Migration in West Bengal in the context of muslim concentrated region since 1971

Geographically Muslims are unevenly distributed throughout the state but central portion of the state has the largest number of Muslims. After the partition of India, huge immigration from the neighbouring Bangladesh has increased the Muslim population in West Bengal. Most of the Muslim population is found around the frontier districts of West Bengal. Muslim concentrated region is experienced diverse nature of outmigration in West Bengal. High Muslim concentrated region is observed comparatively low average rate of outmigration compare to moderate and low Muslim concentrated region. It is evident that religious factors are crucial in understanding the nature and content of outmigration in west Bengal. Of particular significance are the male female differences in these two types of regions. Outmigration is taking place from every place in the world, every age group, caste group and every religious group in the world. Minority groups are prone to migrate from one place to another for their social and economic security. Rao (1976) observed that among the religious groups Muslims migrated more. Sidhu et al. (1997) in astudy on migrant agricultural labour in Punjab found that about 8 per cent Muslim were migrants.