EDITORIAL COMMITTEE Chairman Syed Tanveer Hussain Census Commissioner and Secretary Statistics Division, Ministry of Planning Members Hamidul Haque Bhuiyan Director Md. Khurshid Kamal Director S.M. Tajul Islam Joint Director Md. Abdul Malik Project Director Mainuddin Ahmed Project Director Md. Nowsher Alam Deputy Director Md. Nowsherwa Deputy Director Shamsuzzoha Deputy Director Md. Nurul Islam Deputy Director Abdul Mannan Deputy Director Md. Nizam Uddin Chowdhury Deputy Director Md. Zulfiker Ahmed Statistical Officer Md. Abdus Satter Statistical Officer Member-Secretary Abdur Rashid Sikder Director j¤M håhåj¤M FOREWORD S¡a£u f¢lpwMÉ¡e f¢lo®cl ¢pÜ¡®¿¹l f¢l®fТr®a It gives me great pleasure to note that, in accordance with the 2001 p¡®ml S¡e¤u¡l£ j¡®pl 23 ®b®L 27 a¡¢l®Ml decision of the National Statistics Council (NSC), the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics successfully conducted the j®dÉ h¡wm¡®cn f¢lpwMÉ¡e h¤É®l¡ ®cnhÉ¡f£ Qa¤bÑ fourth nation wide census of population and housing during A¡cjöj¡l£ J NªqNZe¡ p¡gmÉSeLi¡®h pÇfæ L®l®R the period January 23-27, 2001. Incidentally, this is also the ®S®e A¡¢j AaÉ¿¹ A¡e¢¾caz fÐp‰yax E®õM Ll¡ ®k®a first census of the new millennium. f¡®l ®k e§ae na¡ë£l HV¡C fÐbj A¡cjöj¡l£z öj¡l£ pwœ²¡¿¹ HC fСb¢jL ¢l®f¡®VÑ S¡a£u, As I understand, this Preliminary Report containing data on ¢hi¡N£u Hhw ®Sm¡ fkÑ¡®u M¡e¡l pwMÉ¡ Hhw ¢m‰y ®i®c number of households and population by sex, has been ®m¡L pwMÉ¡ fÐc¡e Ll¡ q®u®Rz öj¡l£ fÐnÀf®œl p¡®b prepared on the basis of the summary results prepared by the local level enumerators on the tally sheets provided with the fÐcš V¡¢m n£®V ÙÛ¡e£u NZe¡L¡l£ LaªÑL NZe¡Lªa pwMÉ¡l Census Questionnaires. The final report will be published ¢i¢š®a HC ¢l®f¡VÑ fÐZ£a q®u®Rz flha£Ñ®a LÇf¤ÉV¡l later after completion of mechanical processing using the J A¡d¤¢eL fÐk¤¢š² hÉhq¡l L®l Q§s¡¿¹ ¢l®f¡VÑ fÐZue Ll¡ latest computing technology and will provide detailed and q®h Hhw Eq¡®a Nªq, M¡e¡, ®m¡L pwMÉ¡ J ay¡®cl A¡bÑ- extensive data relating to households and housing, population p¡j¡¢SL Hhw ®X®j¡NË¡¢gL °h¢nù¡hm£ ¢hÙ¹¡¢lai¡®h fÐc¡e and their socio-economic, demographic and other Ll¡ q®hz I pjÙ¹ abÉ¡hm£ S¡a£u Hhw AeÉ¡eÉ characteristics at national, district and other lower fÐn¡p¢eL fkÑ¡®u ¢hi¡Se L®l ®cM¡®e¡ q®hz administrative levels. A¡¢j ¢e¢ÕQa ®k pLm f¢lLÒfe¡¢hc, N®hoL, I am confident that this Preliminary Report on the Census will fÐn¡pL Hhw Sep¡d¡lZ H ¢l®f¡VÑ à¡l¡ M¤hC EfLªa be very useful for planners, researchers, administrators and the q®hez general public. öj¡l£ HL¢V hªqv LjÑL¡äz H f¢l®fТr®a A¡¢j The Census is a task of gigantic magnitude. In this respect I f¢lpwMÉ¡e ¢hi¡®Nl p¢Qh Hhw h¡wm¡®cn f¢lpwMÉ¡e must congratulate Mr. Syed Tanveer Hussain, Secretary, h¤É®l¡l jq¡f¢lQ¡mL Se¡h °puc a¡ei£l ®q¡®pe Hhw Statistics Division and Director General, Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics and his colleagues for sincere and dedicated ay¡l pq®k¡N£®cl ®cnhÉf£ HC öj¡l£ L¡kÑÉLli¡®h efforts in conducting the nationwide Census successfully and f¢lQ¡me¡ J pÇfæ Llh¡l SeÉ ay¡®cl A¡¿¹¢lL fЮQø¡l also for bringing out this Preliminary Report in due times. fÐnwp¡ L¢lz pju ja H ¢l®f¡VÑ fÐL¡n Llh¡l SeÉJ ay¡®cl fЮQø¡®L ü¡Na S¡e¡Cz ÙÛ¡e£u plL¡l, ¢h¢iæ Ù¹®l ¢e®u¡¢Sa plL¡l£ I am also thankful to the members of the local bodies, civil LjÑQ¡l£hª¾c, fÐQ¡l j¡dÉj Hhw pLm Sep¡d¡lZ ky¡l¡ servants at various levels, the media and the general public for öj¡l£ L¡®S p¡q¡kÉ J pq®k¡N£a¡ fÐc¡e L®l öj¡l£®L their help and cooperation in making the Census successful. p¡gmÉj¢äa L®l®Re ay¡®cl pLm®L deÉh¡c S¡e¡¢µRz a¡¢lM, Y¡L¡ (Hj q¡¢gSE¢Ÿe M¡e) Date, Dhaka (M Hafizuddin Khan) A¡Nø 2001 Ef®cø¡ August 2001 Advisor f¢lLÒfe¡, AbÑ, f¡V J hÙ» j¿»Z¡mu Ministry of Planning, Finance, Jute and Textiles Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh NZfÐS¡a¿»£ h¡wm¡®cn plL¡l i§¢jL¡i§¢jL¡ PREFACE 2001 p¡®ml 23 ®b®L 27®n S¡e¤u¡l£ h¡wm¡®c®nl The fourth decennial Census of Population and Housing in Qa¤bÑ A¡cjöj¡l£ J NªqNZe¡ Ae¤¢ùa quz HL¢V ¢e¢ŸÑø pj®u Bangladesh was held during January 23-27, 2001. The main h¡wm¡®c®nl AiÉ¿¹®l pLm Nªq J SepwMÉ¡ pwœ²¡¿¹ abÉ¡¢c pwNËq objectives of the census were to enumerate all the households Ll¡C H öj¡l£l fÐd¡e E®ŸnÉz and the people in the country at a point of time. S¡a£u f¢lpwMÉ¡e L¡E¢¾p®ml ¢pÜ¡¿¹ Ae¤k¡u£ öj¡l£l As per decision of the National Statistical Council (NSC), the pjNË L¡kÑÉ¡hm£ ¢ae¢V fkÑÉ¡®u pj¡ç Llh¡l f¢lLÒfe¡ Ll¡ quz entire census work was planned to be executed in three phases. fÐbj fkÑÉ¡®u abÉ d¡l®Zl SeÉ J. Hj. A¡l hÉ¡hq¡l Ef®k¡N£ In Phase I, basic information of all households and individual pw¢rç fÐnÀf®œl j¡dÉ®j pLm M¡e¡ J Se pwMÉ¡l ®j±¢mL abÉ¡hm£ persons would be collected using a short questionnaire pwNËq Ll¡; ¢àa£u fkÑÉ¡®u ej¤e¡ Sl£®fl j¡dÉ®j f§ZÑ NZe¡l designed for data capture through Optical Mark Reader Li¡®lS J …ZNa j¡e k¡Q¡C Ll¡; Hhw aªa£u fkÑÉ¡®u Nªq, M¡e¡, (OMR) and Optical Character Reader(OCR). In Phase 2, a SepwMÉ¡ Hhw ay¡q¡®cl ®X®j¡NË¡¢gL °h¢nù¡hm£l Efl ¢hÙ¹¡¢la abÉ Post Enumeration Check (PEC) survey would be conducted pwNËq Ll¡z Ef®l¡š² ¢ae¢V fkÑÉ¡®ul fÐbj c¤¢Vl j¡W fkÑÉ¡®ul L¡S for evaluation of the quality and extent of coverage of the C¢aj®dÉ pj¡ç q®u®Rz aªa£u Hhw ®no fkÑÉ¡®ul L¡S 2001 main census. Finally, in Phase 3, a Sample Census would be p¡®ml e®iðl j¡®p pj¡ç q®h h®m A¡n¡ Ll¡ k¡uz conducted for collecting detailed information on housing, households, population and their demographic characteristics. While the field work relating to Phase 1 and 2 has been completed, the work relating to Phase 3 is expected to be completed by November, 2001. h¡wm¡®cn f¢lpwMÉ¡e h¤É®l¡®L öj¡l£ pwœ²¡¿¹ ¢h¢iæ A Standing Technical Committee comprising of well known ¢ho®u p¤f¡¢ln fÐZu®el SeÉ ¢h¢iæ ®fn¡u ¢e®u¡¢Sa ®c®nl experts in various disciplines was formed to advise the MÉ¡ae¡j¡ ¢h®no‘N®Zl pjeÄ®u HL¢V øÉ¡e¢Xw ®VL¢eLÉ¡m L¢j¢V Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics on various matters relating to NWe Ll¡ quz h¡wm¡®cn f¢lpwMÉ¡e h¤É®l¡ LaªÑL A¡®u¡¢Sa c¤’¢V the Census. Two Seminars were organized by Bangladesh ®p¢je¡®l abÉ hÉhq¡lL¡l£ Hhw ¢h®no‘NZ ¢h¢iæ ¢ho®u ja¡ja Bureau of Statistics in which various users of census data and fÐc¡e L®lez a®bÉl fЮu¡Se£ua¡, Li¡®lS Hhw EfÙÛ¡f®el Efl experts participated and exchanged their views regarding data Ae¤¢ùa I c¤’¢V ®p¢je¡®l ¢h®no‘N®Zl ja¡ja, ¢fÐ-®Vø Hhw requirement, coverage and presentation. The census questionnaire øÉ¡e¢Xw ®VL¢eLÉ¡m L¢j¢Vl p¤f¡¢l®nl ¢i¢š®a öj¡l£ fÐnÀfœ °al£ was framed after due consideration of the recommendations of Ll¡ quz the Standing Technical Committee, results of pre-tests and the consensus developed in the Seminars. abÉ d¡l®Zl SeÉ J. Hj. A¡l fÐnÀfœ¢V HL¢V jX¤Ém¡l The Census Questionnaire designed for data capture through gl®j NWe Ll¡ quz H®a Nªq J M¡e¡ pwœ²¡¿¹ 16¢V fÐnÀ Hhw Optical Mark Reading equipment, was structured in a modular fЮaÉL hÉ¢š²l SeÉ 12¢V fÐnÀ A¿¹i§Ñš² ¢Rmz pw®n¡¢da ¢X-®g®ƒ¡ form having 16 questions on housing and household fÜ¢a®a j¡W fkÑÉ¡®ul NZe¡ L¡S Ll¡ qu Hhw ace¤p¡®l 22®n characteristics and 12 questions for individual members. In S¡e¤u¡l£ ¢ch¡Na l¡®œ (öj¡l£ l¡œ) LjÑla ®m¡LSe hÉa£a i¡pj¡e field operation modified de-facto procedure was adopted for ®m¡Lpq AeÉ pLm®L ®k ®kM¡®e ¢R®me, ay¡®L ®pM¡®eC NZe¡ Ll¡ enumeration. Except for persons engaged in night duty, quz g®m H öj¡l£l j¡dÉ®j öj¡l£ l¡®œ h¡wm¡®c®nl M¡e¡, SepwMÉ¡ everybody, including the floating population, was counted Hhw ay¡®cl °h¢nø pð®å S¡e®a f¡¢lz where he/she had been found during the Census Night i.e.