KOCHI: As many as 1.02 lakh women migrants in the state moved here due to marriage , shows data, which was part of the 2011 census , and was recently released.With 23.6% of the migrants moving here due to employment, the data is in sync with the popular notion of the state becoming a sought after location for those from other states looking for employment. The data also showed that at least 18% of the migrants moved here because of marriage and 29% moved here with their household.According to the data, as many as 1,21,964 migrants moved here because of marriage. Out of these, 19,709 were men and 1,02,255 were women.“Marriage is an important factor for migration . Someone from Tamil Nadu can move here after getting married to a resident here. A man from Tamil Nadu can marry someone in Kerala and can choose to stay here with her as well,” said Irudaya Rajan, an expert in the field and a professor at Centre for Development Studies.The biggest number of those who have moved, however, has moved with their family members — 1,92,811. “For instance, consider a person from Karnataka who has moved here because he is a professor here. If his family, including his parents, children and spouse, has moved along with him because of him, then for all these people, the reason for migration would be that. Hence, this is likely to be a major factor,” said Rajan.The data shows that out of 1.92 lakh migrants who had moved here with their family, 1.09 lakh were women. As many as 83,566 men had also moved to the state because of their household moving here.Work and business is another major reason for migration to the state. Out of the total 6,54,423 who has moved from other states, 1,54,749 moved here because of employment. The data shows that 83% of such migrants who have moved because of employment are men. As many as 1,29,875 among those who moved for employment were men and only 24,874 women moved here for work.Out of total migrants, 1.5% had moved here for education purposes, with 6,758 males and 3,195 female migrants moving for education. As many as 8,189 persons moved because of business out of which 6,970 were male. As much as 58,999 persons moved here after birth. The data also shows that 61,720 men and 46,038 women, roughly 16% of total migrants, moved for other reasons.