Module 6: Population of India
  Lecture 20: Future Prospects
 

 

Table 6.10 shows the reasons behind migration. The table shows that women are more mobile than men but the reason for that is essentially marriage migration among women. Among men work and employment is the major reason. 37.6 percent of them have migrated for work and employment. Interestingly, though only one-sixth of men are imigrating, women too are migrating for work and employment.

TABLE 6.10: REASONS FOR MIGRATION OF MIGRANTS BY LAST RESIDENCE WITH DURATION (0-9 YEARS), INDIA , 2001

Reason for migration

Number of migrants

Percentage to total migrants

Persons

Males

Females

Persons

Males

Females

 

Total migrants

Reason for

Migration

Work/Employment

Business

Education

Marriage

Moved after birth

Moved with Households

Other

98,301,342

 

 

14,446,224

1,136,372

2,915,189

43.100,911

6,577,380

 

20,608,105

9,517,161

32,896,986

 

 

12.373,333

950,245

2,038,675

679,852

3,428,6734

 

8,262,143

5,164,065

65,404,356

 

 

2,072,891

186,127

876,514

42,421,059

3,148,707

 

12,345,962

4,353,096

100.0

 

 

14.7

1.2

3.0

43.8

6.7

 

21.0

9.7

100.0

 

 

37.6

2.9

6.2

2.1

10.4

 

25.1

15.7

100.0

 

 

3.2

0.3

1.3

64.9

4.8

 

18.9

6.7