Rural to Urban Migration in Pokhara Metropolitan City( A Study of the People Migrated from Pumdi-Bhumdi to Birauta and Chhorepathan)

Abstract

The study entitled Rural to Urban Migration in Pokhara Metropolitan City (A Study of the People Migrated from Pumdi-Bhumdi to Birauta and Chhorepatan) has aimed to study the increasing trend of migration from rural home to urban destination. It aims to find out actual reasons behind the migration in near town. This study was accomplished in Birauta and Chhorepatan. The universe of the study is the immigrant household who has migrated from Pumdi-Bhumdi. 90 households were selected by random sampling method. Both analytical and descriptive research designs were used in the research and key data collection instruments were interviews, observations and case studies. The findings of the study reveal that human social groups have migrated in different places since their emergence which is a form of geographical mobility or spatial mobility between one geographical unit and another, generally involving a change in residence from the place of origin of place of departure to the place of destination or place of arrival. This is because of the fact that people are attracted for the luxurious, happy and easy survival. They want to eliminate day-to-day hurdles and live easier and well-managed life. They want to feel the developments and for this reason they choose the easy way, called migration and they become migrants. But some migrants want to return in their place of origin because their current perception is being changed by some signs of development in their own villages. Changes in education, job, income, occupation and in whole lifestyle is seen in every informant's life. Not only positive changes but also some negative impacts such as; increased population density in town and depopulation in village, negligence in development of village are also seen. Rural to urban migration is mainly due to lack of facilities in village such as: transportation, quality education, day-to-day services, medical care, job opportunities etc. This is resulting in overpopulation in city area and depopulation in village. Besides this, the natural resources are improperly distributed i.e. unused in village and overused in city area. This study will help governmental and non-governmental offices, NGOs, INGOs to develop new policies, launch effective programs to control the problems like overpopulation, depopulation, etc thus reducing the population density of town and aid in proportional distribution of population and natural sources for betterment of livelihood in any place.