Population, housing census from March 15

The 5th Population and Housing Census will take place from March 15 to 19 to enumerate the households, families and population across the country.
The last census was held in 2001. Population census is carried out every ten years.
The results from the census will help to formulate benchmark information for all kinds of planning, formulating sampling frame for different surveys and other census, preparing database for determining the election constituency as well as preparing database for the national resource allocation and quota determination.
Of the estimated budget of Tk 252.59 crore, the government will provide Tk 152.86 crore while the European Union will provide Tk 99.73 crore through UNFPA in the form of project assistance.
Digital enumeration map and computerised geo-coding system would be used to process the data in the shortest possible time and disseminate results simultaneously in hard and soft formats, as well as on the web page.
“There would be around 2,800 zones across the country for the supervision of the census process with the BBS officers and staffs acting as zonal officers. The zonal officers will look after the supervisors while some 6-7 enumerators will work under a supervisor,” said Statistics Division Secretary Riti Ibrahim.