About Nimba Village

Nimba is a mid sized village in Goregaon tehsil, in the district of Gondiya, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,427, made up of 701 males and 726 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,036 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1051.36 hectares hectares.

Nimba Overview

Census 2011 figures for Nimba village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Gondiya
Tehsil	Goregaon
Area (hectares)	1051.36 hectares
Population	1,427
Male Population	701
Female Population	726
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,036
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Nimba compares

By the 2011 count Nimba is the 34th largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,338 residents. Its 1051.36 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1009.

Getting to Nimba

Nimba is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Nimba as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Nimba from other places

Nimba lies about 29 km from Gondiya, and the nearest railway station is Dhanoli, about 16 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 Nimba
Nearest railway station	Dhanoli	16 km
Tehsil headquarters	Goregaon	18 km
District headquarters	Gondiya	29 km
Nearest town	Gondiā	29 km

Villages closest to Nimba

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

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Common questions about Nimba

As per the Census of India 2011, Nimba village had a population of 1,427. That makes it the 34th largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,338 residents.

Nimba village has 701 males and 726 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Nimba has about 1036 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1009.

Nimba covers 1051.36 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Nimba falls under Goregaon tehsil of Gondiya district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Nimba is Dhanoli, about 16 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 village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Nimba.

Nimba is about 29 km from Gondiya in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Nimba is in Goregaon tehsil of Gondiya district. Dhanoli is about 16 km away. Goregaon is about 18 km away. Gondiya is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.