Check population estimates for a target area
Ask for a population estimate in Telegram, with the area and vintage you care about, and bring the result into your location-planning conversation.
Trigger
New Message Received
Triggered when your bot receives a new message in a private chat, group, or supergroup. To receive every message in a group, Privacy Mode must be disabled for the bot in BotFather.
Action
Get Population Estimates
Tool to retrieve population estimates program (pep) data for a specified vintage and dataset. use when you need population or demographic estimates for specific geographies.
Why this helps
A seemingly small population question can become a separate research project when the right estimate is hard to find quickly.
- Get population context without leaving the conversation.
- Tie estimates to a specified vintage and dataset.
- Keep location research moving with a concrete baseline.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Telegram and Census bureau to Notis once in the portal.
- 2Create an automation by asking Notis or using Automations in the portal.
- 3Write one plain-language instruction to retrieve population estimates for the geography, vintage, and dataset named in a request.
- 4Set New Message Received as the trigger and choose the reporting channel.
- 5Test with a target area and inspect the returned estimate.
Questions about this workflow
What makes a good population request?
Name the geography and specify the vintage and dataset when you know them. A clear question helps Notis select the relevant estimates.
Can this compare population across locations?
You can request estimates for multiple geographies in a message if the comparison is clear and supported by the requested dataset.
When this happens · Trigger
Do this · Action
Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Telegram to Census bureau. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Telegram triggers
Census bureau actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
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Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
Telegram and Census bureau, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
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