Responsibilities

•  Counting activities
•  Survey activities
•  Collecting general data
•  Preparing statistical hand book
•  Collecting special data

Counting Activities

•  Population and houses counting
•  Economic Census - Census of Agriculture
•  Economic Census - Census of Industry, Trade and Services
•  Census of Government and Semi-Government Employment

Survey Activities

•  Estimating paddy harvest
•  Labor force survey activities
•  Home units income and expenditure survey
• Annual industrial survey
•  Quarterly industrial productions survey
•  Annual construction industries survey
•  Coconut productions cost survey

General Data Collection Activities

•  Paddy statistics
•  Dry land cultivation statistics
•  Animal statistics
•  Statistics of animal killed for meat
•  Buildings statistics
•  Local government bodies statistics
•  Urban retail prices collecting
•  Manufacturers price collecting

Preparing Annual Statistical Hand Book

•  Preparing hand book with up dated data gathered by field officers attached to divisional secretariats.

Special Data Collecting Activities

•  Collecting data for special surveys ordered by the department. E.g :- 01 Quality survey on poverty in Sri Lanka - 2012 Aug.: / Sep.:
•  International prices comparing programme.