New Delhi: Just 54 districts account for half the male migration in the country and 44 of these districts are in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.

Of the 54 districts, 24 are in Uttar Pradesh and 20 in Bihar. To put the staggering numbers in perspective, as of 2020 there are a total of 739 districts in the country. Some of these districts are also knows as districts of the "Money Order Economy". In this, the populations are dependent on the earnings of migrant workers.