A scene from the weekly super-fast train to Silchar (Assam) as it prepares to depart from Thiruvananthapuram Central on Sunday.
While most Indians migrated to big cities in search of work, a majority of those who moved to Chennai, Agra, Belgaum and Solapur did not go in search of work, data from the 2011 Census show.
The graph shows the number of in-migrants in 501 urban centers (include municipalities, municipal corporations, townships and outgrowths adjoining an urban centre) across 29 States as of 2011. It includes only those migrants who previously resided outside the State to which they moved.
Each circle corresponds with an urban centre. The circles towards the right had a relatively larger number of migrants.
Delhi Municipal Corporation hosted the highest number of migrants who came for work/business.
Interestingly, of all the big metros which hosted a high share of migrants, Chennai municipal corporation had the least who came for work/employment/business. Only 18% came for the such purposes.
Despite hosting very few migrants, some urban centers like Malappuram municipality saw a high share of them come for work/employment/business.
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