Rouhollah Nourmohammadi, referring to the block division of 294 urban areas and 191 rural areas for the Population and Housing Census, announced: With the cooperation of the people, the need for field monitoring will be reduced, and costs will be saved. Smart field monitoring operations will begin on November 1 for one month, simultaneously across the country.
The Role of the Census in the Development of the Province
The Population and Housing Census is considered the main basis for development planning in Ilam province. Nourmohammadi emphasized: The accurate statistics of this plan play a key role in the allocation of credits and providing better services to the people, and its results will outline the path of development for the province in the coming years.
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Results of the 2016 Census
Nourmohammadi referred to the results of the 2016 census and said: The population of Ilam province in that year was 580,158, which is equivalent to 0.73 percent of the country's population. Of this number, 295,199 were men and 284,959 were women.
He added: The population growth rate of the province between 2011 and 2016 was 0.8 percent, which is lower than the population growth rate of the country during the same period. In this period, 22,559 people were added to the population of the province, with the main factors being the low birth rate and high migration rate.
Household Status and Literacy
The head of the provincial management and planning organization pointed out that the number of households in the province in 2016 reached 159,310, emphasizing: This number has increased by more than 17 percent compared to 2011. The increase in the share of one-person and two-person households has been the main cause of this increase.
Nourmohammadi also noted: In 2016, about 69 percent of the province's population lived in urban areas and about 31 percent in rural areas. The share of the urban population increased by three percent compared to 2011, with migration from villages to cities and the conversion of some villages into cities being effective factors in this increase.
According to him, the literacy rate in the province based on the results of the 2016 census reached about 85 percent, showing an increase of about three percent compared to 2011. Ilam County, with a population of 222,823, accounted for 38 percent of the province's population and became the most populous county in the province.
Nourmohammadi concluded by emphasizing the importance of citizen participation in the ninth Population and Housing Census, urging them to actively participate in this national project.
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