Delhi Hosts the Highest Number of Immigrants in India

Bangalore:  The national capital is becoming the top choice migrants in India as the latest survey by Indian Institute of Human Settlements (IIHS) reveals that Delhi hosts the highest number of immigrants in India. The IIHS report states that highest stream of migration is from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. Analyzing the available information including the preliminary data of 2011 census, the National Sample Survey (2007-2008), and the 2001 Census, IIHS researchers stated that it is not Maharashtra but Delhi is the top destination for the inter-state migrants is India.

Dealing with the influx of migrants, not only Delhi city, India’s other cities also have accommodated a large number of migrants in the last decade.  This new study rewrites the existing assumptions of social scientists about India’s top migration statistics as it denotes Delhi as the hub for migrants.  Reportedly the highest migration course to Delhi is from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. Each of this state releases 3 lakhs of emigrants over the past decade. Other top migration streams are UP to Maharashtra, Bihar to West Bengal, Tamil Nadu to Kerala, Bihar to UP, Haryana to Delhi, UP to Gujarat, Kerala to Tamil Nadu and Andhra to Karnataka.

According to the available preliminary data of 2011 census, the net migration from rural to urban India has marked a significant increase. The earlier migration assumptions claimed that the migration targets will be the adjacent suburban areas such as Gurgaon and Noida.
According to the 2001 census, Maharashtra received the largest number of migrants. It was about 7.9 million whereas Delhi housed 5.6 million migrants where as the 1991 census revealed that Maharashtra had only 4.3 million migrants and 3.7 million in Delhi.  The migration over the decade shows the demographic increase of relocation.  The 2001 census reported that the percentage of migration is higher than the average of population increase over the decade.