Nimapada (also spelt as Nimapara) is a town and a
Notified Area Council (NAC) in
Puri district
Puri district is a coastal district of the Odisha state of India. It has one Administrative subdivision, sub-division, 11 Tehsils, tahasils and 11 Block (country subdivision), blocks and comprises 1722 revenue villages. Puri is the only Nagar ...
on the way to
Konark
Konark is a medium-sized 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 state capital Bhubaneswar. It is the site of the 13th-century Konark Sun Temple, Sun Temple, also ...
and 40 km from the state capital
Bhubaneswar
Bhubaneswar () is the capital and the largest city of the States and territories of India, Indian state of Odisha. It is located in the Khordha district. The suburban region, especially the old town, was historically often depicted as ''Chakra ...
in the
India
India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since ...
n
state
State most commonly refers to:
* State (polity), a centralized political organization that regulates law and society within a territory
**Sovereign state, a sovereign polity in international law, commonly referred to as a country
**Nation state, a ...
of
Odisha
Odisha (), formerly Orissa (List of renamed places in India, the official name until 2011), is a States and union territories of India, state located in East India, Eastern India. It is the List of states and union territories of India by ar ...
.
Geography
Nimapada is located at . It has an average elevation of .
Demographics
India
census
A census (from Latin ''censere'', 'to assess') is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording, and calculating population information about the members of a given Statistical population, population, usually displayed in the form of stati ...
, Nimapada had a population of 16,914, with males constituting 52% and females 48% of the population. The average literacy rate of 77% is higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 82%, and female literacy 72%. In Nimapada, 10% of the population is under 6 years of age.
Politics
The current
MLA from Nimapara (Gen) Assembly Constituency is Pravati Parida of the
BJP, who won the seat in the State elections in 2024. The position was held by
BJD for a long time. 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, and Govind Chandra Sethi of JNP in 1977.
Nimapara is part of
Jagatsinghpur (Lok Sabha constituency).
References
{{Authority control
Cities and towns in Puri district