Big industrial cities like Bombay, Calcutta, and Jamshedpur, on the other hand , draw their from wider field.In the jute mill industry of Calcutta more than 80% of the workers belong to Bihar, U.P., Orissa and Andhra Pradesh . In the cotton mill industry in Bombay is not only drawn from the neghbouring districts of Konkan, Ratnagiri, Kolaba and other districts but also from Tamil Nadu, Rajasthan, Punjab and U.P. Labour in engineering industry at Jamshedpur is drawn from Bihar , Orissa, West-Bengal, Madhya-pradesh, Punjab and Tamil Nadu is now more or less permanently settled at the place of work.

The workers from Punjab, Haryana, Bihar, U.P., and Rajasthan, go to Delhi during the agricultural slack season to work in the textile and engineering industries and also in the building trades. There usually some interstate migration between U.P and Bihar for employment in sugar factories.