2024, Vol. 9, Special Issue 5

The present study “Migration Behaviour of Rural Youth” was conducted in Dhamangaon Railway and Chandur Railway tehsil of Amravati district, from the selected tehsils, sixteen villages and 120 rural youths (aged between 16-30 years) were selected purposively as textile and industrial development was prominently noticed in Amravati. The data were collected by personal interview method with the help of structured interview schedule. The data were tabulated, analysed and interpreted. The findings of the study revealed that more than half (52.50%) of the respondents were observed in the age group of 26-30 years, majority of them (88.33%) were completed their collegiate education, 29.17% of the respondents observed with small land holding (1.01 to 2.00 ha.), 44.17% of the respondents observed with farming plus service as their occupational status, 58.17% of the respondents had their native place in 100 km periphery from the migrated place i.e. Amravati.

The findings with regard to attitude of migrant’s youths towards agriculture revealed that majority of the rural youths i.e. 79.17% showed moderate to highly favourable attitude towards agriculture, whereas slightly above one fifth (20.83%) of the rural youths had less favourable attitude towards agriculture.