Census 2010 begins in Mizoram

Aizawl, May 15: The 2011 Census started in Mizoram on Saturday, with the details of Chief minister Lal Thanhawla and his wife, Lal Riliani, being recorded by officials. "As many as 2,354 enumerators, 392 supervisors and 92 charge officers have been appointed to visit every household in urban, rural and interior areas of the State to carry out the task of door-to-door headcount for the National Register of Indian Citizens (NRIC)," Deputy Director General of Census Operations SK Chakraborty told reporters here today.
Chakraborty, who was accompanied by State Census Director HP Sahu, said during the 45 days of work, the census officials would collect vital personal information of every individual in each family. This would be incorporated in the proposed unique identity (UID) card, which would be given to all Indian citizens aged 15 years and above, he added.
In the first phase of census 2011, data collection for creation of the first ever computerised NRIC, along with house listing and housing census has been taken up on Saturday, the officials said. Chakraborty said the actual population enumeration would be undertaken simultaneously across the country from February 9 to 28, 2011 followed by a five-day revision round March 1-5, 2011.
The government has also decided to prepare a National Population Register (NPR) along with Census 2010, a unique milestone in the history of census in India. NPR is an identity database of usual residents in the country containing specific items of the information of each individual in the country. The preliminary census result would be declared March 25, 2011.
Chief Minister Lal Thanhawla urged the people to cooperate with enumerators for household survey and to collect data for NPR as part of Census-2010. "The success of this massive exercise depends on the dedicated and sincere works by the enumerators, supervisors and all other Census officers in general, but it will mostly depend on the whole-hearted support and co-operation of all citizens of this State," Lal Thanhawla said in his message to the people.
"I would appeal to the people of Mizoram to participate in this great national task to their fullest cooperation and help the Census officials," he added. (UNI)