how do we restrict min no of characters in asp.net text box control?
Set the MaxLength attribute.
http://www.w3schools.com/aspnet/prop_webcontrol_textbox_maxlength.asp
If it is minimum number of characters a regular expression validator should do the trick. Use an regex like e.g.
\\S{5,}
to ensure that at least 5 non-whitespace characters are entered.