Layyah

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Layyah (Urdu: لیہ) is a city located in Layyah District, Punjab, Pakistan.

Contents 1 History 1.1 Census of Khawaja Shaikhs 2 Administrative Division 3 Education 4 LAYYAH FUTURE INDUSTRIAL POTENTIAL 5 References

[edit] History

It used to have a sizeable Hindu population before the independence, after independence they migrated to Panipat a city in the state of Haryana in India.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DISTRICT

District Layyah is bounded of the North by district Bhakkar, on East by district Jhang. River Indus flows on its Western side across which lies district D.G.Khan and on the south district Muzaffargarh. District Layyah has an area of 6291 square kilometres and comprises the three tehsils of:

1. Layyah 2. Chaubara 3. Karor Lal Esan

CLIMATE AND GENERAL SOIL CONDITIONS

The district Layyah has an extremely hot climate. The temperature in winter is low due to nearness to Koh-Suleman range of mountains. The tehsil Chaubara is almost barren and consists of forest and sand dunes. It is actually a ‘Rakh’ under the control of Forest Department. The thesil of Layyah and Karor Lal Esan are comparatively better developed agriculturally but they have also large tracks of sand dunes and uncultivated land. The river Indus passes from North to South on Western side of the district and touches D.G.Khan.

District : This District was carved out from Muzaffargarh Distt. in the year 1982. District has 03 Sub Divisions (Tehsils) namely Layyah, Karor & Choubara. Situation : The Layyah is situated between the River Indus and Chenab in Sindh Sagar Doab in central area of Pakistan. In the North, there is District Bhakkar, Muzaffargarh in the South, Jhang in the East and D.G.Khan in the West across the river. The District is of semi rectangular shape and has sandy land. Area : Total area of the District is 6291 Sq.KM. It is 88 KM Long from East to West & 75KM Wide from North to South.

[edit] Census of Khawaja Shaikhs

The first census of the Punjab was conducted by Ibbetson and MacLagan in 1883 and 1892, according to their reports, the Khawajas of Layyah were converted from the Khatri caste of the Punjab and belonged to the following Khatri sections:

Kapur, Puri, Tandan and Gambhir^[1]

[edit] Administrative Division

Layyah is sub divided into three tehsils Layyah, Chowbara and Karor. Urban population is mostly located in Layyah tehsil and other two tehsils are of rural populations. The most common crops are Wheat and cotton.

[edit] Education

Currently Layyah has no university, but the Govt. Degree College Layyah is offering Master's Cources in English,Urdu, Mathematics, Physics and islamiat in Collaboration with BZU Multan. There is one commerce college and Technical College in the district. There is girls college in the city which is not enough for the population of the city. Apart from Govt. Colleges there are many private colleges in the city now which are offering many cources at different levels. LICCS, PICCS, Khan Comercial College are few of them.

Main Crops Average Percentage Cotton 10% Wheat 45% Sugarcane 05% Gram 25% Oil Seed, Pulses etc. 15%

IRRIGATION The Irrigation System Is Mainly Based On The Distributaries Of Thal Canal Which Originates From Jinnah Barrage (KALA BAGH). The Length Of The Distributaries In The District Is 518 KM.

[edit] LAYYAH FUTURE INDUSTRIAL POTENTIAL

Keeping in view the availability of raw-material, skilled labour, industrial units, local / national / international demand, future industrial potential of district Layyah is discussed hereunder:-It would, however, be kept in mind that though the above mentioned factors facilitate the success of any industrial unit, yet the entire success depends upon the investors / entrepreneurs and the capabilities of the personnel having the managerial control. Therefore, it is advisable that detailed feasibility of industrial project must be carried out before making final decision for investment

AGRICULTURE

Major Crops of the district are wheat, cotton, guar seed and sugarcane. The average annual production of wheat, guar seed and sugarcane over the period 1998-2001 was 365, 22 and 619 thousand M. Tons respectively and of cotton was 99 thousands bales. Other important crop is gram. Its average annual production over the period 1998-2001 was 44 thousand M. Tons In district Layyah one sugar mill, 4 flour mills, 8 cotton ginning and pressing factories and 20 oil expelling units are operating. District Layyah is one of the least industrially developed districts of Punjab. In view of the availability of raw material, there exists good scope for guar-gum manufacturing units. Guar-gum is manufactured in three grades i.e. food grade for confectionery, ice cream and other foods, technical grade for paper industry, industrial grade for pharmaceutical industry and cosmetics etc. It is also a exportable item and guar meal is used in poultry/animal feeds. Besides, there exists scope of Dal-milling units and the availability of cotton also warrants establishments of cotton spinning and weaving units LIVESTOCK

As per Livestock Census, 1996, the population of cattle, buffaloes, sheep and goats was 267, 205, 315 and 347 thousand heads respectively. As regards poultry, there are only 175 broiler and 55 layers poultry farms having rearing capacity of 1641 and 135 thousand birds. The annual availability of hides/skins is estimated at 73400 pieces, which are sufficient for a small size tannery. The estimated annual production of wool i.e. 315 M. Tons reflects scope for wool processing and spinning units

INDUSTRY The only major industrial unit in the district is a sugar mill. A polypropylene woven bags/cotton bags making unit can be established to meet the packing requirement of the sugar mill. However, there exists good scope for paper and paper board mill on the basis of availability of bagasse and for poultry/cattle feed mill because basic raw-material i.e. molasses, guar meal, slaughter house waste, etc. are locally available DEMAND BASED INDUSTRY As Layyah is one of least industrialized districts of Punjab, therefore, it is appropriate that such industries may be established which can sell their products easily in the local market such as Niwar making, Laundry Soap, Tyre retreading, Cattle/Sheep/Goats Fattening Farms, Cold Storage, Biscuits, Steel Furniture, Electrical Accessories like Plugs, Switches, Boards, etc. Sewing Machines and Desert Coolers can also be manufactured by purchasing major electrical/mechanical parts from the manufacturers of other districts.

[edit] References