The ultimate report of Sri Lanka’s Census of Inhabitants and Housing 2024 was formally handed over to President Anura Kumara Dissanayake this afternoon (06) on the Presidential Secretariat by the Director Common of the Division of Census and Statistics, Mrs Ok.M.D.S.D. Karunaratne.
This census marks the fifteenth Census of Inhabitants and Housing performed in Sri Lanka, and is notable for being the primary within the nation’s census historical past to utilise pill computer systems and smartphones for nationwide information assortment. Accordingly, information assortment was carried out utilizing 15,000 pill units and smartphones. This enabled quicker information gathering, minimised errors, facilitated the direct transmission of information to the Division’s servers, and improved the effectivity of information evaluation and report preparation.
Performed below the Census Ordinance, this nationwide census represents the most important and most complicated information assortment train ever undertaken by a state establishment in Sri Lanka.
Underneath the technical steering of the Division of Census and Statistics and the supervision of district administrations, numerous specifically educated personnel participated on this nationwide train. These included public officers, college college students, and people engaged in different increased training actions, representing all areas of the island. The “census second” for this train was designated as midnight (00:00 hours) on 19 December 2024.
The report supplies info on Sri Lanka’s inhabitants, inhabitants development, district-wise inhabitants distribution, and housing models occupied by people. It additionally serves as a major nationwide doc providing detailed information on inhabitants construction, housing circumstances, socio-economic traits, and regional disparities. The data gathered by the census is of important significance to each the Authorities and different establishments in formulating insurance policies and planning the nation’s growth course of.
Talking on the event, Director Common Mrs Karunaratne said that the usage of digital methodologies enabled the gathering of a broader vary of information in comparison with earlier censuses, permitting for the preparation of a extra complete and analytically sturdy report.
Deputy Minister of Finance and Planning Dr Anil Jayantha Fernando, Deputy Minister of Financial Improvement Nishantha Jayaweera, Secretary to the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Financial Improvement Dr Harshana Suriyapperuma, Further Secretary to the Treasury H.M. Himali Pulleperuma, and Further Director Common of the Division of Census and Statistics Mrs Wasana Jayakody, together with a number of different officers, have been additionally current on the event.
