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Population Studies Pandemic spurs interstate outmigration in India

Table 1. Top 10 outmigration states in India (1991, 2001, and 2011)
1991 2001 2011
Both sexes Male Female Both sexes Male Female Both sexes Male Female
UP UP UP UP UP UP UP UP UP
(21.6) (25.0) (18.7) (22.5) (25.8) (19.6) (22.7) (26.1) (19.9)
BR BR BR BR BR BR BR BR BR
(11.3) (13.4) (9.6) (12.8) (15.9) (10.0) (13.7) (16.1) (11.8)
RJ RJ RJ RJ RJ RJ RJ RJ RJ
(7.3) (6.4) (7.9) (6.3) (5.7) (6.8) (6.9) (6.3) (7.3)
MH TN MH MH MH MP MH MH MP
(6.6) (6.0) (7.1) (5.2) (4.5) (5.9) (5.6) (5.0) (6.5)
MP MH MP MP TN MH MP MP MH
(5.6) (5.9) (7.0) (4.9) (4.2) (5.8) (5.4) (4.1) (6.1)
TN PB HR KA KA HR KA KA HR
(5.5) (5.0) (6.5) (4.5) (4.1) (5.3) (4.6) (4.1) (5.2)
KA KA KA HR WB KA WB WB KA
(5.3) (4.8) (5.7) (4.2) (3.9) (4.8) (4.4) (4.0) (4.9)
HR AP PB WB MP PB HR TN WB
(5.3) (4.3) (5.2) (4.1) (3.6) (4.3) (4.2) (3.8) (4.7)
PB KL TN TN PB WB AP AP AP
(5.1) (4.2) (5.0) (4.0) (3.5) (4.2) (3.7) (3.5) (3.9)
AP HR AP PB AP JH TN HR JH
(4.5) (3.8) (4.8) (3.9) (3.4) (4.0) (3.6) (3.0) (3.7)
Total: Total: Total: Total: Total: Total: Total: Total: Total:
26,689,595 11,883,886 14,805,709 41,166,265 19,098,082 22,068,183 54,264,749 23,869,812 30,394,937
Note: Values in parentheses show the percentage of interstate outmigration of the state from total interstate outmigration. Sources: Census of India
(1991, 2001, and 2011).
Abbreviations: AP: Andhra Pradesh; BR: Bihar; HR: Haryana; JH: Jharkhand; KA: Karnataka; KL: Kerala; MH: Maharashtra; MP: Madhya Pradesh; PB:
Punjab; RJ: Rajasthan; TN: Tamil Nadu; UP: Uttar Pradesh; WB: West Bengal.

Table 2. Unemployment rate in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar
Area Gender State Year
1993–1994 1999–2000 2004–2005 2009–2010 2011–2012 2017–2018 2018–2019
Rural Male Bihar 19 22 18 21 27 72 106
Uttar Pradesh 9 10 7 12 10 62 48
Female Bihar 6 5 2 13 82 23 17
Uttar Pradesh 3 3 3 5 7 15 18
Both sexes Bihar 16 18 15 20 32 70 102
Uttar Pradesh 7 8 6 10 9 55 43
Urban Male Bihar 68 73 67 63 45 92 104
Uttar Pradesh 32 43 35 29 42 96 112
Female Bihar 92 81 41 160 165 62 123
Uttar Pradesh 11 33 25 34 37 105 61
Both sexes Bihar 71 74 64 73 56 90 105
Uttar Pradesh 29 41 33 29 41 97 106
Note: The unemployment rate is expressed as total unemployment out of 1000 population. Sources: Handbook on statistics on Indian Economy, RBI.

successive Census years, followed by Maharashtra and However, there appears to be inconsistency observed
Madhya Pradesh in third and fourth place, respectively. regarding other migrating states.

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