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COMMUNITY NEWS World Memon Organisation (WMO) Pakistan Chapter Census Of The Memon Community It is now sixty-four years since the great exodus of the Memon Community from the Kutch, Gujarat and Kathiawad regions of India. The Memons are now spread all over the world, with concentration in cities like Mumbai, Karachi, Surat and few other parts of India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, United Arab Emirates, Europe and Africa. However, the exact number of Memon families and individuals is still unknown. In these modern times, every society and community has the need to have the basic information about its members for the purposes of planning, development and improvement of the quality of life of its members. In spite of some serious efforts made by some Memon welfare organizations and Memon personalities, no proper population count of the Memon Community is available. It is still anybody’s wild guess about the number of Memons living around the world. A Population Census of the Memon Community is a need that had to be addressed immediately and that is why WMO has taken the initiative. A far reaching decision was taken by the Board of Management of World Memon Organisation (WMO), at a Meeting held at Mombassa in July 2004, to conduct a thorough population census of the Memon Community around the world. 16 MEMON ALAM DECEMBER 2011/ JANUARY 2012
COMMUNITY NEWS The statistical and demographic information collected from the census will be helpful in many, many ways. It will help in identifying demands for schools, colleges, hospitals, houses, jobs and other infrastructural facilities which are crucial for the growth and well-being of our Memon community. Occupation-wise Data available at WMO S.No. Occupation Total 1 Students 45,930 2 Housewives 26,025 3 Private Service Employees 17,455 4 Businessmen 7,893 5 Self Employed 4,922 6 Retired People 1,247 7 Unemployed 976 8 Salesmen 306 9 Drivers 259 10 Shopkeepers 193 11 Semi Government Employees 162 12 Engineers 145 13 Hawkers 145 14 Brokers 131 15 Government Employees 127 16 Accountants 88 17 Bankers 60 18 Doctors 35 19 Laborers 33 20 Suppliers 28 21 Handcart Vendors 12 22 Sportsmen 9 23 Storekeepers 8 24 Others 40,432 Grand Total 1,46,672 The census data collected will also provide statistical information about the Memon Community, such as agegroups, literacy level, socio-economic status of Memon families, unemployment rate, demographic concentration, divorce rates, health issues, etc. The data will also help the concerned to reach out to the poor and needy Memon families. All those concerned with the welfare and well-being of this community will be able to make concrete long-term plans for the betterment of the Memon Community based on this data. Regarding the progress of the WMO Memon Census Committee, the Memon Census Project is an ongoing process and so far data of 33,479 Memon families (146,672 individuals) has been collected which is a representative sample of the entire Memon population in Pakistan. Besides, data of about 8,800 families is under process. Total Data of Memon Families Total Data of Memon Individuals 33,479 146,672 Besides the above, forms of 8,800 families (35,200 Individuals) are under process MEMON ALAM DECEMBER 2011/ JANUARY 2012 17
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