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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Adipur
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| settlement_type = Town
| image_skyline = Gandhi Samadhi Memorial Adipur Kutch Gujarat (cropped).jpg
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| image_caption = Gandhi Samadhi
| pushpin_map = India Gujarat#India3
| pushpin_label_position = right
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Gujarat, India
| coordinates = {{coord|23.073454|N|70.090585|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Gujarat]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]|
| subdivision_type3 = Municipality
| subdivision_name3 = Gandhidham Municipality
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| government_type = [[Municipality]]|
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| unit_pref = Metric
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| elevation_m = 27
| population_total = 86388
| population_as_of = 2001
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| population_density_km2 = auto
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| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Sindhi language|Sindhi]], [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]], [[Hindi language|Hindi]], [[Kutchi language|Kutchi]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 370205
| area_code_type = Telephone code
| area_code = 02836
| registration_plate = GJ-12
| blank1_name_sec1 = [[Human sex ratio|Sex ratio]]
| blank1_info_sec1 = 0.894 [[male|♂]]/[[female|♀]]
| blank2_name_sec1 = Distance from [[Bhuj]]
| blank2_info_sec1 = {{convert|60|km|mi}}
| blank3_name_sec1 = Distance from [[Ahmedabad]]
| blank3_info_sec1 = {{convert|350|km|mi}}
| website = {{URL|gujaratindia.com}}
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'''Adipur''' is a town in [[Kutch District]] in the state of [[Gujarat]], [[India]]. The town is situated approximately {{convert|5|mi|km}} from [[Gandhidham]].

==History==
[[File:Gandhi Samadhi memorial plaque Adipur Kutch Gujarat (cropped).jpg|thumb|243x243px|Memorial plaque of Gandhi Samadhi|left]]
Adipur was initially founded as a refugee camp after the [[partition of India]], in 1947, by the [[government of India]]. Its administration was passed onto a self-governing body called the [[Sindhu Resettlement Corporation Ltd]] (SRC). The person credited with the formation of this settlement was [[Bhai Pratap Dialdas]], who requested land from [[Mahatma Gandhi]] for the (mostly [[Sindhis|Sindhi]]) immigrants from Sindh, [[Now West Pakistan]]. The Maharaja of Kutch, [[Vijayaraji]] donated {{convert|15000|acre|km2}} of land.<ref name=S>[http://www.sindhology.org/sindhiyat.asp Maharaja of Kutch on advice of Gandhiji, gave 15000 acres of land to Bhai Pratab, who founded Sindhu Resettlement Corporation Limited to rehabilitate Sindhi Hindus uprooted from their motherland.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100107184623/http://www.sindhology.org/sindhiyat.asp |date=2010-01-07 }}</ref> in Adipur/[[Gandhidham]], which was built on this land. Later the Indian Institute of Sindhology was established at Adipur is a center for advanced studies and research in the fields related to the [[Sindhi language]], literature, art and culture.<ref name=S/>

Adipur is famous for Gandhi Samadhi and a huge number of [[Charlie Chaplin]] fans and impersonators.<ref>{{cite web
| url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8631348.stm
| title = India's Chaplin-loving town
| author = Soutik Biswas
| publisher = [[BBC News]]
| date = 20 April 2010
| accessdate = 2010-04-23
| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20100423153633/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8631348.stm| archivedate= 23 April 2010 | url-status= live}}</ref>

==Climate==
The climate here is usual, there is virtually a trifle rainfall in a year in Adipur town.
This climate is considered to be BWh according to the Koppen-Geiger classification of climates.
The average annual temperature is 26.8c. The average rainfall is 375mm.

==Education==
Adipur has nine higher education institutions run by Gandhidham Collegiate Board(GCB):
* Tolani Commerce College
* Tolani College of Arts and Science
* Tolani Institute of Management Studies
* Tolani Foundation Gandhidham Polytechnic
* Tolani College of Pharmacy
* Tolani institute of law
* Tolani institute of commerce
* Dada Dukhayal College of Education
* Dr. H. R. Gajwani College of Education

Admissions were traditionally competitive with the rest of the district, but overall, due to the limited infrastructure surrounding the campuses, the populace is mostly local students from Anjar, Gandhidham, Adipur, and other surrounding towns.

Schools in the city include Excelsior Model School, Shri R.P Patel High School, St. Xavier's School, Sadhu Hiranand Navalrai Academy, Maitri Maha Vidyalaya, Modern School, Mount Carmel School and Twinkle Star School.

==See also==
* [[Gandhidham]]
* [[Anjar, India|Anjar]]
* [[Kandla]]
* [[Galpadar]]

==References==
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[[Category:Cities and towns in Kutch district]]

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