Question

Compare and contrast the migration from rural to urban areas and rural to rural areas.

Answer 1

Migration from Rural to Urban Area	Migration from Rural to Rural Area
People migrate due to insufficient employment.	People migrate seasonally when there is a lot of work.
Hope for higher incomes, better services, more opportunities for family members.	Most tribal and low caste people migrate.
Work as labourers and in unorganised sectors.	They are not skilled.
Work in industries and service activities.	They work for meagre wages.
Greater freedom and less discri‐ mination based on caste and gender.	They live in poor conditions of living.
Remittance supplement family income.	They find employment in sugarcane cutting, rice production activities, mining, tea plantations, fish processing etc.