The present study seeks to examine the interrelationship between rural to urban migration of the tribal peoples their livelihood patterns for their existence, on the basis of primary data collected from the migrated tribal peoples whom are residing at Agartala, the capital of Tripura and mostly urbanized area among the other areas in Tripura. The central argument of this paper is to find out the present and early livelihood patterns of the migrated tribal peoples and the reasons behind that. The vulnerable condition of the livelihood patterns in the rural areas forced them to migrate in the urban areas. Now, they are in such a condition that they can feed their stomach and family too and also meet the demands of their family members. They can provide a better and decent standard of living to their families which were previously not possible for them to give. So, therefore, the present study reveals that, the migration of tribal peoples from rural to urban areas gave them a new light to provide better and fruitful future for their families specifically for their children.
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Author Name: Suman Das
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Keywords: Rural-Urban, Migration, Tribal, Livelihood, Standard of Living.
ISSN: 2349-0187
EISSN: 2347-9671
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