PG is a member of the same household, then it will not be considered since services rendered to members of the same household do not qualify as an economic activity. If the PG is from a different household, then it will be considered as work.

AE. One household is engaged in Biri making where 12 persons are engaged, 10 from the household and 2 are paid. There is no electricity. Will it be taken as HHI?	Top
If the 2 are not regularly employed, it will be HHI. Usually, more than 80% of the informal non-agricultural enterprises work with 4 or less workers, including unpaid family workers.

AF. Will HHI be only manufacturing or other industries are also covered?	Top
It also includes repairing industries. Please see Paragraph 6.127 (ii) in this regard.

AG. Land owned by me is cultivated by another person. Am I a cultivator?

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For persons engaged in more than one economic activity, first decide the economic activity in which she/he is engaged for more days within the reference period (Para 6.124). Depending on this, the type of economic activity will be decided in Q. 16. For a person engaged in only one activity, i.e., owning land which is cultivated by another person, the different possibilities are described below: i) The owner supervises cultivation : She/ he is a cultivator ii) The owner receives a share of crop: She/ he is cultivator iii) The owner receives a fixed sum irrespective of the outcome: Owner will be considered as a rentier, which is a non-economic activity.

AH. There is a mess (small hotel) inside the residence. What code is to be recorded ‘3’ or ‘4’ in Q 16?	Top
Hotel is a service sector enterprise and the code will be ‘4’. However, if it is a repairing enterprise, the code will be ‘3’.

AI. What is meant that member of a cooperative as single worker?	Top
The treatment of working partners and working members are same. Both will be treated as single worker.

AJ. Clarify para 6.172

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Consider the case of a vegetable vendor who would go to a particular locality for selling vegetables. She would move inside the locality from house to house and sell vegetables. Then she would return home. One way distance in her case would be distance from her residence to the locality and the distances covered within the locality, both in kilometers, but would exclude the distance covered during her return journey.

AK. If the mode of travel for onward journey and return journey are different, which one should be considered?	Top
The question is ‘Mode of travel to place of work’. Thus, the mode used for journey from residence to place of work will be considered.

AL. If birth place/ place of last residence is same for all members of the household, can we write –do- for the 2nd, 3rd, etc. Persons?	Top
No, since there are three entries for each person, these are to be enquired separately for each person and entered accordingly.

AM. There are many single mothers who are unmarried yet have children. As per instruction, they are to be left out in Q 2729. If so, we may leave out many children.	Top
The question is not to be asked for never married persons. This issue has been considered and found not to be feasible in Census as of now.

AN.What is the reason for not capturing still births and abortion which also comes under fertility?	Top
Due to field difficulties in collection of data, these have not been taken up in Census.

AO. According to para 6.230, if the respondent returns the sex of a child as ‘other’ in Question 3, then for the purpose of this question, such child will be shown as son. Here, specific age may be given for a person to be treated as ‘child’, as some of the children ever born may not be enumerated in this household.	Top
Here, the term ‘child’ has been used to refer to the children surviving, ever born and born during last year for the female. They may or may not be enumerated in the household. If the sex of any live birth is female, it will be recorded for the box provided for ‘daughters’ and the rest will be recorded for the box provided for ‘sons’.

AP. The enumerator during revisional round has found that a child has born in a household of 8 members. How to give the continued sheet number as the sheet number has already been given?	Top
The enumerator during revisional round has found that a child has born in a household of 8 members. How to give the continued sheet number as the sheet number has already been given?

AQ. In some place we keep blank, in some place we put 0 and in some other we put ‘‘. Why?	Top
It is a balance between field-work and data processing requirements. The decisions given for the different items must be communicated and followed scrupulously.