Nimapur

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Nimapur
Village
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Nimapur
Location in Odisha, India
Coordinates: 20°34′03″N86°36′36″E / 20.567509°N 86.610031°E / 20.567509; 86.610031 Coordinates: 20°34′03″N86°36′36″E / 20.567509°N 86.610031°E / 20.567509; 86.610031
CountryFlag of India.svg  India
State Odisha
Languages
  Official Odia
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)

Nimapur is a village situated in Kendrapara district in the state of Odisha, India, situated next to the Brahmani river (second largest river in Odisha). The Bay Of Bengal is only few miles away towards the east of Nimapur.

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Education

People are well educated in this village. N.S. High School attracts many students from its surrounding villages. With many colleges in its proximity, everybody gets an opportunity for higher education, even staying at home. The village co-located with nimapur is having all the schools i.e. lower primary, primary, middle and high school. The village sasan is itself a gram panchayat and have its panchayat office, RI office and health extension counter.

Transport

The capital city Bhubaneswar is just 120 km away (the route passes through Cuttack, the ancient capital city) and private buses travel to the capital every 30 minutes in the forenoon and is sparse in the afternoon as these vehicles generally return from Puri, Bhubaneswar, Cuttack and Paradeep. A large section of people own two-wheelers and a few people also own four-wheelers.

Festivals

Many Hindu festivals are celebrated in this village such as Karttikeya Puja, Lakshmi Puja, Ganesh Puja and Saraswati Puja. Village temples, Shiva temple and Thakuranhi (the temple of Goddess), also witness many celebrations.

Durga Puja also celebrated here as well as Khudurukuni Osha (Puja) is also celebrated here in large extent.

A Radha Krishna temple (already existing) has been renovated by the people as well as a Sidheswar Math (popularly called Sida Math) is here as place of worship.

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