Mushawarat Appeals to People
to Assist Fully in Census Phase II

Phase II of the Census shall enumerate population to produce the socio-economic demographic profile of the country. For this enumeration the Census Commissioner has framed a Schedule of Questions to be asked of all households. The results of this enumeration will have a direct bearing on the policies, development programmes and financial allocations at every level for the next decade, said Mr. Syed Shahabuddin, President All India Muslim Majlis-e- Mushawarat, in a statement on January 25.

The enumerator will visit every household between 9 and 28 February, 2011 and speak to the heads of the households, and some other members, if necessary and record replies separately, for each household.

The Schedule has many questions including a question on Religion and another on Language and also on Age, Education, Marital Status and Physical Disability, etc.

The AIMMM has considered it imperative that all households participate fully in the Enumeration. All Muslims should indicate Islam as their religion and their mother tongue as their Language. Those, whose mother tongue is Urdu, especially in northern states should indicate Urdu, not any local dialect they may speak at home.

The AIMMM has appealed to the educated youth among Muslims and all other deprived groups to form small Census committees in every mohalla and village which should accompany the enumerators from household to household and from family to family, to ensure that enumeration is universal and nobody is left out and that the replies by the households are recorded correctly.