According to the Census 2011 data on migration released last week, Marriage and employment are the major reasons for migration.
Key Findings:
Criteria for Migrant: When a person is enumerated in Census at a different place than his/her place of birth, she/he is considered a ‘migrant’.
Number of migrants: Over 45.58 crore Indians were found to be “migrants” during Census 2011. The previous Census (2001) had recorded the number of migrants at 31.45 crore.
Reasons: Marriage and employment are the major reasons for migration.
Trend: The bulk of the migration takes place within individual states — out of the total number of persons registered as “migrants” in the 2011 Census, only 11.91% (5.43 crore) had moved to one state from another, while nearly 39.57 crore had moved within their states.
Scenario in states:
Maharashtra had more migrants from Madhya Pradesh than from Bihar.
Gujarat had almost double the number of migrants from Rajasthan than from Bihar.
UP, from where people travel to all over India in search of work, itself was host to 5.65 crore migrants.
In Assam, where illegal migrations from Bangladesh has long been an issue, Census 2011 recorded 64,117 people who said their last place of residence was in the neighbouring country.
Among the 4.96 lakh migrants from other Indian states in Assam, those from Bihar had the largest stare (1.47 lakh, or nearly 30%).
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