Enclave residents who missed 2011 census now worried

Many residents of enclaves who missed enrollment during census in 2011 are worried about the new headcount that began on Monday.
A joint team of Bangladesh and India on Monday started head-counting in 162 enclaves inside Bangladesh and India.
The team is enumerating on the basis of 2011 headcount list, conducted by a joint survey team.
At Vittorkuti enclave inside Bangladesh in Lalmonirhat sadar upazila it is found that a good number of residents are there whose names were not listed during 2011 headcount due to absence for various reasons.
Golam Mostofa, general secretary of Bharat-Bangla enclave exchange coordination committee of Bangladesh part, said the survey team is only working on the basis of 2011 head-counting list. If anybody is dropped from the list his or her name will be included in future after verification.
Ansar Ali, 60, a resident of the Vittorkuti enclave, said his name was not enrolled in the survey list during 2011survey, when he was in Pabna doing a job of labourer. He married a daughter of one Moksed Ali, a resident of the enclave, and started residing with his father-in-laws family twelve years ago.
Fulmati, a widow and permanent resident of the enclave, does not have her name in the list. Nipa, 17, who went to her grandfather’s house in Fulbari upazila in Kurigram upazila during the head-counting in  2011, is not there in the list.
When contacted the member of the Indo-Bangla joint team, Kollol Sarkar, a land official in Cooch Behar district told the independent that they were only verifying the names of the residents were listed during the last head counting in 2011.
If someone is born in the last four years and the one who has come here through marriage will have their names included in the new list. Only 13 persons have been included, seven of them are children and six are female, during the past two days, he added.
Resident of the enclave Rajkumar, 26, a member of minority community, said only six Hindu families are residing here for long.
Jogo Dev, nearly a hundred-year old man, said: “What difference will it make if I go to India at this fag end of my life? I’ll die here.”
Raj Kumar said many youths of the enclave are working in Dhaka and other cities for long. They only come during the festivals. Many of them dropped during last census.
Samsul Alam, member of the survey team of 16 no Votbari enclave under Patgram upazila, said there are 639 people residing in 127 households, according to the survey of 2011. So far, no body is found who wants to go to India.

Enclave residents who missed 2011 census now worried

Many residents of enclaves who missed enrollment during census in 2011 are worried about the new headcount that began on Monday. A joint team of Bangladesh and India on Monday started head-counting in 162 enclaves inside Bangladesh and India. The team is enumerating on the basis of 2011 headcount list, conducted by a joint survey team. At Vittorkuti enclave inside Bangladesh in Lalmonirhat sadar upazila it is found that a good number of residents are there whose names were not listed during 2011 headcount due to absence for various reasons. Golam Mostofa, general secretary of Bharat-Bangla enclave exchange coordination committee of Bangladesh part, said the survey team is only working on the basis of 2011 head-counting list. If anybody is dropped from the list his or her name will be included in future after verification. Ansar Ali, 60, a resident of the Vittorkuti enclave, said his name was not enrolled in the survey list during 2011survey, when he was in Pabna doing a job of labourer. He married a daughter of one Moksed Ali, a resident of the enclave, and started residing with his father-in-laws family twelve years ago. Fulmati, a widow and permanent resident of the enclave, does not have her name in the list. Nipa, 17, who went to her grandfathers house in Fulbari upazila in Kurigram upazila during the head-counting in 2011, is not there in the list. When contacted the member of the Indo-Bangla joint team, Kollol Sarkar, a land official in Cooch Behar district told the independent that they were only verifying the names of the residents were listed during the last head counting in 2011. If someone is born in the last four years and the one who has come here through marriage will have their names included in the new list. Only 13 persons have been included, seven of them are children and six are female, during the past two days, he added. Resident of the enclave Rajkumar, 26, a member of minority community, said only six Hindu families are residing here for long. Jogo Dev, nearly a hundred-year old man, said: What difference will it make if I go to India at this fag end of my life? Ill die here. Raj Kumar said many youths of the enclave are working in Dhaka and other cities for long. They only come during the festivals. Many of them dropped during last census. Samsul Alam, member of the survey team of 16 no Votbari enclave under Patgram upazila, said there are 639 people residing in 127 households, according to the survey of 2011. So far, no body is found who wants to go to India.