Table 2.
General profile of study villages during year 2004 in Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve, India.
| Village | Total number of households | Total population | Average family size | Number of literate persons | Average livestock/family | Total agricultural area (ha) | Average land holding size (ha) | Number of households sampled | Number of migrating families |
| Tolma | 26 | 135 | 5.2 | 101 | 5.7 | 46.18 | 1.77 | 20 | 2 |
| Bhallagaon | 40 | 302 | 7.5 | 246 | 5.3 | 31.23 | 0.78 | 22 | 4 |
| Suki | 42 | 322 | 7.7 | 259 | 5.8 | 41.20 | 0.98 | 24 | 0 |
| Phagti | 28 | 141 | 5.0 | 81 | 6.1 | 42.78 | 1.52 | 17 | 3 |
| Lata | 75 | 412 | 5.1 | 302 | 4.4 | 51.23 | 0.68 | 28 | 5 |
| Laung | 19 | 107 | 5.6 | 72 | 6.2 | 16.31 | 0.85 | 12 | 0 |
| Total | 230 | 1419 | 6.0 | 1061 | 5.5 | 39.15 | 1.09 | 123 | 14 |