Abstract :
The study was undertaken with the objective to study the psychological characteristics i.e. attitude towards forestry and level of aspiration of farmers in lower Shivalik hills. Two hundred and forty respondents from Hoshiarpur district, Punjab and Kangra district, Himachal Pradesh were selected using multistage random sampling design. The data were collected with the help of interview schedule. Findings of the study revealed that there was a non significant difference in the mean scores of attitude two districts. On further finding the overall attitude towards forestry by respondents, majority of the respondents in both districts were found to be lying in medium category. Level of aspiration was found to be medium in both the districts.
Keyword :
Psychological, Attitude, Level of aspiration