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Sri Lanka Population and Housing Census 1981

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General Info
Geography 
Sri Lanka (LKA)
Coverage type 
Country
Time period covered 
01/1981 - 03/1981
Data type
Census:
  • De facto
  • Household
Summary 

The Sri Lanka Census of Population and Housing 1981 covers population, employment, education, housing conditions, and disabilities. The recorded population for Sri Lanka in 1981 was 14,846,750. Census data was collected from short form and long form questionnaires. Long form questionnaires were administered to all urban census blocks and 1 out of 10 rural census blocks. The districts of Negambo and Chilaw were not included in this census.

Keywords 
Amputation, Birth place, Cooking fuels, Dentists, Disability, Domestic migration, Education, Electricity, Employment, Ethnicity, Family composition, Family size, Hearing loss, Household air pollution, Housing conditions, Housing materials, Institutionalized population, International migration, Literacy, Marital status, Mental and behavioral disorders, Occupations, Paralysis, Physicians, Population, Religion, Sanitation, School enrollment, Sense organ diseases, Teachers, Traditional healers, Transportation, Vision loss, Water supply, Household water treatment
GHDx Entry last modified on: Sep 15, 2021