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FAQ for Clarifications on Population Enumeration: I

A. What will be colour of ink for writing on the Schedule?

B. How to give EB number for an area left out during Houselisting Operations (HLO)?

C. Whether AHL will be prepared for areas left out?

D. What if some big buildings are left out in an existing HLB/EB?

E. Should we re-number all the houses if we find that house numbers during HLO did not start from North-West corner?

F. How to fill-up Houselisting Block Number and Household number in the Household Schedule when we do not have a household number in the AH?

G. If someone insists to write religion as ‘Islam’ whether to give code 2 and write ‘Islam’ or we write ‘Muslim?

H.Is this person mentally/ physically disabled?

I. Should ‘Other languages known’ have a script?

J. A literate person has subsequently become disabled (blindness, movement, mental illness, etc.) and cannot read or write now. Can he be considered as literate?

K Can Anganwadi Centre be considered as school?

L. If a person is singing on the roadside and people give money on their own, will she/he be considered as a beggar or a worker?

M. One person owns the land, the other person does not. Is it the criteria for cultivator?

N. In an urban area, if the household resides on one side of the street and a shop is run by members of the household just on the other side of the street, can it be considered as household industry (HHI)?

O. Revisional Round?

P. What will be the Serial Number of household for the households enumerated during Revisional Round?


A. What will be colour of ink for writing on the Schedule?
It will be blue or black ink, same as was followed during the Houselisting Operations

How to give EB number for an area left out during Houselisting Operations (HLO)?
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 Houselisting 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.
C. Whether AHL will be prepared for areas left out?

Yes. The method of preparing the AHL will be somewhat different in the two cases mentioned above. These are described below:
a. The left out area falls inside the boundaries of an existing Houselisting Block: In this case, the AHL will contain Section 2 for the
areas covered during the HLO. The left out buildings, census houses and households residing in these houses will be updated during the Population Enumeration and will appear in Section 3 of the AHL.
b. The left out area does not fall inside the boundaries of any House-listing Block: In this case, Section 2 of the AHL will not have entries. However, it will have Section 1 and the enumerator will fill-in Sections 3 to 6 during Population Enumeration. Section 3 for this EB will contain all the buildings, census houses and households residing in these houses. Section 4, like the other areas, will contain the houseless households

D. What if some big buildings are left out in an existing HLB/EB?
As explained above, no fresh EB number is necessary for this. If the missed buildings are very big, make sub-blocks of appropriate size so that the buildings can be covered during PE without overloading the enumerator.

E. Should we re-number all the houses if we find that house numbers during HLO did not start from North-West corner?
No. Please read Para 4.53 (ii) which states that you should ensure that the same house numbers that are shown in the Abridged Houselist should be used for updating as well as for showing on the fresh layout map. Here the layout map drawn afresh during the PE should show the House numbers at places where they actually belong. If the census house number written during the HLO is not visible during the PE, the numbers should be rewritten as instructed in paragraph 4.49 of the instruction manual.

F. How to fill-up Houselisting Block Number and Household number in the Household Schedule when we do not have a household number in the AHL?

See instructions in this regard in Paragraph 6.14. Note that Household number and Serial number of household are two different entries available in two different columns of the AHL. Household number is available only in Section 2 of the AHL while serial number of
household is available in Sections 2, 3 and 4 of the AHL. Only Serial number of household is to be filled for the households listed in
Sections 3 and 4 of AHL

G. If someone insists to write religion as ‘Islam’ whether to give code 2 and write ‘Islam’ or we write Muslim’?
Code for both Islam and Muslim will be 2.

H. Is this person mentally/ physically disabled?

A person who has lost one arm/ hand will be treated as disabled in movement.

I. Should ‘Other languages known’ have a script?

No. Other languages known may or may not have a script..

J. A literate person has subsequently become disabled (blindness, movement, mental illness, etc.) and cannot read or write now. Can he be considered as literate?

Yes, he may still be literate. It will be as per the respondent’s version. The question must be asked to all the disabled

K. Can Anganwadi Centre be considered as school?
According to paragraph 6.84, Question 13 (Status of attendance in educational institution) is applicable to all the persons, literate or illiterate. An anganwadi centre usually caters to children of age 5 years or less. If it also teaches the children, it can be considered as Other institution and code 7 may be recorder.

L. If a person is singing on the roadside and people give money on their own, will she/he be considered as a beggar or a worker?

Persons who earn their livelihood by performing at public places will be considered as workers even if people give them money on their own volitio

 


M. One person owns the land, the other person does not. Is it the criteria for cultivator ?

No, ownership of land is not necessary for consideration as a cultivator. An agriculture labourer has no risk in the cultivation, but merely works on another person’s land for wages. An agricultural labourer has no right of
lease or contract on the land on which she/he works. Please see paragraph 6.127 of the instruction manual in this regard

 


N. In an urban area, if the household resides on one side of the street and a shop is run by members of the household just on the other side of the street, can it be considered as household industry (HHI)?

No, the definition of precincts is to be strictly maintained in all cases. The house and shop situated on two sides of the road may also fall in different EBs / different ward

 


O. Revisional Round?

Details recorded with respect to members of the household during 9 th to 28 th February need not be updated except for the questions specified in Chapter 8. For new-born children and new households found, data on all the
questions need to be filled as per instructions specified in Chapter


P.What will be the Serial Number of household for the households enumerated during Revisional Round?

Since the serial number of households are assigned in a continuous manner up to Section 4, the new households found during revisional round, if eligible for enumeration, should be assigned a ‘Serial Number of the Household’ in continuation of the last ‘Serial Number of the Household in Section 4