Nimapada (also spelt as Nimapara) is a town and a Notified Area Council (NAC) in Puri district on the way to Konark and 40 km from the state capital Bhubaneswar in the Indian state of Odisha.

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.

[3] Nimapara is part of Jagatsinghpur (Lok Sabha constituency).