Second phase of population census set to begin
islamabad — The second phase of the 6th population census will begin in 88 districts across the country from on April 25.
During the second phase the headcount would be conducted in 21 census districts of Punjab, 21 districts of Sindh, 17 of Balochistan and 12 of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, official sources said.
In addition, the census would also be conducted in six districts of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata), 5 districts of Gilgit Baltistan, 5 districts of Azad Jammu and Kashmir and one district of Federal Capital, Islamabad, the sources added.
As per the activity calendar, the census teams would start house listing operation, for the first block under Phase-II, on April 25, which would continue for three days up to April 27.
This activity would be followed by filling up of form-2 for next ten days, from April 28 to May 7, while the enumeration of homeless population would be made on May 8.
The house listing operation for the second block under 2nd phase of census would be conducted for three days from May 11 to May 13, followed by filling up form-2 for next ten days from May 14 to May 23 while the homeless would be counted on May 25. It is pertinent to mention here that the first phase of the census was conducted in 63 districts all across the country from March 15 to April 13.
The first phase was conducted in 16 districts of Punjab province, 8 districts of Sindh, 14 of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 15 of Balochistan, 5 districts of Azad Jammu and Kashmir and 5 districts of Gilgit Baltistan, officials sources said.
The services of 84,000 enumerators would be utilised incollecting the data from about 168,120 census blocks across the country.
The Bureau has reserved about ten per cent staff and supervisors, hence bringing the total staff for census to over 118,000 persons.
In addition to enumerators, 200,000 army personnel have been engaged for the exercise, they said adding one army soldier would be attached with one enumerator throughout the exercise. — APP