| Economic activity of migrants | |||||||||||||||||||
| S No. | State / UT | Total migrants | Main workers | Marginal workers | Non-workers | ||||||||||||||
| Total | Seeking/Available for work | Total | Seeking/Available for work | ||||||||||||||||
| Persons | Males | Females | Persons | Males | Females | Persons | Males | Females | Persons | Males | Females | Persons | Males | Females | Persons | Males | Females | ||
| 1 | India | 314,541,350 | 93,361,809 | 221,179,541 | 100,612,258 | 53,020,013 | 47,592,245 | 42,070,198 | 5,143,468 | 36,926,730 | 8,096,708 | 2,359,622 | 5,737,086 | 171,858,894 | 35,198,328 | 136,660,566 | 14,544,014 | 3,979,265 | 10,564,749 |
| 2 | Andaman & Nicobar Islands | 174,167 | 94,713 | 79,454 | 76,741 | 66,181 | 10,560 | 10,483 | 5,232 | 5,251 | 3,833 | 2,825 | 1,008 | 86,943 | 23,300 | 63,643 | 8,993 | 2,960 | 6,033 |
| 3 | Andhra Pradesh | 23,461,895 | 7,839,461 | 15,622,434 | 9,809,060 | 4,325,899 | 5,483,161 | 2,407,758 | 398,020 | 2,009,738 | 940,500 | 217,403 | 723,097 | 11,245,077 | 3,115,542 | 8,129,535 | 1,090,096 | 325,924 | 764,172 |
| 4 | Arunachal Pradesh | 411,440 | 215,188 | 196,252 | 200,564 | 133,310 | 67,254 | 25,204 | 9,106 | 16,098 | 6,039 | 3,298 | 2,741 | 185,672 | 72,772 | 112,900 | 18,702 | 6,886 | 11,816 |
| 5 | Assam | 6,792,826 | 2,648,757 | 4,144,069 | 2,215,293 | 1,638,603 | 576,690 | 771,566 | 177,384 | 594,182 | 184,329 | 72,869 | 111,460 | 3,805,967 | 832,770 | 2,973,197 | 507,440 | 136,547 | 370,893 |
| 6 | Bihar | 20,480,976 | 2,249,135 | 18,231,841 | 3,905,106 | 1,081,008 | 2,824,098 | 3,271,621 | 186,227 | 3,085,394 | 332,236 | 66,279 | 265,957 | 13,304,249 | 981,900 | 12,322,349 | 580,940 | 134,697 | 446,243 |
| 7 | Chandigarh | 579,107 | 322,488 | 256,619 | 269,949 | 226,739 | 43,210 | 8,238 | 5,081 | 3,157 | 2,987 | 2,263 | 724 | 300,920 | 90,668 | 210,252 | 27,693 | 9,496 | 18,197 |
| 8 | Chhattisgarh | 6,907,199 | 1,791,413 | 5,115,786 | 2,863,340 | 1,078,404 | 1,784,936 | 1,404,592 | 113,963 | 1,290,629 | 263,575 | 51,513 | 212,062 | 2,639,267 | 599,046 | 2,040,221 | 161,265 | 59,492 | 101,773 |
| 9 | Dadra & Nagar Haveli | 78,499 | 46,289 | 32,210 | 45,712 | 37,597 | 8,115 | 4,395 | 530 | 3,865 | 1,025 | 201 | 824 | 28,392 | 8,162 | 20,230 | 1,669 | 383 | 1,286 |
| 10 | Daman & Diu | 71,255 | 46,783 | 24,472 | 42,182 | 38,384 | 3,798 | 1,709 | 778 | 931 | 518 | 309 | 209 | 27,364 | 7,621 | 19,743 | 1,745 | 465 | 1,280 |
| 11 | Delhi | 6,014,458 | 3,338,550 | 2,675,908 | 2,662,882 | 2,360,393 | 302,489 | 144,376 | 104,010 | 40,366 | 63,677 | 54,397 | 9,280 | 3,207,200 | 874,147 | 2,333,053 | 196,533 | 98,930 | 97,603 |
| 12 | Goa | 785,020 | 352,947 | 432,073 | 245,282 | 176,109 | 69,173 | 54,785 | 20,433 | 34,352 | 18,760 | 10,703 | 8,057 | 484,953 | 156,405 | 328,548 | 70,265 | 23,996 | 46,269 |
| 13 | Gujarat | 19,221,602 | 6,694,122 | 12,527,480 | 6,581,117 | 3,959,795 | 2,621,322 | 2,544,188 | 174,258 | 2,369,930 | 446,036 | 81,839 | 364,197 | 10,096,297 | 2,560,069 | 7,536,228 | 604,649 | 179,310 | 425,339 |
| 14 | Haryana | 7,574,493 | 2,106,436 | 5,468,057 | 2,391,026 | 1,216,600 | 1,174,426 | 1,253,338 | 133,696 | 1,119,642 | 169,196 | 59,187 | 110,009 | 3,930,129 | 756,140 | 3,173,989 | 218,061 | 61,366 | 156,695 |
| 15 | Himachal Pradesh | 2,192,317 | 572,099 | 1,620,218 | 843,811 | 342,309 | 501,502 | 538,571 | 44,154 | 494,417 | 56,124 | 14,923 | 41,201 | 809,935 | 185,636 | 624,299 | 72,875 | 21,644 | 51,231 |
| 16 | Jammu & Kashmir | 1,805,757 | 671,714 | 1,134,043 | 493,151 | 351,449 | 141,702 | 263,617 | 50,365 | 213,252 | 43,817 | 19,637 | 24,180 | 1,048,989 | 269,900 | 779,089 | 125,282 | 40,494 | 84,788 |
| 17 | Jharkhand | 7,428,159 | 1,600,337 | 5,827,822 | 1,839,573 | 878,655 | 960,918 | 1,689,669 | 114,973 | 1,574,696 | 226,686 | 52,510 | 174,176 | 3,898,917 | 606,709 | 3,292,208 | 273,690 | 101,129 | 172,561 |
| 18 | Karnataka | 16,560,377 | 5,690,630 | 10,869,747 | 6,351,786 | 3,222,806 | 3,128,980 | 1,873,521 | 241,732 | 1,631,789 | 260,912 | 80,283 | 180,629 | 8,335,070 | 2,226,092 | 6,108,978 | 452,476 | 159,693 | 292,783 |
| 19 | Kerala | 9,190,481 | 3,382,066 | 5,808,415 | 2,242,924 | 1,496,200 | 746,724 | 558,429 | 265,254 | 293,175 | 248,274 | 144,288 | 103,986 | 6,389,128 | 1,620,612 | 4,768,516 | 1,279,970 | 255,417 | 1,024,553 |
| 20 | Lakshadweep | 18,491 | 11,513 | 6,978 | 7,206 | 6,455 | 751 | 760 | 639 | 121 | 596 | 505 | 91 | 10,525 | 4,419 | 6,106 | 2,792 | 1,190 | 1,602 |
| 21 | Madhya Pradesh | 18,221,682 | 4,187,686 | 14,033,996 | 6,384,829 | 2,378,097 | 4,006,732 | 3,736,188 | 265,756 | 3,470,432 | 680,881 | 131,126 | 549,755 | 8,100,665 | 1,543,833 | 6,556,832 | 487,624 | 146,155 | 341,469 |
| 22 | Maharashtra | 41,715,711 | 16,763,943 | 24,951,768 | 17,173,574 | 9,472,325 | 7,701,249 | 3,607,578 | 739,906 | 2,867,672 | 852,107 | 344,915 | 507,192 | 20,934,559 | 6,551,712 | 14,382,847 | 1,075,999 | 491,158 | 584,841 |
| 23 | Manipur | 377,059 | 155,615 | 221,444 | 142,427 | 77,816 | 64,611 | 65,762 | 14,066 | 51,696 | 17,529 | 4,823 | 12,706 | 168,870 | 63,733 | 105,137 | 26,609 | 10,142 | 16,467 |
| 24 | Meghalaya | 379,192 | 204,652 | 174,540 | 163,575 | 118,951 | 44,624 | 31,746 | 14,276 | 17,470 | 7,861 | 4,222 | 3,639 | 183,871 | 71,425 | 112,446 | 16,064 | 6,389 | 9,675 |
| 25 | Mizoram | 268,932 | 141,440 | 127,492 | 144,975 | 94,176 | 50,799 | 33,712 | 11,030 | 22,682 | 6,120 | 3,279 | 2,841 | 90,245 | 36,234 | 54,011 | 6,323 | 2,797 | 3,526 |
| 26 | Nagaland | 380,812 | 211,705 | 169,107 | 153,159 | 112,557 | 40,602 | 26,487 | 12,773 | 13,714 | 6,819 | 4,104 | 2,715 | 201,166 | 86,375 | 114,791 | 26,919 | 12,556 | 14,363 |
| 27 | Orissa | 11,054,202 | 2,483,425 | 8,570,777 | 2,506,979 | 1,419,255 | 1,087,724 | 2,156,295 | 185,804 | 1,970,491 | 551,974 | 91,039 | 460,935 | 6,390,928 | 878,366 | 5,512,562 | 608,816 | 148,289 | 460,527 |
| 28 | Pondicherry | 460,996 | 203,883 | 257,113 | 153,584 | 111,781 | 41,803 | 12,097 | 4,835 | 7,262 | 5,259 | 2,700 | 2,559 | 295,315 | 87,267 | 208,048 | 36,249 | 10,869 | 25,380 |
| 29 | Punjab | 9,189,438 | 2,970,842 | 6,218,596 | 2,840,546 | 1,723,641 | 1,116,905 | 701,722 | 118,891 | 582,831 | 141,764 | 47,542 | 94,222 | 5,647,170 | 1,128,310 | 4,518,860 | 454,929 | 106,106 | 348,823 |
| 30 | Rajasthan | 16,385,715 | 3,243,848 | 13,141,867 | 5,589,870 | 1,795,936 | 3,793,934 | 3,567,797 | 188,781 | 3,379,016 | 463,435 | 80,260 | 383,175 | 7,228,048 | 1,259,131 | 5,968,917 | 352,734 | 93,467 | 259,267 |
| 31 | Sikkim | 186,987 | 89,228 | 97,759 | 95,621 | 60,000 | 35,621 | 18,388 | 4,917 | 13,471 | 2,480 | 1,056 | 1,424 | 72,978 | 24,311 | 48,667 | 7,636 | 2,498 | 5,138 |
| 32 | Tamil Nadu | 15,824,383 | 6,671,234 | 9,153,149 | 6,530,106 | 3,878,085 | 2,652,021 | 1,256,024 | 395,937 | 860,087 | 385,472 | 180,827 | 204,645 | 8,038,253 | 2,397,212 | 5,641,041 | 1,020,935 | 322,082 | 698,853 |
| 33 | Tripura | 961,653 | 403,929 | 557,724 | 325,509 | 254,245 | 71,264 | 78,321 | 20,380 | 57,941 | 30,251 | 11,605 | 18,646 | 557,823 | 129,304 | 428,519 | 129,347 | 28,555 | 100,792 |
| 34 | Uttar Pradesh | 41,217,266 | 7,310,689 | 33,906,577 | 7,391,890 | 3,673,254 | 3,718,636 | 6,736,472 | 661,695 | 6,074,777 | 730,410 | 243,743 | 486,667 | 27,088,904 | 2,975,740 | 24,113,164 | 1,322,198 | 353,601 | 968,597 |
| 35 | Uttaranchal | 3,071,174 | 1,010,183 | 2,060,991 | 1,101,304 | 539,231 | 562,073 | 410,746 | 76,391 | 334,355 | 63,160 | 37,174 | 25,986 | 1,559,124 | 394,561 | 1,164,563 | 129,923 | 53,947 | 75,976 |
| 36 | West Bengal | 25,097,629 | 7,634,866 | 17,462,763 | 6,827,605 | 4,673,767 | 2,153,838 | 2,804,043 | 382,195 | 2,421,848 | 882,066 | 235,975 | 646,091 | 15,465,981 | 2,578,904 | 12,887,077 | 3,146,573 | 570,635 | 2,575,938 |
| Source: Census of India 2001 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Note: 'All durations of residence' includes 'unspecified duration'. | |||||||||||||||||||