A study of Rural To Urban Migration In India

Type Working Paper - ASM’s International E-Journal on Ongoing Research in Management and IT
Title A study of Rural To Urban Migration In India
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Page numbers 371-379
URL http://www.asmgroup.edu.in/incon/E - JOURNAL INCON 2015/INCON-GM Vol1/INCN15_GM_45.pdf
Abstract
Geographically India is divided into 29 states and 7 union territories. There is a tremendous difference in the combined population size across the state. India constitutes around 30 percent of the total population, which is around 309 million persons were migrants based on place of last residence. As a result of rapid economic growth for past few decades, since the initiation of economic reforms in 1990, India has been experiencing the rapid urbanization flow from rural to urban migration. Urban population growth in the developing countries is far more rapid than the population growth generally, about half the urban growth is accounted for by migrants from rural areas. Cities in developing world are growing more rapidly that developed countries. Inequalities, insecurity, humiliation, agony, poverty and human unhappiness are also multiplying due to urbanization. These main problems will make worse, especially when aided by population explosion and increasing migration. The total population of India is 1028 million consisting of 532 millions males and 496 million females, according to 2001 census.

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