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Nimo སྙེ་མོ་ Nyemo, Nimmoo, Nimu, Nimmu, Snymoo | |
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  Nimo Location in Ladakh, India Show map of Ladakh Nimo Nimo (India) Show map of India | |
| Coordinates:34°11′43″N77°20′07″E / 34.1951812°N 77.335314°E /34.1951812; 77.335314 | |
| Country |  India |
| Union Territory | Ladakh |
| District | Leh |
| Tehsil | Leh[1] |
| Elevation | 3,140 m (10,300 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 1,134 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Ladakhi,Hindi,English |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| 2011 census code | 852 |
Nimo[a] orNyemo[2] (Tibetan:སྙེ་མོ་,Wylie:snye mo) is a village and the headquarters of an eponymouscommunity development block in theLeh district ofLadakh,India.[3] It is located in theLehtehsil, 35 km from Leh.
Nimoo is a stop for all the river rafting groups and is the main starting point for the annually held all-India river rafting expedition on theIndus River.
The temperature here varies from 40 °C in summer to −29 °C in winter. Due to such a harsh climate andextreme weather conditions, this area has very little vegetation cover (as seen in the picture on the right). It has a hydroelectric power plant known as the Nimu-Bazgo dam.[4]
Magnet Hill is agravity defying road[5][6] 7.5 km southeast of Nimoo.
On 6 August 2010, the village was impacted by the2010 Ladakh floods.
Nimo has several monasteries and orchards. Rafting in theIndus River (Grade 1) and rafting in theZanskar River (Grade 2) are popular outdoor sports. The confluence of Zanskar and Indus rivers is located close by.[7]
Nimoo is also very famous for its tea-samosa and Chola-puri at Nimoo Market.
Magnet Hill orNimoo-Leh Magnet Hill is agravity hill located nearLeh inLadakh,India.[5] Due to the surrounding geographical features, it has anoptical illusion where vehicles seem to roll uphill in defiance of gravity when they are, in fact, rolling downhill.[6] It is 7.5 km southeast of Nimo and 26.5 km west of Leh onSrinagar-Ladakh road.
Nimo is religiously significant forBuddhism andSikhism.Along with the Ganges, the Indus river is also considered very important in Hindu theology.[8]
Sri Pathar SahibGurudwara is also situated in this town and is important to Sikhs.
According to the2011 census of India, Nimo has 193 households. The effective literacy rate (i.e. the literacy rate of population excluding children aged 6 and below) is 72.51%.[9]
| Total | Male | Female | |
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| Population | 1134 | 568 | 566 |
| Children aged below 6 years | 119 | 51 | 68 |
| Scheduled caste | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Scheduled tribe | 1071 | 535 | 536 |
| Literates | 736 | 405 | 331 |
| Workers (all) | 603 | 364 | 239 |
| Main workers (total) | 509 | 336 | 173 |
| Main workers: Cultivators | 224 | 148 | 76 |
| Main workers: Agricultural labourers | 9 | 4 | 5 |
| Main workers: Household industry workers | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Main workers: Other | 275 | 184 | 91 |
| Marginal workers (total) | 94 | 28 | 66 |
| Marginal workers: Cultivators | 58 | 15 | 43 |
| Marginal workers: Agricultural labourers | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| Marginal workers: Household industry workers | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Marginal workers: Others | 31 | 11 | 20 |
| Non-workers | 531 | 204 | 327 |
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