Nimsa


Nimsa is a census town in the Jamuria CD block in the Asansol Sadar subdivision of the Paschim Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Geography

Location

Nimsa is located at

Urbanisation

According to the 2011 census, 83.33% of the population of Asansol Sadar subdivision was urban and 16.67% was rural. In 2015, the municipal areas of Kulti, Raniganj and Jamuria were included within the jurisdiction of Asansol Municipal Corporation.Asansol Sadar subdivision has 26 Census Towns..

Demographics

According to the 2011 Census of India, Nimsa had a total population of 3,459 of which 1,813 were males and 1,646 were females. Population in the age range of 0-6 years was 403. The total number of literate persons in Nimsa was 2,074.
According to the District Census Handbook 2011, Bardhaman, Nimsa covered an area of 4.0266 km2. Among the civic amenities, it had 7 km roads with open drains, the protected water supply involved service reservoir, tap water from treated sources, uncovered wells. It had 517 domestic electric connections and 37 road lighting. Among the medical facilities it had 1 medicine shop. Among the educational facilities it had were 3 primary schools, 1 middle school, 1 secondary school, 1 senior secondary school, the nearest general degree college at Pandaveswar 8 km away. Among the important commodities it manufactured were coal and paddy.

Economy

As per ECL website telephone numbers, operational collieries in the Kenda Area of Eastern Coalfields in 2018 are: Bahula Colliery, Chora Block Incline, CI Jambad Colliery, Chora OCP, Haripur Colliery, Lower Kenda Colliery, New Kenda Colliery, Siduli Colliery, SK OCP, West Kenda OCP.

Education

Nimsha Khottadih Alinagar High School is a Bengali-medium coeducational institution established in 1965. It has facilities for teaching from class V to class XII. The school has 10 computers and a library with 116 books.
Bhuri Farfari S. Junior High School is a Bengali-medium coeducational institution established in 2009. It has facilities for teaching from class V to class VIII.
There are Bengali-medium and Hindi-medium primary schools in the area.