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About Nima Village

Nima is a mid sized village in Punpun tehsil, in the district of Patna, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,200, made up of 641 males and 559 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 872 females per 1000 males. The village covers 211 hectares hectares.

Nima Overview

Census 2011 figures for Nima village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Patna
Tehsil Punpun
Area (hectares) 211 hectares
Population 1,200
Male Population 641
Female Population 559
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 872
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Nima compares

By the 2011 count Nima is the 32nd largest of the 77 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,761 residents. Its 211 hectares work out to about 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 917.

Getting to Nima

Nima is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Nima as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Nima from other places

Nima lies about 15 km from Patna, and the nearest railway station is Maranchi Halt, about 1.6 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Nima
Nearest railway station Maranchi Halt 1.6 km
Tehsil headquarters Punpun 4.5 km
Nearest town Phulwari Sharif 14 km
District headquarters Patna 15 km

Villages closest to Nima

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Punpun tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

Common questions about Nima

As per the Census of India 2011, Nima village had a population of 1,200. That makes it the 32nd largest of the 77 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,761 residents.

Nima village has 641 males and 559 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Nima has about 872 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 917.

Nima covers 211 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Nima falls under Punpun tehsil of Patna district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Nima is Maranchi Halt, about 1.6 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Nima.

Nima is about 15 km from Patna in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Nima is in Punpun tehsil of Patna district. Maranchi Halt is about 1.6 km away. Punpun is about 4.5 km away. Phulwari Sharif is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Baisa (under 2 km), Nuri Chak (under 2 km) and Paikauli (under 2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Nima today is likely to be higher.

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