ABSTRACT
This chapter analyses the socio-economic reasons and impacts of rural-rural in-migration in the context of the study village Tejam. Three different types of in-migration are visible: (1) retirees from nearby less developed interior mountain villages come to settle after retirement from government service; (2) government staff who are posted to the village, and some other professionals and labourers temporarily stay in the village; (3) teenage students from interior villages some to study at the Inter College and rent rooms from residents. All in-migrants stimulate the village economy with their spending power. This chapter draws on participant observations and interviews conducted among in-migrants in Tejam in understanding the socio-spatial aspects of in-migration. In addition, field visits to a selection of sending villages reveals that interior remote nearby villages have their own history of migration and movements and are dynamic microcosms just as Tejam.
