ABSTRACT

The primary mandate of current study has been to analyze the migration and its different aspects in case of Jammu and Kashmir based on census 2001. So we have analysed migration from the aspects of pattern, stream, composition and reason. It was found that intra-district migration is the main pattern of migration in state followed mainly through the stream of rural-rural migration. The marriage has been a vibrant reason for both intra-district and inter-district migration while as the employment has been the main reason in case of inter-state migration. Punjab, UP, HP and Bihar were found to be the major sources of in-migration for the state of Jammu and Kashmir. Substantial inter-division and inter-district variations have been documented in case of in-migration between the three divisions of state with Jammu division receiving the highest over-all in-migrants. Employment was found to be the main reason for the in-migration followed by the reason of marriage. It was found that as the age group of in-migrated persons increase so does their educational standards. The proportion of Marginal workers was found to be higher followed by non-workers. The major destinations for out-migrants have been Punjab, Bihar, Delhi, Himachal and UP. Employment, Business and education scored comparatively batter as reasons for out-migration for all states except Bihar in which case Marriage was found to be significant. The proportion of out-migration was found to be of longer durations as compared to the seasonal movement.