Nepal starts census 2011 from Sunday

The first phase of Nepal's census 2011 to be conducted by the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) is starting from Sunday.

According to Rudra Suwal, Chief of Population Unit at CBS, in the first phase only general information like number of household, number of family members and head of family and their occupation will be gathered for the next 18 days.

Based on the preliminary information, the detailed census will start from June 17. Some 34,000 trained persons will be deployed in 3,900 Village Development Committees and 58 municipalities.

The census will be held in two phases. The first phase begins on May 15 and will go on until June 1. The second phase begins from June 17 and will go until June 27. Around 8,500 supervisors have been deployed in the first phase of the census that is held every 10 years.

Around 8,500 supervisors have been deployed in the first phase of the census that is held every 10 years.

For the first time, CBS is going to prepare questionnaires in 10 languages for the convenience of respondents who do not understand Nepali.

The census will also include details of maternal mortality rate along with details of those family members who are abroad.

It will also have details of migration, reproductive health and economy of households. Contrary to the past censuses, the question on religion will be open-ended this year.

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