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Why North Indians are moving to south India?
Lakhs of people migrated from north India to the south in pursuit of employment opportunities. The trend of southward migration picked up somewhere around the 1980s, strengthening impressively in the subsequent decades.
How many Tamils are in India?
Numbering about 64 million in the early 21st century (including about 3 million speakers in northern and eastern Sri Lanka), Tamil speakers make up the majority of the population of Tamil Nadu state and also inhabit parts of Kerala, Karnataka, and Andhra Pradesh states, all situated in the southernmost third of India.
How did apartheid affect the Indian community?
The apartheid system allowed the Indians to rebuild aspects of their social and economic life with the minimum outside influence. They created a new life for themselves that was not based on the one they left behind in India as culture was modified by new occupations and circumstances which changed their needs.
Where do Tamil Nadu’s migrant workers live?
According to the migrant worker survey, 20.9\% of migrant workers in Tamil Nadu live in Kancheepuram district. Most of them work in manufacturing companies. Kancheepuram has units including Ford, Hyundai, BMW and Nissan where several migrant workers are working.
What is the population of Tamil Nadu in 2011 census?
According to the 2011 census, Tamil Nadu has a population of 7.12 crore. The state that attracts workers has also been seeing outward migration of its working class.
Who are the migrants in Telangana?
While the popular perception is that a majority of the migrants are from north-eastern and northern States, Census 2011 data shows that 77.2\% of the migrants from other States are from neighbouring Andhra Pradesh (which includes Telangana since the State was undivided in 2011), Kerala, Karnataka and Puducherry.