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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
RATANABATI BHATRA
Contact: 76****1982
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- LGD code
- 427735
- Pincode
- 764071
- Post office
- Papadahandi
- Population
- 543
- Households
- 130
- Literacy rate
- 30.6%
- Sex ratio
- 1080 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 302
Census 2011 · in context
How Minja compares
By population, Minja ranks #63 of 77 villages in Paparahandi mandal.
Literacy rate
%
30.6%
−5.6% vs mandal average
- Minja
- 30.6%
- Paparahandi mandal
- 36.2%
- Nabarangpur district
- 38.5%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,080
+57 vs mandal average
- Minja
- 1,080
- Paparahandi mandal
- 1,023
Household size
people per home
4.2
−0.1 vs mandal average
- Minja
- 4.2
- Paparahandi mandal
- 4.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Minja at a glance
Minja is a village of 543 people in 130 households (Census 2011) in Paparahandi block, Nabarangpur district, Odisha, the 63rd-largest of 77 villages in Paparahandi block. Literacy is 31%, 6 points below the block average, and the sex ratio is 1,080 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 764071, served by Papadahandi post office; the LGD village code is 427735. The sarpanch is RATANABATI BHATRA.
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Key facts — Minja
- LGD code
- 427735
- Pincode
- 764071
- Post office
- Papadahandi
- Population (Census 2011)
- 543
- Population (projected 2026)
- 640
- Households
- 130
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1080
- Literacy rate
- 30.6%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Koraput
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Laxmipur
- Member of Parliament
- Saptagiri Sankar Ulaka
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- RATANABATI BHATRA
- Block / Mandal
- Paparahandi
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 764071
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- SemlaPaparahandi mandal3,205 pop
- MereiTentulikhunti mandal2,896 pop
- GopigudaPaparahandi mandal2,597 pop
- GadabakataraPaparahandi mandal2,591 pop
- ChandrapurPaparahandi mandal2,557 pop
- BhaspurPaparahandi mandal2,343 pop
- BetajharanPaparahandi mandal2,314 pop
Other villages in Paparahandi mandal
View all 60+ →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)