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Enumeration
Areas Covered
Period

Hot Areas 14-12-2009
to
31-01-2010
Whole of Punjab & Sindh provinces

Peshawar. Mardan,Nowshera,swabi, Charsadda, Kohat,
Bannu, Hangu, Karak, Lakki Marwat, Tank and D. l. Khan
districts; Agencies of Khyber and Mohmand and FRs of 22-02-2010
Peshawar, Kohat, Bannu, D.l. Khan, LaKi Maruvat and Tank in to
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. Districts of Naseerabad, 10-04-2010
Jaffarabad, Jhal Magsi, Bolan, Noshki, Chagai, Sibi, Harnai,
Dera Bugti, Lasbella, Awaran, Panjgoor, Kharan, Washuk, Kech
(Turbat) and Gawadar in Balochistan province.

Cold Areas
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Phase-lll:
Abbottabad, Haripur, Mansehra,ToorGhar;Battagram, Kohistan,
Shangla, Buner, Swat, Lower Dir, Upper Dir and Chitral districts;
Agencies of Malakand and Bajour in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 17-05-2010
province while districts of Quetta, Kila Abdullah, Ziarat, Pishin, to
Kalat, Zhob, Sheerani, Khuzdar, Kohlu, Barkhan, Musa Khel, 30-06-2010
Loralai, Kila Saifullah and Mastung in Balochistan province and
whole of Gilgit Baltistan and Azad Jammu & Kashmir.

NOte: Agricultural Census 2010 could not be conducted in the Agencies of Orakzai, Kurrum, North
Waziristan& South Waziristan and FR Central Kurrum due to law & order situation in the areas

SAMPLING PLAN

The sampling plan for Agricultural Census 2010 includes different sample designs for
different regions of the country in view of the varied local conditions. lt was not
different from previous censuses, except for a few improvements. The entire couniry
was divided into four distinct parts for the purpose of sampling, as described below:
partl: Rural settled areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Punjab and Sindh
provinces:a three-stage vreighted, stratified and systematic cluster
sampling aPProach was used.

part2: Rural settled areas of Balochistan and all rural areas of Azad Jammu
& Kashmir: a single-stage weighied and stratified sampling technique
was used.

part 3: Urban areas throughout the country: a two-stage sample design
, using stratified and systematic sampling was used.

part 4: Rest of the country, comprising unsettled rural areas of Punjab,
Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provinces and ti'ibal areas
(Agencies and FRs) including Gilgit Baltistan: a single-stage stratified
and sYstematic samPling was used.