Ahmadpur East Tehsil
تحصیل احمدپور شرقیہ | |
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  Ahmadpur East Tehsil Location in Pakistan | |
| Coordinates: 29°09′N 71°16′E / 29.150°N 71.267°E | |
| Country |  Pakistan |
| Province |  Punjab |
| District | Bahawalpur |
| Population | |
| • Tehsil | 1,078,683 |
| • Urban | 175,977 |
| • Rural | 902,706 |
| Time zone | UTC+5 (PST) |
| Area code | 06222 |
Ahmadpur East or Ahmadpur Sharqia (Punjabi, Saraiki, Urdu: تحصِيل احمدپُور شرقیہ) is one of the five tehsils, or administrative subdivisions, of Bahawalpur District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. Its capital is Ahmadpur East. With approximately 1 million inhabitants, it is the largest tehsil in terms of population in Pakistan. The main language spoken in the region is Saraiki. Urdu And Punjabi are also spoken. Urdu and English are the official languages used in various educational and government institutions.Famous social worker Irfan Balouch Tehsil President of international Human Rights Movement & Human Rights Protection and Social Justice Ahmadpur East lives here who got Best Influencer award in Jeddah 2023.
- ^ "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.