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Migration between India and Pakistan, 1951–61
Abstract
A critical evaluation of the available data on migration between India and Pakistan in the 1951-61 decade leads to the conclusion that there was a substantial net migration of Pakistan-born persons into India, but only a negligible net migration of India-born persons into Pakistan. Annual administrative statistics published by the Indian Government suggest an immigration from Pakistan of the order of 1.16 to 1.32 million. More importantly, birthplace data from the Indian censuses indicate a net intercensal immigration of Pakistan-born persons amounting to 1.19 to 1.34 million, depending on the assumed level of mortality. The Pakistani census data on the India-born show no net influx from India during 1951-61. Intercensal growth rates for the populations of different religious faiths in Pakistan are consistent with the estimates of net immigration into India. The migrants and the survivors of their progeny are estimated to represent a net gain of about 1.68 million by India and to account for no more than 2.2 per cent of the total population growth in India during 1951-61.
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“On the other hand the multiple counting of persons crossing the border into India more than once caused an over reporting of refugees (Visaria, 1969).”
From Displacement and development: Long term impacts of population transfer in India (2019) · cites this paper as Visaria, 1969
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“Secondly, substantial changes in the administrative machinery and the relatively unsettled conditions in those districts that received refugees casts doubt over the quality and coverage of the data (Visaria, 1969).”
From Displacement and development: Long term impacts of population transfer in India (2019) · cites this paper as Visaria, 1969
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“The 1951 census provides the best estimate to date of the spatial distribution of the partition related refugees who moved from Pakistan to India.”
From Displacement and development: Long term impacts of population transfer in India (2019) · cites this paper as Visaria, 1969
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“A total of 7.3 million displaced persons were enumerated, of whom 4.7 and 2.55 million had come from West and East Pakistan, respectively, and 0.05 million did not specify their place of origin (Visaria, 1969).”
From Displacement and development: Long term impacts of population transfer in India (2019) · cites this paper as Visaria, 1969
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“Firstly, the data on region of origin does not provide enough granularity to identify the district of West or East Pakistan from which a refugee came from.”
From Displacement and development: Long term impacts of population transfer in India (2019) · cites this paper as Visaria, 1969
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Mortality and Fertility in India, 1951-1961
Visaria, P. M. (1969) · The Milbank Memorial Fund Quarterly · doi:10.2307/3349133 · Cited by 13
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- Authors
- Visaria, P. M.
- Affiliations
- University of Mumbai (IN)
- Corresponding author
- Visaria, Pravin M.
- Venue
- Demography
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Published
- 1969-08-01
- Volume
- 6
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 323-334
- ISSN
- 0070-3370 (ISSN-L)
- 1533-7790
- OpenAlex
- W2043599908
- Cited by
- 20
- References
- 6
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 1 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 4 · 2019: 1 · 2016: 2 · 2012: 2
- FWCI
- 0.00
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Demography (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- Australian National University
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Demography › Migration, Health, Geopolitics, Historical Geography
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Migration and Labor Dynamics
- Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › South Asian Studies and Conflicts
- Keywords
- net migration, population growth
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