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c. Cultivable land
Mountain region contains 2% cultivable land.
Hilly region contains 10 % cultivable land and
terai region contains 17 % cultivable land. People
like to live in such place which has more cultivable
land. People can grow various types of food and
cash crops in terai region to sustain their life than
in mountain and hilly region. Hence, people from
hilly and mountain region migrate to terai region
in search of cultivable land. Fig: 8

d. Availability of facilities
People like to make their life easier, more
comfortable and improve their living standard.
That is possible only when people get required
facilities in the place where they live. Terai region
has got several facilities like health services,
education, transportation, communication,
security, entertainment, sanitation, electricity, etc.
than in mountain and hilly region. Hence, people
from other regions are attracted towards terai Fig: 9
region for various facilities. Similarly, some of the
urban areas contain many facilities in Nepal. Thus, people from rural areas migrate to
urban areas in search of facilities.
e. Availability of employment opportunities
People expect to have happiness, satisfaction,
peace and prosperity in life. All of them can be
achieved when people have better jobs and better
income. There is more establishment of industries
and development of commercial sectors more in
terai region than in hilly and mountain region.
People get more job opportunities in industries and
commercial sectors in terai region. Hence, people
from other regions migrate to terai region in serach Fig: 10
of employment opportunities.

f. Political instability
During Maoist insurgency period in Nepal in the decade of 2050 B.S., there was no security
of people and their family members in mountain and hilly region. Hence, more and more
people were forced to migrate to different parts of Nepal especially in Kathmandu valley,
urban areas, district headquarters and terai region. Even after the solution of Maoist
problem, people who migrated from their place did not return to their original place. As
a result, there is unequal distribution of population in different parts of Nepal.

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