Migration from Rural Settlements of a Hilly State to Rural Settlements in Plains: Evidences from Himalayan Hill State Himachal Pradesh

Abstract

Rural-to-rural migration is the most widespread form of migration in context of a developing country like India. This piece of research is an effort to look into the patterns of rural-to-rural migration from villages of Himachal Pradesh to villages of other states of the country. Apart from underlining the patterns of rural-to-rural out-migration from Himachal Pradesh, this study also probes into the reasons of the same. It has been found that rural-to-rural migration, in case of present study, is a short distance migration with more involvement of females. However, higher mobility of females was because of marriage migration