Internal Migration in Mizoram: Highlights of Census Data

One of the fundamental determinants of population change and population redistribution is migration. The subject matter of migration is vast and has diverse aspects. It will be very difficult to cover all aspects in one paper.Keeping in mind the study's limitations, the present study tries to understand the internal migration in Mizoram from census data. Using the migration data from census 2001 and 2011, the study finds that between 2001 and 2011, the proportion of migrants has increased by 5 percentage points. At the state level, there were more migrants in rural areas compared to urban areas. Intradistrict migration is the dominating type of migration. Female dominates males in short distance migration. However, most of the migrants from outside the state were males. Among all four streams of migration, the rural-urban stream of migration is the most important one. People attached to the rural area have started moving to words urban areas due to increased economic activities. As far as 'reasons for migration' are concerned ', move with household' is the main reason for migration in the state.