| Place of last residence | ||||
| S No. | State / UT | Total migrants | ||
| Persons | Males | Females | ||
| 1 | India | 314,541,350 | 93,361,809 | 221,179,541 |
| 2 | Andaman & Nicobar Islands | 174,167 | 94,713 | 79,454 |
| 3 | Andhra Pradesh | 23,461,895 | 7,839,461 | 15,622,434 |
| 4 | Arunachal Pradesh | 411,440 | 215,188 | 196,252 |
| 5 | Assam | 6,792,826 | 2,648,757 | 4,144,069 |
| 6 | Bihar | 20,480,976 | 2,249,135 | 18,231,841 |
| 7 | Chandigarh | 579,107 | 322,488 | 256,619 |
| 8 | Chhattisgarh | 6,907,199 | 1,791,413 | 5,115,786 |
| 9 | Dadra & Nagar Haveli | 78,499 | 46,289 | 32,210 |
| 10 | Daman & Diu | 71,255 | 46,783 | 24,472 |
| 11 | Delhi | 6,014,458 | 3,338,550 | 2,675,908 |
| 12 | Goa | 785,020 | 352,947 | 432,073 |
| 13 | Gujarat | 19,221,602 | 6,694,122 | 12,527,480 |
| 14 | Haryana | 7,574,493 | 2,106,436 | 5,468,057 |
| 15 | Himachal Pradesh | 2,192,317 | 572,099 | 1,620,218 |
| 16 | Jammu & Kashmir | 1,805,757 | 671,714 | 1,134,043 |
| 17 | Jharkhand | 7,428,159 | 1,600,337 | 5,827,822 |
| 18 | Karnataka | 16,560,377 | 5,690,630 | 10,869,747 |
| 19 | Kerala | 9,190,481 | 3,382,066 | 5,808,415 |
| 20 | Lakshadweep | 18,491 | 11,513 | 6,978 |
| 21 | Madhya Pradesh | 18,221,682 | 4,187,686 | 14,033,996 |
| 22 | Maharashtra | 41,715,711 | 16,763,943 | 24,951,768 |
| 23 | Manipur | 377,059 | 155,615 | 221,444 |
| 24 | Meghalaya | 379,192 | 204,652 | 174,540 |
| 25 | Mizoram | 268,932 | 141,440 | 127,492 |
| 26 | Nagaland | 380,812 | 211,705 | 169,107 |
| 27 | Orissa | 11,054,202 | 2,483,425 | 8,570,777 |
| 28 | Pondicherry | 460,996 | 203,883 | 257,113 |
| 29 | Punjab | 9,189,438 | 2,970,842 | 6,218,596 |
| 30 | Rajasthan | 16,385,715 | 3,243,848 | 13,141,867 |
| 31 | Sikkim | 186,987 | 89,228 | 97,759 |
| 32 | Tamil Nadu | 15,824,383 | 6,671,234 | 9,153,149 |
| 33 | Tripura | 961,653 | 403,929 | 557,724 |
| 34 | Uttar Pradesh | 41,217,266 | 7,310,689 | 33,906,577 |
| 35 | Uttaranchal | 3,071,174 | 1,010,183 | 2,060,991 |
| 36 | West Bengal | 25,097,629 | 7,634,866 | 17,462,763 |
| Source: Census of India 2001 | ||||