URBAN PLANNING ASSIGNMENT

SUBMITTED BY,
SILPA MOHANAN
ROLL NO. 31

RESEARCH QUESTION

Increase in population of migrants in Bengaluru

CENSUS DATA

The population of Bengaluru, as per the 2011 census was 96.2 lakh people. Of these, a staggering 44.3
lakh people are classified as migrants, based on migration data recently released by the Office of the
Registrar General & Census Commissioner. In fact, work and marriage were among the biggest reasons
for people moving into Bengaluru.

POPULATION CENSUS DATA- BANGALORE

DESCRIPTION 2011 2001
1 Population 96,21,551 65,37,122
i. Male 50,22,661 34,26,599
ii.Female 45,98,890 31,10,525
2 Population Growth 47.18% 35.09%
3 Sex ratio 916 908
4 Total child population 10,52,837 7,72,540

MIGRANT POPULATION CENSUS DATA- BANGALORE

DESCRIPTION 2011 2001
1 Population 51,40,755 20,86,719
i. Male 27,06,024 11,41,021
ii.Female 24,34,731 9,45,698
2 Reason for migration- Work/ Employment 14,34,948 5,93,624
[total]
i. Male 11,89,787 5,26,000
ii.Female 2,45,161 67,624

Almost half the people living in the state capital are migrants – a whopping 50.6% . (As per the census
figures, the population of Bengaluru – both urban and rural is 96,21,551. For the purposes of this story,
it is considered only Bengaluru’s urban population – 87,49,944) The number of migrants more than
doubled since the previous census – when the city had a migrant population of 20.8 lakh out of a total
population of 65,37,124 people. The share of migrants in Bengaluru at that time was 31.9%. The 44.3
lakh people migrating into the city is almost double (175.8%) the number of people who have migrated
out of Karnataka: 25 lakh.

ERCENTAGE OF MIGRANT POPULATION TO TOTAL POPULATION

DESCRIPTION 2011 2001
1 Population 53% 32%
 i. Male 28% 17.50%
ii.Female 25% 14.40%
2 Reason for migration- Work/ Employment 15% 9%
[total]
i. Male 12.30% 8%
ii.Female 2.50% 1.00%

ANALYSIS
The largest share of migrants to the city is from other places in Karnataka. These take up 64% of the
city’s migrants. Of the migrants from other states, migrants from Tamil Nadu  take up the largest share.
There were, as per census figures, 5.2 lakh migrants from TN, 30% of whom had come to the city for
work.
Unsurprisingly, most of the migrants into Bengaluru were from the neighbouring Southern states.
Unified Andhra Pradesh (Telangana did not exist at the time) had the next highest number of migrants:
3.6 lakh, 34% of them here on work. There were 1.7 lakh people from Kerala in the city at the time of
the census.

Of the 44.3 lakh migrants in Bengaluru, 3.6 lakh were from the scheduled castes. 19% of them were
here to work, 16% were here because they were married to people who lived here. Most (92% of the
latter were women. In contrast, there were far fewer migrants from scheduled tribes – 88,405 – in 2011.
27% of them were here on work.

 The next highest number of migrants, apart from the three neighbouring states, comes from Rajasthan.
The 2011 census notes that there were 82,468 people from Rajasthan living in the city – a number that
had almost doubled from the previous census in 2001, when there were 41,395 Rajasthanis in
Bengaluru. Again, most of them were in the city on work, but around 10% (9.7%) were here doing
business. Rajasthanis were the most business oriented of migrants from other states into Bengaluru.

In terms of states with the fastest growing numbers in Bengaluru, the 2011 census data shows that
migrants from Jharkand, Tripura  and Manipur recorded the highest growth. More than anything, what
the census demonstrates is the huge imbalance in Karnataka’s urban development. The number of
migrants into Bengaluru dwarfs the entire populations of every other city in Karnataka – in fact – it is
greater than the sum of the populations of Mysuru, Mangaluru, Hassan,  Dharwad
 and Bellary combined.

 The percentage of migrant workers have increased drastically from 2001 to 2011.
 The percentage of male migrant workers are larger compared to female migrant workers.
 Commonly speaking the number of migrants to Bangalore is more than 50% of the city's
total population in 2011 census.
 The percentage of migrant workers is 15% and 9% in the year 2011 and 2001 census
respectively
 In total migrants percentage, the men to women ratio has no much difference compared to
one's moved for work and employement opportunities