BGD-BBS-AGRI-2019-v01
DDI-BGD-BBS-AGRI-2019-v01
BANGLADESH BUREAU OF STATISTICS
2019-09-01
Nesstar Publisher
BGD-BBS-AGRI-2019-v01
Preliminary Report on Agriculture Census 2019
The sixth in its series
AGRI 2019
BGD-BBS-AGRI-2019-v01
BANGLADESH BUREAU OF STATISTICS
2019-07-03
Nesstar Publisher
Statistics and Informatics Division
Agricultural Census [ag/census]
On completion of the intricate and painstaking task of census-taking, I am delighted to present the Preliminary Report on Agriculture Census 2019. The census was conducted during the period from 9 June to 20 June 2019 all over the country.
Bangladesh
The preliminary findings available from Agriculture Census 2019 shows that there is a total of 35533180 households (dwelling households) in the country of which 29624975 (83.37%) are in rural areas and only 5908205 (16.63%) are in urban areas. Dhaka division has the highest number of households (26.88%) of total households followed by Chattograrn (17.62%) Division.
Census/enumeration data [cen]
Agriculture Census 2019 was a household based and stand - alone country-wide census. Under the purview of this census, the target population was all dwelling households of the country. The Agriculture Census 2019 was a complete count of all agricultural holdings managed by dwelling households. Agricultural holding is a production unit which has a single management, both technically and economically, and engaged in agricultural activities. The scope of this census with reference period to agricultural holding was restricted to the agricultural holdings held and/or operated by the dwelling households at the time of census taking.
Statistics and Informatics Division
Face-to-face [f2f]
A structural questionnaire was designed to collect information on agriculture. The questionnaire was pre-tested at the field level to test the relevance and appropriateness of the survey instruments. The questionnaire was then modified and finalized on the basis of the findings available from the pre-testing.
BANGLADESH BUREAU OF STATISTICS