This document provides details of the land use plan for Amritsar, India. It summarizes the existing land use patterns and population statistics for Amritsar as of 2001 and projected for 2031. It notes some gaps in the current land use such as poor maintenance of heritage areas, scarcity of recreational areas, and insufficient parking. The document outlines that future growth directions for Amritsar will be toward the airport to the northwest and toward the Jalandhar Road to the southeast.

1. PLANNING
STUDIO-I
AMRITSAR
Presented by: Devender Sharma

2. Detail of Amritsar LPA
Notified on 18th July, 2007
Area 1,39,419 hectares
Population (2001 census) 16,60,466
Projected population (2031) 30,17,936
Existing urbanisable area (2001) 9660.27 hectares
Proposed urbanisable area (2031) 17,210 hectares
Comprises of MC Amritsar, four urban settlements and 310 Rural settlements
Note LPA Amritsar comprises of 52.67% of the area and 76.98% of the population of Amritsar
district

3. Existing Landuse Pattern

4. Detail of existing land use (2010) and
proposed land use (2031)
Sr.
no.
Type of Land
Use
% of developed area
(2010)
% of proposed
developed area (2031)
Requirement as per
URDPFI Guidelines
(for large cities)
1 Residential 51.74 43 36-39
2 Commercial
4.72 5
5-6
3 Industrial 5.35 11 7-8
4 Public and Semi
Public
20.04
5 Government
11
10-12
6 Utilities and Services
7 Recreational
1.50 15
14-16
8 Traffic and

5. Gaps in the existing landuse
 Poor maintenance of heritage areas especially being a
historical city
 Scarcity of Recreational areas
 Insufficient parking
 Lack of direct connectivity between major places of the city
e.g. walled city, Airport.

6. Direction of growth
 Towards the Airport
(Ajnala Road in the
North-West Direction)
 Towards Jalandhar
Road in the south east
direction

7. Demographic Pattern

8. Demographic Pattern

9. Population Forecast