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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
LIJARANI DANDASENA
Contact: 98****0060
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- LGD code
- 419611
- Pincode
- 767016
- Post office
- Tarbha
- Population
- 3,866
- Households
- 896
- Literacy rate
- 65.3%
- Sex ratio
- 1040 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 2,002
Census 2011 · in context
How Menda compares
By population, Menda ranks #1 of 196 villages in Tarbha mandal — the largest.
Literacy rate
%
65.3%
+6.3% vs mandal average
- Menda
- 65.3%
- Tarbha mandal
- 59.0%
- Sonepur district
- 65.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,040
+53 vs mandal average
- Menda
- 1,040
- Tarbha mandal
- 987
Household size
people per home
4.3
+0.2 vs mandal average
- Menda
- 4.3
- Tarbha mandal
- 4.1
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Menda at a glance
Menda is a village of 3,866 people in 896 households (Census 2011) in Tarbha block, Sonepur district, Odisha, the largest of 196 villages in Tarbha block. Literacy is 65%, 6 points above the block average of 59% and the sex ratio is 1,040 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 767016, served by Tarbha post office; the LGD village code is 419611. The sarpanch is LIJARANI DANDASENA, and the village votes in Titlagarh assembly constituency, represented by MLA Nabin Kumar Jain. The population is estimated at 4,558 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Menda →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Menda · this village | 3,866 | 65% | — |
| Khagsakana · Tarbha | 426 | 64% | — |
| Kandhapali (Ka) · Tarbha | 61 | 51% | — |
| Kandhapali (Kha) · Tarbha | 57 | 61% | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Menda
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- Yes
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 10
- Power hours (winter)
- 14
- Primary school
- 4
- Middle school
- 2
- Secondary school
- 1
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 1
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- Yes
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- Yes
- Private bus service
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- Yes
- Weekly haat
- Yes
- Nearest statutory town
- TARBHA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 25
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 30
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 20
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Menda
- Total area (ha)
- 515
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 10.39
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Menda
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Menda
- LGD code
- 419611
- Pincode
- 767016
- Post office
- Tarbha
- Population (Census 2011)
- 3,866
- Population (projected 2026)
- 4,558
- Households
- 896
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1040
- Literacy rate
- 65.3%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Bolangir
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Titlagarh
- Member of Parliament
- Sangeeta Kumari Singh Deo
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Nabin Kumar Jain
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- LIJARANI DANDASENA
- Block / Mandal
- Tarbha
- Nearest PHC
- Kejriwal Multi Speciality Clinic (3.8 km)
- Nearest railway station
- Titlagarh Junction (3.7 km)
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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, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-12
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)