what is tabulation in statistic and essential parts of tabulation?

Tabulation:

A table is a systematic arrangement of data into vertical column and horizontal rows.

The process of arranging data into rows and column is called tabulation.

The purpose of tabulation is to present the data in such a way that they become more meaning full and can easily understood by a common man.

Essential parts of a table:

A statistical table is divided into 8 parts, which are explain below.

i.   Title of the table:

A title is a heading at the top of the table describing its contents. A title usually tells us, what is the nature of the data, where the data are, what time period do the data cover, how are the data classified.

ii.  Caption:

The headings for various column and rows are called columns caption and row caption.

iii.  Box head:

The portion of the table containing Column caption is called box head.

iv.  Stub:

The portion of the table containing row caption is called stub.

           v.  Body of the table:

The body of the table contains the statistical data which have to be presented in different rows and column.

           vi.   Prefatory notes or head notes:

Prefatory note appears between title and body of the table and enclosed in brackets. It is used to throw some light about the units of measurements e.g. in lakhs, in thousand, in tones etc.

           vii.   Foot note:

A foot note an always given at the bottom of the table but above the source note. Afoot note is a statement about something which is not clear from headings, title, stubs and captions etc. suppose when the profit earned by a company is shown in a table footnote should define whether it is profit before tax or profit after tax.

          viii.    Source note:

A source note is placed immediately below the table but after the footnote. It refers to the source from where information has been taken.

Question:

According to 1972 census the population of Punjab was 37508 thousands, of which 19942 thousands male. During the same census the population of Baluchistan was 2405 thousands, of which 1272 thousands were male. During 1961 census, the population of bunjab was 25581 thousands, of which 13643 were male. During the same census the population of Baluchistan was 1161 thousands, of which 640 thousands were male. Arrange the above information’s in a table and clearly indicate different parts of the table.

Solution
                                    population of bunjab and Baluchistan

                                    provinces for 1961 and  

   1972 censuses

            Prefatory note: (figure in thousands) 

	Punjab			Baluchistan
census	male	female	total	Male	female	Total
1961	13643	11938	25581	640	521	1161
1972	19942	17566	37508	1272	1133	2405

Foot note: All areas including gawadar.

Source note: Population census report 1961 and 1972.