• Nabin Mandal

The movement of people from rural to urban or other non-rural areas is specifically referred to as "rural outmigration". The majority of men migrate from rural areas in order to improve their standard of living and get over socioeconomic challenges. In order to determine the trend, pattern, growth, and cause of the rural male outmigration from West Bengal's Murshidabad district, this research mostly relies on secondary data from the Census of India. We used a variety of statistical techniques, including basic growth rate, outmigration rate and other statistical tools, to accomplish the research aims in this work. This study found that the percentage of out-migration from Murshidabad district to West Bengal, the simple growth rate of outmigration from rural males in inter-district, inter-state, and international patterns, the reason for out-migration in these patterns. This study also discovered that the majority of Murshidabad's rural outmigration left the state for Bangladesh and other Asian nations (international), moving to Nadia, Birbhum, Barddhaman, and other inter-district districts, Jharkhand, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, and Rajasthan states, and other inter-state districts for a variety of reasons (employment, business, education, etc.). Lastly, we explore different policy options related to job creation, infrastructure development, social protection, and rural development in order to lower the high rate of outmigration from rural areas.

Rural outmigration; Census of India; Inter-district; Inter-state; International; Murshidabad district; Rural development

"RURAL MALE OUTMIGRATION FROM MURSHIDABAD DISTRICT, WEST BENGAL ANALYSIS ON THE BASIS OF CENSUS OF INDIA DATA", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.13, Issue 3, page no.a82-a97, March-2026, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2603012.pdf

"RURAL MALE OUTMIGRATION FROM MURSHIDABAD DISTRICT, WEST BENGAL ANALYSIS ON THE BASIS OF CENSUS OF INDIA DATA", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.13, Issue 3, page no. ppa82-a97, March-2026, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2603012.pdf