Survey agency in Saharanpur division, at the top of the Doab

Tehsils

5

Blocks

11

Villages

887

Assembly seats

7

Saharanpur is the division's largest district, with about 34.7 lakh people in 2011, 887 villages and five tehsils: Saharanpur, Behat, Deoband, Rampur Maniharan and Nakur. Its city has had a Nagar Nigam since October 2009, one of 11 urban bodies in the district. A survey agency in Saharanpur has to handle that mix: corporation wards in the wood-carving city, and villages in Behat near the Shivalik foothills. For a political survey company in Saharanpur, the key fact is the seat map. Five assembly segments form Saharanpur Lok Sabha, but Nakur and Gangoh vote in Kairana. An election survey agency in Saharanpur should sample those two with Shamli, not with the city. A market research company in Saharanpur finds woodcraft workshops beside farm households. Ward work inside the corporation and village work across 11 blocks rarely share a team, so a data collection agency in Saharanpur or a door to door survey agency in Saharanpur should staff them separately, and the booth management app Saharanpur teams use keeps Nakur and Gangoh booths in the Kairana view.

• Nagar Nigam survey
• Constituency survey
• Household survey

Tehsils

4: Sadar, Jansath, Budhana, Khatauli

Blocks

9

Assembly seats

6

Lok Sabha

Muzaffarnagar; Purqazi and Meerapur vote in Bijnor

The district website calls Muzaffarnagar the Sugar Bowl of India, and jaggery is listed as its official product. It has four tehsils, nine blocks, 704 villages and ten local bodies, with about 28.3 lakh people. That economy shapes fieldwork: a survey agency in Muzaffarnagar schedules village interviews around the cane crushing season, when farm families are busiest. A political survey company in Muzaffarnagar should note that Muzaffarnagar Lok Sabha includes Sardhana from Meerut district, while Purqazi (SC) and Meerapur vote in Bijnor. So an election survey agency in Muzaffarnagar reports six district seats against two parliamentary seats. For a market research company in Muzaffarnagar, cane growers, crushers and gur traders are distinct respondent groups. A data collection agency in Muzaffarnagar or a door to door survey agency in Muzaffarnagar that visits during peak crushing weeks should expect more locked houses and plan revisits, and a booth management app Muzaffarnagar volunteers use works offline across Jansath and Budhana villages.

• Rural market research
• Lok Sabha survey
• Booth management

Tehsils

3: Shamli, Kairana, Unn

Blocks

5

Assembly seats

3, all in Kairana Lok Sabha

Languages (district site)

Hindi, Urdu, Punjabi

Shamli was a tehsil of Muzaffarnagar before it became a district. Today it has three tehsils, five blocks, 322 villages, ten urban bodies and about 15.8 lakh people. The district site lists Hindi, Urdu and Punjabi as its languages, so a survey agency in Shamli prepares questionnaires and enumerator briefings with that in mind. All three assembly seats, Kairana, Thana Bhawan and Shamli, vote in Kairana Lok Sabha, which also takes Nakur and Gangoh from Saharanpur. A political survey company in Shamli therefore works on a seat that is larger than the district, and an election survey agency in Shamli needs a Saharanpur team too. A market research company in Shamli covers a compact area with short travel times. With only 322 villages, a data collection agency in Shamli or a door to door survey agency in Shamli can track visit outcomes for every sampled village without stretching the timeline. The booth management app Shamli teams run shows Kairana seat booths across both districts.

• Vidhan Sabha survey
• Door to door survey
• Opinion poll