FEMALE MIGRATION FROM ''EAG'' STATES TO SIX MEGA CITIES OF INDIA

The female migration is one of the best indicators of the socio-economic and cultural development of any countries of the world. The female migration from EAG states to six mega cities of India namely Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, Chennai, Hyderabad and Bangalore having more than five million populations each. The study uses the census data, the period of time, 2001. It is found that the most importance as a cause of female migration has declined over the time in compared to the census, 1991. On the other hand, it is quite encouraging to find that the proportion of females migrating for work, employment and education is increasing over the period of time. In India, mostly female migration is important factors that contribute to increasing female population of the six mega cities. Female migration is major issue, which has not been discussed and emphasized.Here the female migrants are classified on the basis of female are migrating due to the social factor like marriage but in term of “EAG” states the highly proportion of females migrate to mega cities due to the ‘move with Household’, marriage, and lower proportion due to the working/employment, move after birth, education, business and others.