Nimkhera (or Neemkheda; Hindi नीमखेड़ा) was one of the petty princely states l.s. also known as Rajput jagirs (feudatory estates).
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History
Nimkhera was held by a branch of the Rajput Chauhan dynasty, under administrative control of salute state Dhar, initially as a Bhumiate Zamindar estate, like Jamnia.
It covered 233 Square Kilometers km², comprising 91 villages, with a population at one point of 8,276, and a revenue of 18,000 Rupees in 1891.
Under the British raj, it was part of the colonial Bhopawar Agency. The privy purse was fixed at 47,011 Rupees, it ceased to exist by accession to Madhya Pradesh
Rulers
The ancestor of the ruling family was Rao Shivaji Chauhan, grandfather of Rao Bawalji. Rulers were initially styled Bhumia, later promoted Thakur, like most Rajput jagirdars in Dhar.
Bhumias
Thakurs
The line is nominally continued :