The idol is kept for one and a half, three, five, seven days or until Anant Chaturdashi — it is a family custom rather than a rule, and community mandapams usually keep it longest.
Kept for
Immersion
One and a half days
Tue, 15 September
Three days
Thu, 17 September
Five days
Sat, 19 September
Seven days
Mon, 21 September
Anant Chaturdashi
Wed, 23 September
The day most community mandapams immerse
Use the designated immersion point
Many gram panchayats and municipalities set aside a pond or a marked stretch of tank for immersion. Ask at the panchayat office — it changes year to year, and a drinking-water tank or a farm pond is not an alternative.
Unpainted clay dissolves, plaster of Paris does not
A clay idol breaks down in water within hours. Plaster of Paris does not, and the paints carry heavy metals, so idols accumulate in tanks and rivers after immersion. Pollution control boards in most states now ask for clay for exactly this reason.
Someone should be watching the water, not the idol
Immersion points get crowded and the bank is slippery after the monsoon. Children go into the water at these gatherings every year. Keep one person watching the water rather than the procession.
Take the accessories home
Thermocol, plastic sheeting, cloth and metal ornaments do not belong in the tank even when the idol itself is clay. Most organised immersion points now have a collection bin at the bank for them.
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LGD code
454902
Pincode
475335
Post office
Bhandair
Population
1,389
Households
277
Literacy rate
77.3%
Sex ratio
859 ♀/1000♂
Workers
889
Distance to district centre
66 km
Distance to mandal centre
69 km
Distance to Bhopal
351 km
Distance to Delhi
285 km
Nearest railway station
Rayatpura · 19 km
Nearest hospital / PHC
Govt. Hospital · 18 km
২০১১ জনগণনা · তুলনায়
Bilheti তুলনায়
By population, Bilheti ranks #25 of 154 villages in Bhander mandal.
Literacy rate
%
77.3%
+11.3% vs mandal average
Bilheti
77.3%
Bhander mandal
66.0%
Datia district
62.5%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
859
−13 vs mandal average
Bilheti
859
Bhander mandal
872
Household size
people per home
5.0
+0.2 vs mandal average
Bilheti
5.0
Bhander mandal
4.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
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Bilheti এক নজরে
Bilheti Madhya Pradesh-এর Datia জেলার Bhander তহসিল-এ 1,389 জনসংখ্যা 277 পরিবারে (২০১১ জনগণনা) বিশিষ্ট একটি গ্রাম, Bhander তহসিল-এর 154 গ্রামের মধ্যে 25তম বৃহত্তম। সাক্ষরতা 77%, তহসিল গড় 66% থেকে 11 পয়েন্ট বেশি এবং লিঙ্গ অনুপাত প্রতি ১,০০০ পুরুষে 859 নারী। এটি Datia জেলা সদর থেকে 66 কিমি, নিকটতম শহর Khadiyahar থেকে 37 কিমি, Rayatpura রেলস্টেশন থেকে 19 কিমি অবস্থিত (সরলরেখা দূরত্ব)। পিনকোড 475335, Bhandair ডাকঘরের অধীনে; এলজিডি গ্রাম কোড 454902। নিকটতম হাসপাতাল Govt. Hospital, 18 কিমি দূরে। প্রধান munni devi gurjar; গ্রামটি Bhander বিধানসভা কেন্দ্রে, বিধায়ক Phool Singh Baraiya। ২০২৬-এ আনুমানিক জনসংখ্যা 1,638, ২০১১ থেকে 18% বেশি।
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)
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Demographics — Census 2011 + 2026 estimate + NFHS-5
Population, education, health & sanitation
India's last full census was 2011 · 2026 figures are RGI projections · NFHS-5 (2019-21) covers the Datia district level
Then & Now
Bilheti — Census 2011 to projected 2026
Population · 2011
1,389
Census 2011 baseline
+17.9%
Population · 2026
1,638
RGI / state CAGR projection
Households · 2011
277
Census 2011 baseline
+18.1%
Households · 2026
327
RGI / state CAGR projection
2011 = decadal Census of India. 2026 = forward-projection from state-level CAGR — working estimate, refines when the next Census publishes.
Census 2011
Canonical baseline · last full census · village-level
Population
1,389Census 2011
Households
277Census 2011
Literacy rate
77.3%Census 2011
Sex ratio
859 ♀/1000♂Census 2011
2026 estimate
Projected from 2011 + state CAGR · live ECI electorate
Est. population
1,6382026 proj. · +17.9% vs 2011
Est. households
3272026 projection
Active job cards
43,886MGNREGA · district · Feb 2024-2025
HHs worked (FY)
19,857MGNREGA · district · Feb 2024-2025
State electorate
5,64,02,812ECI Lok Sabha 2024 final roll
NFHS-5 (2019-21)
National Family Health Survey · district overlay
Sex ratio @ birth
658NFHS-5 district
Female literacy
71.2%NFHS-5 district
Electricity
99.8%NFHS-5 district
Improved sanitation
66.8%NFHS-5 district
Children vaccinated
—NFHS-5 district
Anaemia (women)
58.6%NFHS-5 district
Post-2011 updates
Central-government dashboards · sourced from data.gov.in · refreshed when the ministry publishes
Tap water at homedistrict level
59.1%Jal Jeevan Mission · Dec 2023 · Datia district
Rural houses builtdistrict level
37,15,287PMAY-G · 37,15,287 of 49,89,236 sanctioned · Mar 2025 · Datia district
Toilets builtdistrict level
5,79,642Swachh Bharat Mission - Gramin · Dec 2023 · Datia district
Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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