Causes and consequences of in-migration

A study of Ratnanagar Municipality, Chitwan

Authors

  • Chandra Prasad Dhakal Saraswati Multiple Campus, Tribhuvan University, Nepal

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.32674/

Keywords:

In-migration, population, puling, foreign, remittance economy

Abstract

The study focuses on the causes and consequences of in-migration in the context of Ratnanagar Municipality Chitwan. Since fifty years people from hill side have migrated to Ratnanagar municipality. This study basically focuses on why the people from hill and India have migrated to Ratnanagar. The study follows both qualitative and quantitative research designs and asks the questions about the causes to settle down in Ratnanagar that are analyzed on the basis of priorities. Conclusion has been drawn on the basis of analysis and show why they migrated to Ratnanagar and which of the priority plays an important role for those who have migrated from their homelands to the municipality. Searching for jobs and facilities are the major causes to come down in the area. To find out the causes and consequences, questions were asked to fifty individual respondents and analyzed their priorities to migrate in the study area.

Author Biography

  • Chandra Prasad Dhakal , Saraswati Multiple Campus, Tribhuvan University, Nepal

    Chandra Prasad Dhakal is an assistant professor of Economics at Saraswoti Multiple Campus, TU, Nepal. He has completed his PhD in Microfinance from Mewar University, India. His areas of interest are microfinance, poverty analysis and economic survey. His research articles have appeared in various national and international journals.
    Email: chandradhakal@hotmail.com

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Published

2025-04-22

Issue

Vol. 1 No. 1 (2022): Interdisciplinary Journal of Innovation in Nepalese Academia

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Research Articles

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Causes and consequences of in-migration: A study of Ratnanagar Municipality, Chitwan . (2025). Interdisciplinary Journal of Innovation in Nepalese Academia , 1(1), 23-32. https://doi.org/10.32674/