• Dr. Ajit Chandra Borah

ABSTRACT Along with the fertility and mortality migration is the third component of the population change. The importance of in affecting the growth and decline of population and in modifying the demographic characteristics of the areas of origin and destination had long been recognized. Migration effects not only the size of population but also the composition in age, sex, language etc. of the population. There fore, the study of migration is one of the major branches of Demography. It is seen that the entire demography of the state has been changed in Assam during the last four decades. During 1891 – 1901, the influx of settlers in to Assam was rather slow. The 1991 Census reported a wave of settlers modifying the densities and distribution of population in few districts of Assam. The growth of population in Assam rose from 1881 to 1931 was more than 100%. This has extensively affected the distribution pattern of population. Comparing the rate of population in Assam with that of India as a whole during 1901 to 1921 was very slow, where as during the same period the population of Assam increased more than 39%. Since 1921 Indian population increased by 44% and population of Assam by 70%. Large scale migration from Bangladesh over several decades has been altering the demographic complexion of the state. It poses a grave threat both to the identity of the Assamese people and national security. Assamese people being largely converted and we are losing our ethnic culture and identity. It threatens to reduce the Assamese people to a minority in their own state. In this paper an attempt has been made to study the migration problem of Assam and its impact on the demographic changes, more especially demographic structure of Assam.

Migration, Demography, Demographic Change

"MIGRATION AND DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGE IN ASSAM", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no.78-87, June-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1906596.pdf

"MIGRATION AND DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGE IN ASSAM", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no. pp78-87, June-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1906596.pdf