What are the socio-demographic consequences of migration?
Social consequences :
(i)Migration leads to intermixing of people from diverse cultures. It has positive contribution such as evolution of composite culture and breaking through the narrow considerations and widens up the mental horizon of the people at large.
(ii)But it also has serious negative consequences such as anonymity, which creates social vacuum and sense of dejection among individuals.
(iii)Continued feeling of dejection may motivate people to fall in the trap of anti-social activities like crime and drug abuse.
Demographic consequences:
(i)Migration leads to the redistribution of the population within a country. Rural urban migration is one of the important factors contributing to the population growth of cities. Age and skill selective out migration from the rural area have adverse effect on the rural demographic structure.
(ii)However, high out migration from Uttaranchal, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Eastern Maharashtra have brought serious imbalances in age and sex composition in these states. Similar imbalances are also brought in the recipients states.
