Ahmadpur Sial , is a city in Jhang District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. The city is the headquarters of Ahmedpur Sial Tehsil which an administrative subdivision of the district. Its population in 1998 was 13,131. It is situated on the Khushab – Muzaffargargh road, 98 km from Muzaffargarh and 150 km from Khushab. It lies just a few kilometers from the Chenab River. It is a highly agricultural area, with wheat, cotton, rice and sugar cane being the major crops. It got the status of Tehsil in October 2005 by the efforts of Ex MNA and MPA that time, Late Khan Najaf Abbas Khan sial who is also known as Bani-e-tehsil by the residents. It is currently very important tehsil for constituency NA-116 and PP-130 and perviously lied in NA-91 and PP-83. Many politicians have their political offices here; Late Khan Najaf Abbas Khan Sial, Ameer Abbas Khan Sial, Late Chaudhary Muhammad Afzal Chadhar,Rana Imtiaz Ahmad Khan, Rana Shahbaz Ahmad Khan, Rana Touqeer Asif,Prof. Qaisar Mehdi sab and Khawar Rizvi are few famous personalities of Ahmad Pur Sial. Punjabi is main language spoken by majority of population,while urdu and seraiki are also commonly understood and spoken. Main occupation of residents of this area is farming and small businesses. Ahmadpur Sial is famous for finest quality of crops here because of its highly fertile soil. Ahmadpur sial is located just at the corner of Rechna Doab and near a small town of Machian Wala,river ravi and river chenab join into each other. Due to this Ahmadpur is frequent victim of downstream flooding every year as the rivers overflow their banks due to melting of glaciers in summers and excessive rainfall during the moonsoon season. Farmers of this area also have great interest in keeping livestock, as owning livestock is seen as a symbol of prestige in the area. Commonly cow,buffaloes, goats and sheeps are owned and kept at farms. Many people in the area also have great interest in keeping horses at their farms as Neza Baazi remains commonly played sports in the area. Other widely popular sports in the area include cricket,plastic volleyball and badminton. Football is also popular in the youth. Education in Ahmadpur mainly relies on govt schools and few private institutions.Govt High SchoolAhmedpur Sial has been very instrumental in terms of imparting high caliber education to students in Ahmedpur Sial and neighborhood and generated many scholars in myriad of fields. Chenab College Ahmadpur Sial branch, Educators Vision School and Brains academy are few noteable private schools in the area. Ahmedpur Sial once initiated an anti-money lender uprising, known as 'grain dacoitees', which later spread throughout the district and beyond.as
