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United Nations Workshop for South Asian Countries on Collection and Dissemination of Socio-Economic Data from Population and Housing Censuses New Delhi, India 28-31 May 2012. Use of Technological Tools in Census Exercise in Sri Lanka Country Presentation – Sri Lanka.
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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 Census Enumerator Area Mapping Stage – 2008-2010 Listing of All the Buildings – 2011 Census Enumeration 2012 Feb/Mar
Census Enumerator Area Mapping 2010 Round Sri Lanka Satellite images
Census Enumerator Area Mapping 2010 Round Sri Lanka GPS points unclear location Hand GPS Receiver
Sketch of a census block map in listing stage for 2011 census MRCB Database
Modes of Census Data Dissemination Printing : Departmental Publications Electronic Media (CD ROMs and DVDs) Census Info/ Dev info Geographic information systems (GIS) • Internet : Web site • Static web pages (html, PDF, excel) • Interactive online tools (tabulating/graphing/mapping tools, etc) Census Info
Introduction to CensusInfo for Data Dissemination Census Info Workshop @ Sri Lanka 19-23 Sep 2011