To prepare new details of population in Uttar Pradesh, the administration has shared information related to the time frame and process of the census. This time, families will be given the facility to register details of their members sitting at home, while later government enumerators will go door-to-door and tally the information. According to State Census Director and Chief Principal Census Officer Sheetal Verma, the self-enumeration work will continue from November 16 to November 30. After this, from December 1 to January 4, employees will reach the designated houses and collect details.
According to officials, families in which a child is born till 12 midnight on January 5 will also get a place in the calculation of the concerned family. Conversely, the names of people who died before the scheduled time will not be included in the final figures.
Opportunity to fill information online in the second fortnight of November
The facility of self-counting for families will be available starting from 16th November till 30th November. During this time, any responsible member of the household will be able to go to the designated portal and register answers to 40 questions related to the family. Its purpose is that people can fill their information themselves and the verification process becomes easier later when the enumerator arrives.
After submitting the details online, the family will be given a unique identification number, called SEID. When the government employees reach home, this number will have to be told to the family. On the basis of this the already entered details will be matched. The details of those families who have not filled the information through internet will be recorded on the spot by the enumerators.
Lakhs of employees will reach their homes from December
According to the administration's plan, from December 1 to January 4, about 5.60 lakh enumerators will go door-to-door to collect information. Each employee will be given the responsibility of about 180 to 200 houses. During this, identity, social status and other prescribed information of the family members will be recorded.
The objective of this phase is not only to collect the number of houses, but also to prepare complete details of the people living in them. The staff will verify the information given during the self-enumeration and where online details are not available, will interact with the family and enter the data.
Date fixed for counting of homeless people
A provision has been made to include in the census process also those people who do not have a permanent house to live in. Such people will be counted on the night of January 4. This will include people living on footpaths, bridges, under flyovers and in open spaces.
According to officials, such people cannot be left out of the calculations to prepare an accurate estimate of the population. Therefore, after reaching their places of residence, details will be collected as per the prescribed procedure.
Different questions will be asked to family members
During the enumeration, information like relationship to the head of the family, name of the person, gender, date of birth, age, marital status, nationality and religion will be sought. Details related to Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribe and Caste will also be recorded. Apart from this, questions related to language, education, disability, employment, profession, workplace and migration will be included.
Some information related to reproduction will also be taken from women. These will include the number of living children, the total number of living children born so far and details of children born during the last one year. However, all 40 questions will not be asked to every member. For example, young children will not be asked questions related to jobs or migration.
It is not mandatory to show documents
According to the information given by the officials, it will not be mandatory to show Aadhar card, birth certificate or other documents to register the details. People will have to answer the questions asked. After this, revision will be done from January 5 to 9, in which the records will be corrected on the basis of changes related to births and deaths.
Population was not found in thousands of villages of the state
During the house census, about 7,500 revenue villages in Uttar Pradesh were found where no residents were found. Due to floods and other reasons, people of these places have migrated to other areas. On the contrary, some areas have also been found which are not considered populated villages in the revenue records, but people are living there. In the second phase, arrangements have been made to include all such populated areas.