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Early Times Report
Jammu, Apr 2: Stressing upon the Gujjar Bakerwals of the State to participate en-mass in Census -2011 process starting this month, Ch Bashir Ahmed Naz ,Vice Chairman of J&K State Advisory Board for Development of Gujjars and Bakerwal today said that true enumeration of tribals will help different government agencies in formulating the future development plans for downtroddens.
In an appeal , Naz asked community to co-operate with census officials and get themselves enumerated as ST community with Gojri as their mother tongue. He further said due to some serious lapses in 2001 census , the nomadic Gujjar, Bakerwals were left out unenumerated, adding, according to a rough estimate around 3 to 5 lakh nomadic Gujjars who were on upper reaches at that point of time, in connection with bi-annual migration had not been enumerated and reflected in the census report 2001.
He impressed upon various government agencies to chalk out a separate action plan for enumeration of nomadic communities.
As per official notification issued by Registrar General of India (RGI), the first phase of Census 2011 would formally commence from May 15 to June 30 in inaccessible areas and from July 16 to August 30 in other areas of Jammu and Kashmir.
The Census department is all set for census 2011 which is aimed at providing latest population figures and comprehensive picture of social and living conditions of the people of the State. Last time the exercise was held in 2000. The training of the staff for Census will commence on April 5.
Jammu and Kashmir has 22 districts, 6650 villages and 82 tehsils beside 85 statutory towns and 35 census towns, where the census operation has to be carried out. Naz also made an appeal to Registrar General of India to conduct a separate survey under census 2011 process for maping the movement of nomads in Himalayan region of J&K and provide fresh registration by introducing "Nomadic Category" in census in order to accommodate a big chunk of tribal population in this process.
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