Vol. 12, Issue 9 (2023)

Migration is the biggest issue that the state of Uttarakhand is facing now. There are several factors responsible for the phenomenon of migration especially youth migration from the hilly region of the state. Among which low employment and low agricultural productivity are major reasons for migration. The present study focuses on exploring the social, economic and psychological characteristics of the migrants from the hills of Uttarakhand. It was found in the study that majority (64.17%) of the respondents were below 25 years of age and completed their education up to intermediate (30.84%) had medium family size (6-8 members) (55.00%) and posses medium level of farm resources (64.16%). Nearly forty five per cent of the respondents expressed that the major source of credit was cooperative societies. Majority (57.50%) of the respondents had two occupations in their family. Equal number of migrants (61.67%) had medium level of economic motivation and medium risk orientation.