Every year, a large chunk of workforce from Nuapada district are compelled for distress migration to work in the brick kilns of Andhra Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Chhattisgarh. In order to find out the important factors causing distress migration among bonded labourers in Nuapada district of Odisha, the present study was carried out with a sample size of 50 respondents selected randomly from one migratory destination . suburbs of Raipur in Chhattisgarh. The primary data was collected with the help of pre-structured interview schedule. The results of the study revealed that, majority of the respondents strongly agreed that social factors (), economic factors (), livelihood factors (), indebtedness factors () and, support and service factors () had a bearing on their migration. | Factors causing distress migration among bonded labourers in Nuapada district of Odisha, India
