Rural to Urban Migration: A District Level Analysis for India


Autoria(s): Mitra, Arup; Murayama, Mayumi
Data(s)

04/04/2008

04/04/2008

01/03/2008

Resumo

Based on the recent census data this paper analyses the district level rural to urban migration rates (both intra-state and the inter-state) among males and females separately. Both the rates are closely associated irrespective of whether the migrants originate from the rural areas within the state or outside the state. This would suggest that women usually migrate as accompanists of the males. Though many of the relatively poor and backward states actually show large population mobility, which is primarily in search of a livelihood, the mobility of male population is also seen to be prominent in the relatively advanced states like Maharashtra and Gujarat. Rapid migration of rural females within the boundaries of the states is, however, evident across most of the regions. The social networks, which play an important role in the context of migration are prevalent among the short distance migrants and tend to lose their significance with a rise in the distance between the place of origin and destination though there are some exceptions to this phenomenon. Besides the north-south divide in the Indian context is indeed a significant phenomenon with a few exceptions of metropolitan cities. As regards the effect of factors at the place of destination, prospects for better job opportunities are a major determinant of male migration. Low castes and minority groups tend to pull migration through network effects. Among females also these effects are evident though with the inclusion of the male migration rate they become less significant. Finally the paper brings out the policy implications.

Identificador

IDE Discussion Paper. No. 137. 2008.3

http://hdl.handle.net/2344/729

IDE Discussion Paper

137

Idioma(s)

en

eng

Publicador

Institute of Developing Economies, JETRO

日本貿易振興機構アジア経済研究所

Palavras-Chave #Rural-to-urban migration #Poverty #India #2001 census #Gender #Population movement #農村-都市移動 #移住 #貧困 #インド #2001センサス #ジェンダー #人口移動 #334 #ASII India インド #J61 - Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers #R23 - Regional Migration; Regional Labor Markets; Population #301.22
Tipo

Working Paper

Technical Report