http://popgeog.org/2010/02/anglo-irish-population-conference-12-13-may-2010/ PGRG - Royal Geographical Society with Institute of British Geographers Sun, 25 Apr 2010 08:40:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://popgeog.org/2010/02/anglo-irish-population-conference-12-13-may-2010/comment-page-1/#comment-700 Chandrashekhar Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:20:13 +0000 http://popgeog.org/?p=716#comment-700 Migration has played most important role in changing demographic characteristics of the city. Total migrant population was 5.2 million in the year 2001, of which 2.5 million (48%) are workers. Out of the total migrant workers, male and female migrant workers constitute 88 percent and 12 percent respectively. Largest percentage of male migrants is employed in manufacturing industries, constituting 28.21 percent of the total migrants. It becomes clear from the finding that more than forty percent migrants are in the prime productive age group that is, in the age group fifteen to thirty five. This may be a reflection of liberalization of Indian economy after 1991. Little less than half of the migrants in Mumbai are from within the states and rest is from outside the state. There is more male participation in workforce. This is more than fifty percent in case of males and this is evident from sex-ratio of the migrant workers. The situation is almost same in case of migrants as well as non-migrants. In almost all the industrial categories, the percentage of non-migrants are more than migrants. Also proportion of male non-migrants is more in all industrial categories. In almost all industrial categories, the sex-ratio of migrants is highly skewed in favour of males. That is, even if there is feminization of the process of migration in the other parts of the world but, in India there is no such phenomenon happening. Migration has played most important role in changing demographic characteristics of the city. Total migrant population was 5.2 million in the year 2001, of which 2.5 million (48%) are workers. Out of the total migrant workers, male and female migrant workers constitute 88 percent and 12 percent respectively. Largest percentage of male migrants is employed in manufacturing industries, constituting 28.21 percent of the total migrants. It becomes clear from the finding that more than forty percent migrants are in the prime productive age group that is, in the age group fifteen to thirty five. This may be a reflection of liberalization of Indian economy after 1991. Little less than half of the migrants in Mumbai are from within the states and rest is from outside the state. There is more male participation in workforce. This is more than fifty percent in case of males and this is evident from sex-ratio of the migrant workers. The situation is almost same in case of migrants as well as non-migrants. In almost all the industrial categories, the percentage of non-migrants are more than migrants. Also proportion of male non-migrants is more in all industrial categories. In almost all industrial categories, the sex-ratio of migrants is highly skewed in favour of males. That is, even if there is feminization of the process of migration in the other parts of the world but, in India there is no such phenomenon happening.

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