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The research study mainly aims to achieve the important objective of the study by understanding the living conditions of North Karnataka migrant workers living in Bangalore Rural District. In addition to this objective the research study also attempts to analyze the type of work of the migrant workers at hometown as well as migratory place and how it impacts as a change for migrant workers, to identify the factors influencing the migration and also to analyze the wages earned by the migrant workers. A descriptive research method was followed to obtain primary data from the field, a total of 500 respondents were interviewed in the study area of Bangalore Rural District. Primary data was collected through schedules by way of interviewing the respondents from the 4 different taluks in Bangalore Rural District.

The major results obtained from the field was found that the majority of migrant workers living in Bangalore Rural District have migrated for better livelihood due to push factors at hometown, they work mainly in the construction sector with majority earning on daily basis, the migrant workers from North Karnataka are becoming the main source of labour for the construction industry in Bangalore Rural District


Keywords

North Karnataka, Migrants, Living Conditions, Labour, Bangalore Rural.
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