A Comprehensive Study of Social and Economic Dimensions of Rural-urban Migration in Bihar

Abstract

Bihar with about 92,000,000 rural population and 11,000,000 urban population has always been in limelight as the state with second highest out migration in India. How ever this fact has overshadowed inner migration within different districts of Bihar especially to its capital city Patna. The aim of this article is to study how socio- economic causes has led to heavy migration to capital city of Patna. It discusses the multifaceted problems which this migration has created. The article also tries to suggest multidimensional remedial measures( economic political social) to overcome this problem and improve the plight of capital city Patna.