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DEMOGRAPHIC HISTORY OF  GOJRA.

 

                                                       

 

GOJRA:

 

The word Gojra is derived from “Gouchara” which was Formerly known

as “Gojrah” and then GOJRA.  This area was meadow on the past quarter

of 19^th   century. The Hindu shepherd who came abroad settled here and

those people use to bring up cows and due to their profession this place

was called as “Gouchara” means cow’s pasture. At that time two water

channels passed near by Gojra. One of these flows in the East and other in

 the West. The Western was called “Budh”, which is well known as dry old

river bed even today. The Eastern has almost finished but in the shape of

 water-logged course it has been flowing since one decade. This argument is

 logical because the earlier inhabitants of this area now are called “JANGALI”  

are seen grazing their cows.  

          

  The history of Gojra is just old more than a century.

 Gojra Municipal Committee

came into being in 1896 with the establishment of Fasialabad

city (Lyallpur city).

The regular settlements commenced in this area by the

construction of lower

Chenab canal on 1892.

             

Agriculture was started with the supply of canal water.

The Gojra marker was established in 1894.

This town was connected with Fasialabad by rail in 1899.

        

  

 Toba Tek Singh was upgraded to sub-division in 1900 and Gojra was of it’s a

 “THANA” (Division of Tehsil).

A police station was established here in 1903.  It was declared “B” class Municipal

Committee in 1979 and was upgraded to sub-division in 1982.

 

 The viceroy Lord Karzan, visited the area in 1927 and the magistrate empowered

the authority of allotment. A post office was established due to local social and

commercial necessities in 1923. The telephone service was started I 1936,

Which was attached with Jhang. Municipal Committee set up a primary school on 1901,

Which was upgraded to Middle School in 1905 and then High School on 1914.

The Inter collage was established in 1958 and was upgraded to Degree collage in 1970.

 

POPULATION:

 

      Total population of Gojra was 484 thousand persons according to 1998 census

whereas it was 357 thousand persons in 1981 census. The percentage increase during

 the intervening period of 18 years between the two census was 41.1% with an annual

 growth of 3.48%. The following statement shows at a glance the variation in

 population before from 1951.   

 

             

             TOTAL POPULATION OF GOJRA

          IN DIFFERENT POPULATION CENSUSS

 

               

       

Censuses	Population (in ‘000 persons)
1961	229
1972	339
1981	357
1998	484

 

Gojra is basically an agricultural area and market of different agriculture products.

It is a central city having 132 villages. The ratio of rural and urban population is as under:-

 

        RURAL AND URBAN POPULATION

        ACCORDING TO THE CENSUS1998

 

Years	Total Population (000)	Rural Population (000)	Urban Population (000)	% age of Urban Population
1981	357	289	68	19.0
1998	484	369	115	23.8

 

  Population of the Gojra city is rapidly increasing due to the trend of urbanization

in various Asian countries. The increase in the population of Gojra city is

from 1896 to 1998 is shows in the following table:

    

                       

Years	Population
1896	2000
1941	12964
1951	20891
1961	29791
1972	41992
1981	68005
1998	114936

 

The values in 1971 were statistically estimated because in 1971 due to the Pak-India

 war census was not conducted and then completed in 1972 and also there was no

census conducted in 1991 which is scheduled year of census according to UN Bureau

of Statistics. It conducted in 1998.

 

 The population of the localities if Tehsil Gojra according to

population census organization is as under:

                   

Year	Population (000 persons)
1972	42
1981	68
1998	115

The growth rate between censuses 1981 to 1998 in 18 years is 3.1%

  

        The total area of Tehsil Gojra is 916 squire km’s and having population

 848 thousand persons. So the density of the population is 489 persons

per square km, which was 347 according to census 1981 shows increasing

142 person per square km area. If we see the sex structure of population

 in Gojra that is:-

 

  

Years	Total Population	Male	Female	Per Hundred       Female
1981	357	186	171	109
1998	484	249	236	106

 

 This was showing increase in female population at the rate of 3% and

decrease in the male population 3%. So from that we say in this society the

ratio of increase in female population as compared to male is increasing.

According to the general study of population, the annual growth

rate is decreasing such as---

 

Years	Growing rate
1972-1981	3.52%
1981-1998	3.48%

 

Which shows 0.04% decrease in the growth rate and 194 persons

from the total population in District Toba Tek Singh,

there are two religions existed in the population?

1.            Muslims

2.            Christians

 

Number of the Muslims population is 900997 and

non-Muslims 37642, 1195 babies take birth annually and 329 die every year.  

 

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