Lyallpur Town
This article has been extracted from THE IMPERIAL GAZETTEER OF INDIA , 1908. OXFORD, AT THE CLARENDON PRESS. |
Note: National, provincial and district boundaries have changed considerably since 1908. Typically, old states, ‘divisions’ and districts have been broken into smaller units, and many tahsils upgraded to districts. Some units have since been renamed. Therefore, this article is being posted mainly for its historical value.
Lyallpur Town
Head-quarters of the Lyallpur tahsil and the Chenab Colony, and since 1904 of the new Lyallpur District, Punjab, situated in 31° 26' N. and 73° 91' E., on the North-Western Railway. Population (1906), 13,483. The municipality was created in 1898. The income during the four years ending 1902-3 averaged Rs. 23,500, and the expenditure Rs. 21,900. In 1903-4 the income was Rs. 66,800, derived mainly from octroi ; and the expenditure was Rs. 73,700. The town is one of the greatest depots for the exportation of wheat in the Province, and collects all kinds of agricultural produce from the Chenab Colony. It contains 5 cotton-ginning factories, 4 cotton-presses, 2 combined ginning and pressing factories, an iron foundry, and a flour-mill. The iron foundry and the flour-mill were closed in 1904, but the other factories employed 581 hands. Lyallpur has a .sub-agency of the Commercial Bank of India, and a detach- ment of the Punjab Light Horse ; also a dispensary and an Anglo- vernacular middle school, maintained by the municipality.
