Ahmadpur East Tehsil

Ahmadpur East Tehsil
تحصیل احمدپور شرقیہ
Ahmadpur East Tehsil is located in Pakistan
Ahmadpur East Tehsil
Ahmadpur East Tehsil
Location in Pakistan
Coordinates: 29°09′N 71°16′E / 29.150°N 71.267°E / 29.150; 71.267
Country Pakistan
ProvincePunjab, Pakistan Punjab
DistrictBahawalpur
Population
 • Tehsil1,078,683
 • Urban
175,977
 • Rural
902,706
Time zoneUTC+5 (PST)
Area code06222

Ahmadpur East or Ahmadpur Sharqia (Punjabi, Saraiki, Urdu: تحصِيل احمدپُور شرقیہ) is one of the five tehsils, or administrative subdivisions, of Bahawalpur District.

Ahmedpur East was built by Ahmed Khan son of Qadir Din Khan and grandson of Piruj Khan, in 1748 A.D. The City was badly damaged by the heavy floods from Ghara River, during 1758 A.D. A new City on a mound half a mile to the South of previous site was selected for the present City. Ahmed khan pirjani have 8 sons which are given below:-Brahim khan, Daud khan, Islam khan, Alam khan, Mohabbat khan, Qabil khan, Qadir dina khan, Qutab khan

  1. ^ "DISTRICT AND TEHSIL LEVEL POPULATION SUMMARY WITH REGION BREAKUP: PUNJAB" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. 2018-01-03. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-04-25. Retrieved 2018-04-24.

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