NSDI – 10

Status of NSDI Nodes

CENSUS MAPPING ACTIVITIES

Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India

Ministry of Home Affairs
New Delhi
Census Mapping Activities

• Adoption of GIS tools by Census Organization in late nineties has

accelerated the process and enhanced the quality of the maps.

• The Census Organization has the requisite infrastructure and

capability for generating theme based maps using GIS.

• In 2001, Census GIS was introduced which allowed generating

thematic maps based on Census data on an interactive basis using GIS
technology.
Census Mapping Activities

• Pre-Census
(To provide updated administrative unit maps to Census functionaries to
ensure that there is no overlapping or omission in the area coverage)

• Census
(Layout maps are prepared by the Enumerators/Supervisors)

• Post-Census
(To prepare various thematic maps on demographic and socio-cultural
aspects for inclusion in Census publications and to publish Census Atlases)
 Pre-Census

The organization prepares administrative boundary maps of

States

Districts

Sub-districts (Tahsil/ Taluk/ PS/ CD Block)

Villages

Towns and

Wards in towns
for proper coverage of the entire geographical area of the
country for use in house listing and Census Enumeration
operations of Census-2011.
Pre-Census

Status

India Administrative map showing States/UT’s and districts
(35)

States showing Districts (640)

States showing sub districts (5767)

Sub district maps showing village boundaries (6,08,786
villages)

Town showing ward boundaries and other land mark
features (7,742)

All in hard copy and in digital mode
Pre-Census

593 Districts
in 2001
Pre-Census

New Administrative Changes after 2001

• 47 new districts have come up

• 451 new Sub districts have been created
• 225 new towns have been notified
• Several new villages have also been created
• These all are updated and ready for 2nd phase of
Population Enumeration in Feb. 2011
JAMMU & KASHMIR - 8 INDIA
PUNJAB - 3 NEW DISTRICTS 2001 - 2011
HARYANA - 2
RAJASTHAN - 1
UTTAR PRADESH - 1
BIHAR - 1
JHARKHAND - 6
ASSAM - 5
WEST BENGAL - 1
MADHYA PRADESH – 5
CHHATTISGARH - 2
GUJARAT - 1
KARNATAKA - 3
TAMIL NADU - 2
ARUNACHAL PRADESH - 3
NAGALAND - 3
A & N ISLANDS - 1

TOTAL – 47 DISTRICTS
Pre-Census

640 Districts
in 2011
Pre-Census HIMACHAL PRADESH

STATE EXAMPLES …….

Pre-Census KERALA

STATE EXAMPLES …….

Pre-Census MANIPUR

STATE EXAMPLES …….

Pre-Census HARYANA

STATE EXAMPLES …….

Pre-Census ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGES

STATE EXAMPLES …….

Pre-Census ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGES

STATE EXAMPLES …….

Pre-Census

The new initiative

The value addition this time is detailed digital
geo-referenced maps of the Capital Cities (33) in the
country showing each building /house, road
networks, lanes, by-lanes and important landmarks
features for each ward of the Capital City to ensure
that the entire area is covered without any omissions
and overlapping.

Contd….
Pre-Census

• With this initiative, this Office has taken up the work of

preparing geo-referenced digital map of each ward in the Capital
Cities of the country.

• Based on satellite imagery and collection of information on

population by conducting field survey, census enumeration
blocks are demarcated for use by the Enumerators during House
listing and Housing Census.

• This Project is being implemented with the support from

Survey of India who have been entrusted with the job of
digitization of imagery and linking of field data.
Pre-Census

The Progress made so far

The field verification of all the 2073 wards have been
completed.

Finalization of digital maps and linking of attribute data is
likely to be completed by December 2010 for use in 2nd
Phase of Population Enumeration in Feb. 2011.
Pre-Census

Availability of Town Maps

• Most of the town maps showing ward boundary are

old and the extent and boundary of towns usually
changed
• Number of Wards also undergoes change in many
cases. Therefore, as like earlier censuses, Town
Maps are also updated
Pre-Census

The Constraints
• All the Capital cities has inherent expansion in horizontal &
vertical directions

• Resulting change in ward boundaries and number of wards. So

the ward boundaries and CEB’s are bound to change
For example- Jaipur 66 Wards in 2001 - 70 now
Delhi 134 Wards in 2001 - 298 now
Hyderabad 35 Wards in 2001 - 100 now
Bangalore 100 Wards in 2001 - 198 now
Bhopal 66 Wards in 2001 - 70 now
and so on ………
Pre-Census

The Ward Maps

The digital maps are prepared using high resolution
Satellite Imagery procured from Survey of India
followed by field survey for verification of each
building structure and collection of information on
each house/building. Each building structure is
drawn as a polygon as seen from the top by the
satellite.
Pre-Census
The Methodology
Geographic Information Process
Acquisition

Aerial Photography
Surveying. Maps
Remote Sensing

GPS Census & Surveys

Management/
GeographicD Analysis
ataBase

GIS
Internet
Display/Dissemination
Source: UNSD
Pre-Census
Pre-Census
Pre-Census
KOLKATA
Pre-Census
Shimla
Pre-Census
DELHI
Pre-Census

Census EB Map
Pre-Census
Pre-Census
Pre-Census
BEFORE UPDATING
Pre-Census
AFTER UPDATING
Pre-Census TOWN MAPS
Pre-Census
Pre-Census
Imphal Town ward
Pre-Census
Jaipur Town ward
Pre-Census

Jaipur Town CEB

During-Census

Rural Charge- Supervisory Circle

During-Census
During-Census
During-Census

House Listing Block

During-Census

North 24 Paragana
West Bengal
During-Census

Three Villages in One

Panchayat
During-Census
During-Census
During-Census
During-Census
Mosaic of Three villages maps
During-Census
Post-Census

• The post-census mapping includes dissemination of the census

data through thematic maps on various Census themes at
State/District/sub-District or village level allowing proper spatial
analysis.

• These are published in various map products like Census

Atlases, Districts Census Handbooks (DCHB) and various
datasheets on different demographic as well as socio-economic
themes.
Post-Census

•During each census, the organization produces more than ten

thousand administrative and thematic maps.

• These are available for the user agencies, planners, researchers,

students and policy makers.

• Census Atlas, Administrative Atlas, Language Atlas, Historical

Atlas of India and Map profile of each state are some of the
prominent decennial publications of the organization.
Post-Census

• Besides, maps are also published in special reports, monographs

and publications like Temples of Tamil Nadu, Regional Division
of India at the National and State levels.

• District maps showing village boundaries is one of the

prestigious product of this organization.
Post-Census
 India
Child Sex Ratio in Age Group 0-6

N.A.
N.A.
1991 2001

A
A

A A
FEMALES PER 1000 MALES
IN AGE GROUP 0-6
800 AND BELOW
801 - 850
851 - 900
901 - 950
951 - 1000
1001 AND ABOVE
Data Not Available
N.A. DATA NOT AVAILABLE

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 HIMACHAL PRADESH
CHILD SEX RATIO IN AGE GROUP 0-6
(DISTRICTS)
1991 2001
HIMACHAL PRADESH HIMACHAL PRADESH
CHILD SEX RATIO IN AGE GROUP 0-6 CHILD SEX RATIO IN AGE GROUP 0-
1991 2001
(DISTRICTS) (DISTRICTS)
Chamba
965
Chamba
Lahul & Spiti 962 Lahul & Spiti
951 986

Kangra Kangra
939 836
Kullu Kullu
966
960
Hamirpur Hamirpur
938 Mandi Una 864
Una Kinnaur 839 Mandi
968 958 Kinnaur
923 916
Bilaspur Bilaspur
923 884
Shimla
958 Shimla
Solan 930
951 Solan
CHILD SEX RATIO 900
800 AND BELOW
801 - 850 Sirmaur
Sirmaur
973 851 - 900 940
901 - 950
951 AND ABOVE
Data not available

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