Adipur is a town in Gandhidham Municipal Corporation of Kutch District in the state of Gujarat, India. The town is situated approximately 5 miles (8.0 km) from Gandhidham.

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Adipur
Town
Gandhi Samadhi
Adipur Location in Gujarat, India Show map of Gujarat Adipur Adipur (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 23.073454°N 70.090585°E / 23.073454; 70.090585
Country	India
State	Gujarat
Municipality	Gandhidham Municipal Corporation
Government
• Type	Municipality
Elevation	27 m (89 ft)
Population  (2001)
• Total	86,388
Languages
• Official	Sindhi, Gujarati, Hindi, Kutchi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	370205
Telephone code	02836
Vehicle registration	GJ-12
Sex ratio	0.894 ♂/♀
Distance from Bhuj	60 kilometres (37 mi)
Distance from Ahmedabad	350 kilometres (220 mi)
Website	gujaratindia.com

History

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 Sindhi) immigrants from Sindh, Now West Pakistan. The Maharaja of Kutch, Vijayaraji donated 15,000 acres (61 km²) of land.[1] 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.[1]

Adipur is famous for Gandhi Samadhi and a huge number of Charlie Chaplin fans and impersonators.[2]

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
• Kandla
• Galpadar

References