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{{other uses|Adampur (disambiguation)}}
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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Adampur
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| other_name = Adampur Doaba
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| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Punjab, India|Punjab]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Jalandhar district|Jalandhar]]
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| founder = Rahi Litt
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| leader_title = MLA (Member of Legislative Assembly)
| leader_name = Sukhwinder Singh Kotli ([[Indian National Congress]])
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| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
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'''Adampur''' is a town, a [[municipal council]] and a sub-tehsil in [[Jalandhar district]] in the [[India]]n state of [[Punjab (India)|Punjab]].

==Geography==
Adampur Doaba is located at {{Coord|31.43|N|75.72|E|}}.<ref>[http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/23/Adampur.html Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Adampur]</ref> It has an average elevation of 233 metres (764 feet). It is located at a distance of 24 km from its district headquarters [[Jalandhar]] and approximately 26 km from [[Hoshiarpur]]. The nearest hill station is [[Dharamsala, Himachal Pradesh|Dharamshala]] which is the headquarters of the [[Dalai Lama]]. Another hill-station around Adampur is [[McLeodganj]]. The Main Bazaar is the main market and one of the best areas to live in and around the town.

It is situated in the center of [[Punjab, India|Punjab]] and its two main cities, [[Jalandhar]] and [[Hoshiarpur]].

The clock tower of Adampur and Punjab Khadi Mandal are some of the oldest buildings of this town. The Khadi Bhandar was inaugurated by [[Mahatma Gandhi]].

The [[Adampur Air Force Station]] was built by the British in the early 1900s and is the second largest Air Force base in India. The [[Adampur Airport|domestic airport of Jalandhar]] is also situated at Adampur.

The railway line which runs through Adampur was constructed by the British in 1902. Adampur train station was built, which was later renamed Khurdpur due to the close proximity of the Air Force base.

== History ==
According to the history the town was founded by a person named Rahi who was a [[Jats|Jatt]] of Litt Clan and originally named it Raipur Litt\Raipur Littan, later Bhaun [[Jats|Jatts]] took possession of the town and sold it to a [[Pashtuns|pathan]] named Adam Khan who was from the Village Dhogri & he renamed it to Adampur.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Government of Punjab |url=http://archive.org/details/dli.ministry.08593 |title=Punjab District Gazetteers, Volume XIV A. Jullundur District, with maps, 1904 |date=1908 |publisher=Lahore, Civil and Military Gazette Press}}</ref>

==Demographics==
As of the 2011 India [[census]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archive-date=2004-06-16|title= Census of India 2011: Data from the 2011 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)|access-date=2008-11-01|publisher= Census Commission of India}}</ref> the Adampur Municipal Council had a population of 20,922, of whom 11,152 were males while 9,770 were females as per the report released by Census India 2011. Adampur had an average literacy rate of 87.98%, higher than the national average of 75.84%. 12% of the population was under 6 years of age. The scheduled caste population was 47.30%.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://socialjustice.nic.in/blocksc50.php?format=print |title=State-wise, District-wise List of Blocks with >40% but less than 50% SC population |url-status=dead |access-date=12 July 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130723091635/http://socialjustice.nic.in/blocksc50.php?format=print |archive-date=23 July 2013 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

The Virdi family of the Ramgarhia community are one of the oldest serving families in Adampur, tracing their settlement into the town from the 1700s.{{citation needed|date=July 2025}}

==Legislative setup==
The city is part of the [[Adampur, Punjab Assembly constituency|Adampur legislative assembly constituency]]. [[Sukhwinder Singh Kotli]] of Congress is the current MLA from this seat. The town comes under the [[Jalandhar Lok Sabha constituency|Jalandhar parliamentary constituency]], which is currently represented by [[Charanjit Singh Channi]] of Indian National Congress.

==See also==
* [[Khurdpur]]
* [[Khiala Pind]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.censusindia.gov.in/pca/SearchDetails.aspx?Id=32367 Jalandhar district]

{{Jalandhar district}}
{{Indian Air Force}}

[[Category:Cities and towns in Jalandhar district]]

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SanjayGhare at 12:06, 21 January 2026