Community & Rural Development Department
Government of Meghalaya

	BPL Census 2002

ANNEXURE I

SCHEDULE FOR BPL CENSUS 2002

Name of Head of household:
House Number and Name, if any: Total Score:
Name of village:
Name of Gram Panchayat:
Sub-Category:
Name of Block:
Name of District:

A. Profile of the household

a) Education Status:

Sl. No.

Name

Age (in years)

Sex:

Male (M)/ Female (F)

Relation to head of household

Educational status * (use code $)

$: Illiterate - 1 Passed Class V - 2 Passed Class VIII - 3
Passed Class X - 4 Passed Class XII - 5 Graduate & above - 6

b) Average Monthly Income of the household in Rupees * (only one column, which is the most appropriate, to be ticked (Ö).

Less than 250	250-499	500-1499	1500-2500	More than 25000

c) Type of operational holding of land * (only one column, which is the most appropriate, to be ticked (Ö).

Owner	Tenant	Both owner and tenant	Non

d) Drinking water facility * (only one column, which is the post appropriate, to be ticked (Ö). Only one row (either for plain areas or for hilly areas) to be used).

(For plain areas)

No source of drinking water within distance of 1.6 km

Source of drinking water at a distance of 1.00-1.59 km

Source of drinking water at a distance of 0.50-0.99 km

Source of drinking water within a distance of less than 0.50 km

Source available within the house

(for hilly areas)

No source of drinking water within elevation of 100 meters

Source of drinking water within elevation of 50-100 meters

Source of drinking water within elevation of less than 50 meters

Source available within the house

e) Social group of the household * (only one column to be ticked (Ö).

ST	SC	OBC	Others

*Not to be included in Total Score

B. Identification and sub-categorisation of poor

(only one column, which is the most appropriate, to be to be ticked (Ö) against items at Sl. Nos. 1 to 13)

Sl. No.	Characteristic	Scores
Sl. No.	Characteristic	0	1	2	3	4
1	Size group of operational holding of land	Nil	Less than 1 hac. Of un-irrigated land (or less than 0.5 hac. Of irrigated land)	1 hac. –2 hac. Of un-irrigated land (or 0.5-1.0 hac of irrigated land)	2 hac. –5 hac. Of un-irrigated land (or 1.0.-2.5 hac of irrigated land)	More than 5 hac. Of un-irrigated land ( or 2.5-hac of irrigated land)
2	Type of house	Houseless	Kutcha	Semi-pucca	Pucca	Urban type
3	Average availability of normal wear clothing (per person in pieces)	Less than 2	2 or more, but less than 4	4 or more, but less than 4	6 or more, but less than 10	10 or more
4	Food security	Less than one square meal per day for major part of the year	Normally, one square meal per day, but less than one square meal occasionally	One square meal per day throughout the year	Two square meals per day, with occasional shortage	Enough food throughout the year
5	Sanitation	Open defecation	Group latrine with irregular water supply	Group latrine with regular water supply	Clean group latrine with regular water supply and regular sweeper	Private latrine
6	Ownership of consumer durables: Do you own tick (Ö) -TV -Electric fan -Kitchen appliances like pressure cooker -Radio	Nil	Any one	Two items only	Any three at all items	All items and/ or ownership of any one of the following: - Computer - Telephone - Refrigerator - Colour TV - Electric kitchen appliances - Expensive furniture - LMV@/LCV@ - Tractor - Mechanized - Two wheeler/ three wheeler - Power tiller - Combined thresher/ harvester @ 4 wheeled mechanized vehicle
7	Literacy status of the highest literate adult	Illiterate	Upto primary (Class V)	Completed secondary (Passed Class X)	Graduate/ professional diploma	Post graduate/ professional graduate
8	Status of the household labour force	Bonded labour	Female & child labour	Only adult females & no child labour	Adult males only	Others
9	Means of livelihood	Casual labour	Subsistence cultivation	Artisan	Salary	Others
10	Status of children (5-14 years (any child)	Not going to school@ and working	Going to school@ and working			Going to school@ and not working
11	Type of indebtedness	For daily consumption purposes from informal sources	For production purpose from informal sources	For other purpose from informal sources	Borrowing only from institutional agencies	No indebtedness and possess assets
12	Reasons for migration from household	Casual work	Seasonal employment	Other forms of livelihood	Non-migrant	Other purposes
13	Preference of assistance	Wage employment/ TPDS (Targeted Public Distribution System)	Self employment	Training and skill upgradation	Housing	Loan/ subsidy more than Rs. 1 lakhs or no assistance needed.

@ including Non Formal Education

Note: The total score for a household will vary between 0 and 52

Definitions of the terms used in the Schedule

Pucca House: If both wall and roof are made of ‘Pucca’ materials, the house may be classified as ‘Pucca’.
Kutcha House: If both wall and materials are made of ‘kutcha’ materials, the house may be classified as ‘Kutcha’.
Semi-Pucca House: Any house which is neither ‘pucca’ nor ‘kutcha’ is ‘semi-pucca’.
Materials of pucca wall should be made of burnt bricks. GI Sheets or other metal sheets, stone, cement concrete and; for the roof it should be made of Tiles, Slate, Shingle, Corrugated Iron, Zinc or other metal sheets, asbestos cement sheets, bricks, lime and stone, stone and RBC/ RCC, concrete.
Illiterate: A person who can read but can not write in any language is illiterate.
Non-formal education: Education without admission in regular schooling.
Informal Sources: Sources other than institutional sources like Banks, Cooperative Societies and other recognised Financial Institutions. Informal sources would refer to moneylenders, friends and relatives etc.