MOST IMMEDIATE OFFICE OF THE REGISTRAR GENERAL, INDIA (Government of India, Ministry of Home Affairs) 2/A, Man Singh Road, New Delhi – 110 011 No. 9/21/2009-CD(CEN) Dated: August 21, 2009 CENSUS OF INDIA 2011 – CIRCULAR No. 5 Subject: Assigning of Location Code numbers at various Administrative levels The Location Code is a simple, specific and unique number by which every area in any State/Union Territory can be identified. Assigning Location Codes is necessary not only to facilitate unambiguous and complete coverage of the area of the State/Union Territory but also to serve as the key identifying factor at the time of data processing. Assigning Location Codes properly is thus one of the most important steps in Census taking. 2 The Location Codes are assigned to all the administrative units right from State/Union Territory to the lowest level, namely, Enumeration Block (EB). Thus, Location Code will be assigned to each State/UT followed by District, Sub-District (i.e., Tehsil, Taluka, Police Station, Circle, Development Block or Mandal, etc.) and Villages/ Towns. Within each Town, Location Code will be assigned to each Ward. For the purpose of conducting Census, each Village or ward (in Towns) will further be divided into Enumeration Blocks and Location Code will have to be assigned to each of these Enumeration Blocks. 3. Circulars 1 and 2 for Census 2011 regarding jurisdictional changes in each State/UT and preparation of Rural-Urban frames have already been issued. The complete and up-to- date list of Districts, Sub-Districts, Villages, Towns and Wards (in Towns) should have already been compiled by now. In addition, demarcation of Rural and Urban areas by identifying Census Towns and Outgrowths (OGs) should have also been done at each Directorate. The purpose of this circular is to detail the methodology of assigning Location Codes to each of these units. A. Location Code number of State/Union Territory 4. In Census 2001, Location Code numbers have been assigned to the States/Union Territories by the Office of the Registrar General, India based on their geographical location beginning from the Jammu & Kashmir (01) in the North-West down to Andaman and Nicobar Islands (35) in the South-East. These Codes were two-digit, unique within the country. In Census 2011, the State codes will be modified into a three-digit code by adding a ‘0’ at the end of the corresponding Census 2001 codes and subsequent placement of a new State/UT at appropriate location in future as illustrated below. Code in Code in State/ Union territory Census 2001 Census 2011 Jammu & Kashmir 01 010 Himachal Pradesh 02 020 Punjab 03 030 New State carved out from 031 Punjab (hypothetical example) Chandigarh 04 040 Uttarakhand 05 050 Haryana 06 060 Delhi 07 070 Rajasthan 08 080 Uttar Pradesh 09 090 Bihar 10 100 Sikkim 11 110 Arunachal Pradesh 12 120 Nagaland 13 130 Manipur 14 140 Mizoram 15 150 Tripura 16 160 Meghalaya 17 170 Assam 18 180 West Bengal 19 190 Jharkhand 20 200 Orissa 21 210 Chhattisgarh 22 220 Madhya Pradesh 23 230 Gujarat 24 240 Daman & Diu 25 250 Dadra & Nagar Haveli 26 260 Maharashtra 27 270 Andhra Pradesh 28 280 Karnataka 29 290 Goa 30 300 Lakshadweep 31 310 Kerala 32 320 Tamil Nadu 33 330 Pondicherry 34 340 Andaman & Nicobar Islands 35 350 2 5. The Location Code numbers of the States/Union Territories will be the first element of the Location Code structure. B. Location Code number of District 6. In the Census 2001, Districts within each State/UT were assigned location code numbers in order of their geographical contiguity starting from the North-West corner of the State and proceeding in a serpentine manner till the South-East point of the State/UT was reached. The District Location Code numbers were two-digit and unique within a State/UT. In Census 2011, the District codes will be modified into a three-digit code. The first step will be to add a ‘0’ at the end of the existing code representing a District as per Census 2001. In the next step, code will be assigned to each new District created after the Census 2001. The first two digits of the new District will be same as the District from which it has been formed. The right-most digit of the new District will be ‘1’ or ‘2’ or ‘3’, etc. depending on the number of new Districts formed from the earlier District. For example, there were 14 Districts in Jammu & Kashmir as per Census 2001. Eight new Districts have been created after 2001. The method of assigning codes to the 22 Districts are shown below: District Codes District Codes Remarks (Census 2001) (Census 2011) Jammu & Kashmir: Jammu & Kashmir: 01 Kupwara 010 Kupwara 02 Baramula 020 Baramula 021 Bandipore New District 1 022 New District 2 New District 2 03 Srinagar 030 Srinagar 031 Ganderbal New District 3 .. .. .. 13 Jammu 130 Jammu 131 Samba New District 8 14 Kathua 140 Kathua 7. The District Location Code number will constitute the second element of the Location Code structure. C. Location Code number of Sub-District (Tehsil/ Taluka/ Police Station/ Circle/ Development Block / Mandal, etc.) 8. The Sub-Districts in different States are known by different names such as Tehsil, Taluka, Police Station, Mandal, etc. In the Census 2001, Sub-Districts within each District were assigned location code numbers in order of their geographical contiguity starting from 3 the North-West corner of the District and proceeding in a serpentine manner till the South- East point of the District was reached. The Sub-District Location Code numbers were four- digit and unique within a District. The Sub-District Location Code numbers in Census 2011 will be a four-digit unique number within the State. The procedure for this is given below: Ø Step 1: Consider all the Districts and Sub-Districts of a State/UT as per Census 2001. Arrange all the Sub-Districts by ascending order of the District and Sub- District codes. For example, Sub-Districts of District ‘01’ will be considered first, followed by Sub-Districts of District code ‘02’, etc. Ø Step 2: Give a three-digit running serial number starting from 001 for the first Sub-District of the first District, till reaching the last Sub-District of the last District. Ø Step 3: Add a ‘0’ at the end of each three-digit running serial number assigned at step 2. Thus, at the end of step 3, we shall get a four-digit code unique within a State/UT for all the Sub-Districts as per Census 2001. Each of these codes will have a ‘0’ at the right-most place. Ø Step 4: Now consider all the Sub-Districts formed after Census 2001. The method of assigning location codes to these Sub-Districts will be similar to assigning location codes to new Districts. The first three digits of the new Sub-District will be same as the Sub-District from which it has been formed. The right-most digit of the new Sub-District will be ‘1’ or ‘2’ or ‘3’, etc. depending on the number of new Sub-Districts formed from the earlier Sub-District. If a new Sub-District has been formed through merging, splitting, etc. from two or more Sub-Districts, the method of assigning the location code would be similar to assigning location codes to villages. The examples provided below paragraph 22 may be seen in this regard. For Example, there were 59 Sub-Districts (Tehsils) in Jammu & Kashmir State as per Census 2001. Twenty one new Sub-Districts have been created after Census 2001. The method of assigning Sub-Districtcodes for Census 2011 is shown below: 4 Sub-District Codes Sub-District Codes Sub-District Codes Remarks (Census 2001) (after step 3) (Census 2011) Jammu & Kashmir: Jammu & Kashmir: 01 Kupwara 010 Kupwara 0001 Kupwara 001 0 Kupwara 001 0 Kupwara 0002 Handwara 002 0 Handwara 002 0 Handwara 0003 Karnah 003 0 Karnah 003 0 Karnah 02 Baramula 020 Baramula 0001 Gurez 004 0 Gurez 004 0 Gurez 0002 Bandipore 005 0 Bandipore 005 0 Bandipore 0003 Sonawari 006 0 Sonawari 006 0 Sonawari 0004 Sopore 007 0 Sopore 007 0 Sopore 007 1 Rafiabad New Sub-District from Sopore Sub-District 0005 Pattan 008 0 Pattan 008 0 Pattan 0006 Baramula 009 0 Baramula 009 0 Baramula 009 1 Kreeri New Sub-District from Baramula Sub-District 0007 Uri 010 0 Uri 010 0 Uri 0008 Gulmarg 011 0 Gulmarg 011 0 Gulmarg . .. .. .. 14 Kathua 140 Kathua 0001 Bilawar 056 0 Bilawar 056 0 Bilawar 056 1 Bani New Sub-District from Bilawar Sub-District 0002 Bashohli 057 0 Bashohli 057 0 Bashohli 0003 Kathua 058 0 Kathua 058 0 Kathua 0004 Hiranagar 059 0 Hiranagar 059 0 Hiranagar 9. The Location Code number assigned to the Sub-District will constitute the third element of the Location Code structure. D. Location Codes for Statutory Towns 10. Local Bodies declared as Towns by the State Governments under the Nagar Palika Act or any other Statute like the Cantonments Act, Cantonment Board Act etc are called Statutory Towns. Thus, Municipal Corporations, Municipalities, Townships, Cantonment Boards, Notified Area Councils etc are examples of Statutory Towns. In Census 2001, during field-work, every Town was allotted a roman number depending upon their geographical location and contiguity beginning from the North-West to the South-East point within the District. In Census 2011, the Statutory Town Location Code number will be an eight-digit continuous serial number within the State.