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Faisalabad
CITY PROFILE and SELECTION OF WARDS
March 2001
CITY PROFILE OF FAISALABAD
1. ESTABLISHMENT AND GROWTH OF FAISALABAD
Faisalabad previously known as Lyallpur was established between 1895 and 1905 as a mandi or market town as a part programme of colonization of the West Punjab. It was named after Sir James Lyall, the then Lieutenant Governor of the Punjab. The town was laid out by Captain Pepham Young in the form of a square on an area of 45 hectares with room for extension on the northwest and southwest. The roads radiating from the center, which had a Clock Tower, resembled the Union Jack. Industry came to the town during the 1930's with the Lyallpur Cotton Mills (completed in 1934) being the first major unit followed by three other units during the same decade. After Independence in 1947 the town grew rapidly, initially due to the influx of Muslim refugees from India and later due to government policies that promoted industrialization and green revolution technologies. Today Faisalabad has become a sprawling, very rapidly expanding city characterized by large un-serviced and under-serviced areas (slums and katchi abadis) where the vast majority of the population resides in poor living conditions. The planned and well laid out low-density areas provide housing for the government officials and staff and the city entrepreneurs. The total Faisalabad Municipal Corporation area is 12, 065 hectares.
1.1 Population Increase
The increase in the population of Faisalabad from 1901 to the 1998 census is given in the table-1 below:
TABLE –1: POPULATION 1901-1991
Y e a r
Population
Increase Over Last Census Figure
Percentage Growth over Last Census Figure
Growth Rate Percent Per Annum
1901
9,171
-
-
-
1911
19,008
9,337
101.8
-
1921
23,136
4,128
21.7
-
1931
42,922
19,786
85.52
-
1941
Faisalabad
CITY PROFILE and SELECTION OF WARDS
March 2001
CITY PROFILE OF FAISALABAD
1. ESTABLISHMENT AND GROWTH OF FAISALABAD
Faisalabad previously known as Lyallpur was established between 1895 and 1905 as a mandi or market town as a part programme of colonization of the West Punjab. It was named after Sir James Lyall, the then Lieutenant Governor of the Punjab. The town was laid out by Captain Pepham Young in the form of a square on an area of 45 hectares with room for extension on the northwest and southwest. The roads radiating from the center, which had a Clock Tower, resembled the Union Jack. Industry came to the town during the 1930's with the Lyallpur Cotton Mills (completed in 1934) being the first major unit followed by three other units during the same decade. After Independence in 1947 the town grew rapidly, initially due to the influx of Muslim refugees from India and later due to government policies that promoted industrialization and green revolution technologies. Today Faisalabad has become a sprawling, very rapidly expanding city characterized by large un-serviced and under-serviced areas (slums and katchi abadis) where the vast majority of the population resides in poor living conditions. The planned and well laid out low-density areas provide housing for the government officials and staff and the city entrepreneurs. The total Faisalabad Municipal Corporation area is 12, 065 hectares.
1.1 Population Increase
The increase in the population of Faisalabad from 1901 to the 1998 census is given in the table-1 below:
TABLE –1: POPULATION 1901-1991
Y e a r
Population
Increase Over Last Census Figure
Percentage Growth over Last Census Figure
Growth Rate Percent Per Annum
1901
9,171
-
-
-
1911
19,008
9,337
101.8
-
1921
23,136
4,128
21.7
-
1931
42,922
19,786
85.52
-
1941