Nimapada (also spelt as Nimapara) is a town and a
Notified Area Council
A nagar panchayat (town panchayat; ) or Notified Area Council (NAC) in India is a settlement in transition from rural to urban and therefore a form of an urban political unit comparable to a municipality. An urban centre with more than 12,000 ...
(NAC) in
Puri district
Puri district is a coastal district of the Odisha state of India. It has one sub-division, 11 tahasils and 11 blocks and comprises 1722 revenue villages. Puri is the only municipality of the district. Konark, Pipili and Nimapara are the thre ...
on the way to
Konark
Konark is a medium town in the Puri district in the state of Odisha, India. It lies on the coast by the Bay of Bengal, 65 kilometres from the capital of the state, Bhubaneswar. It is the site of the 13th-century Sun Temple, also known as t ...
and 40 km from the state capital
Bhubaneswar
Bhubaneswar (; ) is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Odisha. The region, especially the old town, was historically often depicted as ''Ekamra Kshetra'' (area (''kshetra'') adorned with mango trees (''ekamra'')). Bhubaneswar is ...
in the
India
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state
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of
Odisha
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.
Geography
Nimapada is located at . It has an average elevation of .
Demographics
India
census
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, Nimapada had a population of 16,914. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Nimapada has an average literacy rate of 77%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 82%, and female literacy is 72%. In Nimapada, 10% of the population is under 6 years of age.
Politics
Current
MLA from Nimapara (Gen) Assembly Constituency is Mr. Sameer Ranjan Dash(Bhaina)
BJD, who won the seat in State elections in 2009,2014,2019 with a big margin, against pravati parida(apa) of bjp. Previous MLAs from this seat were Baidhar Mallick of BJP on 2000 and 2004, Rabindra Kumar Sethy of
INC in 1995 and 1985 and 1980 (in 1980, he represented INC(I)), Benudhara Sethy of
BJD in 1990, Govind Chandra Sethi of JNP in 1977.
Nimapara is part of
Jagatsinghpur (Lok Sabha constituency)
Jagatsinghpur Lok Sabha Constituency is one of the 21 Lok Sabha (Parliamentary) Constituencies in Odisha state in Eastern India.
Assembly segments
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.
References
{{Puri district
Cities and towns in Puri district