• Mr. Nagendraiah
• Dr. Ravindra kumar B

This paper is an attempt to explain the impact of rural to urban migration on educational attainment and human capital in tumkur district of Karnataka state in India. Most developing countries are experiencing the condition of migration of the rural population to urban areas to find a better life. Generally there are many push and pull factors which are root cause for migration, in which higher education is also one of the important factor which is attracting more number of people from rural areas to urban areas even international migration is taking place due to higher education as a result there is increase in income levels, improvement in standard of living which results increase in human capital in a country. “Migrant remittances can impact positively on the education of family members Mueller and Sharif” (2009), and Research in Pakistan conducted by Mansuri also finds large positive effects of migration on education in Pakistan. Migration has many positive and negative impacts. The important positive impacts of migration include reduction of unemployment and better job opportunities to people. Migration helps in improving the quality of life of people. It helps to improve social life of people as they learn about new culture, customs, and languages which help to improve brotherhood among people. Children get better opportunities for higher education due to migration and very importantly migration increases income levels which can reduce the poverty in rural India which leads to human development. The present study was carried out in Tumkur district; the primary data was collected through questionnaire indicating the different parameters to analyze the impact of rural migration on educational attainment, income levels, savings, and expenditure. Random sampling technique was used to collect data from 60 respondents who have migrated from villages to Tumkur and Bangalore etc.

Migration, Educational Attainment, Remittances, Human development.

"Impact of Rural Migration on Educational Attainment and Human Capital", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 3, page no.166-170, March-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRDL06028.pdf

"Impact of Rural Migration on Educational Attainment and Human Capital", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 3, page no. pp166-170, March-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRDL06028.pdf