Page 96 - Changing Living Spaces

Haruhisa Asada

Figure 8 Village Locations by Ethnic Groups in Kamrup District

official jobs or accessing the tax system. This newly introduced policy is one
of the factors causing more Asamiyas to migrate to the southern region.
As a result of historical and political factors, living spaces of ethnic
groups in this region are to some extent blurred. Although there is a cer-
tain pattern of distribution of villages by ethnic groups, in this region
not only the influence of the ecological environment but also the distance
from the urban centre is predominant. This is also related to the grad-
ual change of livelihood patterns from agricultural to non-agricultural
activities.

Motivational Changes of Farmers Towards Rice Cultivation
In recent times, labour shortage in agriculture due to rural-urban migra-
tion has become a challenge for Muktapur village. The growth of the ur-
ban industrial sector has attracted rural labour. Since the village is not

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