Meenja, Manjeshwar

Meenja (മീഞ്ച) is a village and Grama Panchayat of the Manjeswaram Taluk in Kasaragod district of Kerala, which falls under Manjeshwar block. It belongs to Kasaragod parliament constituency and Manjeshwar assembly constituency. Sundari R Shetty is the President of Meenja Grama Panchayat, who can be contacted at email address presidentmeenja1@gmail.com and mobile number 94960xxx12. The Panchayat landline number is 04998-25**62. The Secretary is Shanavas E, who can be reached at email address secmeenjagp@gmail.com and mobile number 94960xxx13. The Panchayat address is Meenja Grama Panchayat Office, Miyapadavu, Pincode - 671323. You can reach there by taking a bus till Miyapadavu bus stop which is less than a km away. The Panchayat has both internet facility and Wi-Fi facility. There are thirteen computers, two laptops, four printers and three scanners available for various works. It also has a CSC center.

As on May 2024, the current population of Meenja is 4.5 thousands out of which 2.2 thousands are males and rest 2.3 thousands are females. The sex ratio of this village is 1028 females per 1000 males. There are around 460 teenagers in Meenja. It has literacy rate of 77% which means around 3.4 thousands persons can read and write. Total 264 people belonging to scheduled caste and 27 scheduled tribe people live in the village. There are around 889 households in Meenja, which means every family has 5 members on average. The village has working population of 2.3 thousands. The pincode of Meenja is 671323 and there are many postoffices around the village which can used to send speed post, registered parcel etc.

• Manjeshwar Sub Post office
• Koliyur Branch Post office
• Majibail Branch Post office
• Miyapadavu Branch Post office
• Hosabettu Branch Post office

Schools

Meenja has many good schools for education and follwing are popular schools among students.

• Vv Aups Miyapadavu
• Sj Aups Kaliyoor
• Svvhss Miyapadavu
• Manavatti Beevi Ems Dharmanagar
• Govt. High School Kadambar

Banks

Meenja has many good banks for financial services and follwing are popular among people.

• Bank of Baroda Manjeshwar
• Bank of Baroda Sunkadakatte
• Canara Bank Manjeshwar II
• Canara Bank Vorkadi
• ESAF Small Finance Bank Manjeshwar

Panchayat Members

President

Sundari R Shetty is the President of Meenja Grama Panchayat, whose mobile no. is 94960xxx12 and email is presidentmeenja1@gmail.com.

Vice President

Jayarama Ballangudel is the Vice President of Meenja Grama Panchayat, whose mobile no. is 98476xxx76 and email is jjrama6@gmail.com.

Member

Meenja Grama Panchayat has total 10 elected Member.

1. Narayana Tunga - Mobile: 99619xxx28 - Email: narayanatunga@gmail.com
2. Jyothi. P. Rai - Mobile: 89211xxx73 - Email: joythiprai@gmail.com
3. Kusuma Mohan - Mobile: 94971xxx94 - Email: rakshashetty194@gmail.com
4. Chandrashekara. K. - Mobile: 97479xxx48 - Email: chandrashekark62@gmail.com
5. 6238858188 - Mobile: 62388xxx88 - Email: misriya@gmail.com
6. Janardhana Poojari - Mobile: 94956xxx97 - Email: janardhan12@gmail.com
7. Ashalatha. B.M. - Mobile: 99956xxx83 - Email: ashabm@gmail.com
8. Rekha. K. - Mobile: 98952xxx47 - Email: rekhasharath123@gmail.com
9. Abdul Razak. M. - Mobile: 70123xxx41 - Email: abdulrazzak979793@gmail.com
10. Vinod G - Mobile: 98953xxx15 - Email: viniodbangera98950@gmail.com

Covered villages

Meenja Grama Panchayat manages total 8 villages.

• Kadambar
• Kaliyoor
• Koliyoor
• Kuloor
• Majibail
• Meenja
• Moodambail
• Talikala