United Nations Workshop for South Asian Countries on Collection and Dissemination of Socio-Economic Data from

Population and Housing CensusesNew Delhi, India 28-31 May 2012

Use of Technological Tools in Census Exercise in Sri Lanka

Country Presentation – Sri Lanka

By Sampath Perera / Senior Statistician Department of Census and Statistics

Mapping Administrative Boundaries

• 1st Administrative Level (National Level)

• 2nd Administrative Level (Provinces)

• 3rd Administrative Level (Districts)

• 4th Administrative Level (DS Divisions)

• 5th Administrative Level (GN Divisions)

1st Administrative Level (National Level)Sri Lanka – Area : 65,610 sqkm Population: 20.3 Mn(2012)

2nd Level Administrative

Division Boundaries

9 Provinces

3rd Level Administrative

Boundaries

25 Districts

4th Level Administrative

Boundaries

330 Divisional Secretariat

(DS) Divisions

5th Level Administrative

Boundaries

14,022 Grama Niladari

(GN)Divisions

Stages of Census 2010 Round Sri Lanka

1. Census Enumerator Area

Mapping Stage – 2008-2010

2. Listing of All the Buildings – 2011

3. Census Enumeration 2012

Feb/Mar

Satellite imagesCensus Enumerator Area Mapping

2010 Round Sri Lanka

Census Enumerator Area Mapping 2010 Round Sri Lanka

Hand GPS Receiver

GPS points unclear location

Sketch of a census block map in listing stage for 2011 census

MRCB Database

Beyond 2011

Use of MRCB & GIS – Census Operation-Distribution Plan

Online Databases –eCensus – Data Collection Stage

Modes of Census Data Dissemination

Printing : Departmental Publications

Electronic Media (CD ROMs and DVDs)

Census Info/ Dev info

Internet : Web site Static web pages (html, PDF, excel)Interactive online tools (tabulating/graphing/mapping tools, etc) Census Info

Geographic information systems (GIS)

Census Data Dissemination Plan Sri Lanka

Census Data Dissemination Plan Sri Lanka

Census Micro Data Archiving Experiences 2001

Introduction to CensusInfo for Data Dissemination

Census Info Workshop @ Sri Lanka 19-23 Sep 2011

Introduction to CensusInfo for Data Dissemination

Introduction to CensusInfo for Data Dissemination

Introduction to CensusInfo for Data Dissemination

Distribution of Population in Urban Areas of the Country

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