Migration streams in Uttar Pradesh: Trends and reasons

In the present paper an attempt has been made to analyze the trends and reasons of various migration streams in the state of Uttar Pradesh. The study is based on secondary sources of data, collected from Census of India publications (1971 to 2001), New Delhi. The data regarding the place of last residence (duration of residence one to four years) of the total migrants has been taken into accounts. The overall analysis of the study reveals that among all the migration streams, rural to rural migration is the most dominant stream in the state of Uttar Pradesh. Since 1981, only rural to rural migration has shown an increasing trend, whereas, the volumes of other three migration-streams have shown a decreasing trend. Nevertheless, among all the migration streams, the majority of rural to rural and urban to rural migrants has been migrated due to marriage, while, the reason of family moved has constituted the highest volume of urban to urban and rural to urban migrants in the state. The study also depicts that employment among males and marriage among females surpasses than other causes in all the migration streams.