Emigration and remittances: Community dimensions from Kerala M. Ruksana M.1, Dr. Gangadharan K.2 1Research Scholar (UGC-JRF), Department of Economics, Kannur University, Thalassery Campus, Palayad, Kerala 2Professor & Head, Department of Economics, Kannur University, Thalassery Campus, Palayad, Kerala Online published on 5 August, 2019. Abstract Among the states of India, Kerala is the leading state regard to the human resource mobility. This emigration network has been a key engine of economic, social, and cultural change in Kerala in the last forty years. Present study has been carried out with the object to know the trends in the community wise pattern of emigration and their remittances in Kerala for the period of 1998 to 2014 in detail. The paper is analytical in nature based on secondary data source. It is clear that the number of emigrants has increased steadily and significantly over the years, from 13.6 lakhs in 1998 to 24.0 lakhs in 2014, the proportion of households with at least one emigrant remained constant and the corresponding proportion varied widely by community. Correlation result shows that there exist the significant relationship between the number of emigrants and total remittances. The F ratio 1.35>1, was significant at 5% level on the remittance, indicate that there exists significant variation in the remittance share among the Hindus, Christians and Muslims communities in Kerala. Top Keywords Emigration, Remittances, Community dimension, Household development, Economic development. Top |