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
261281
Pincode
737134
Post office
Singtam
Population
1,305
Households
244
Literacy rate
49.8%
Sex ratio
919 ♀/1000♂
Workers
600
વસ્તી ગણતરી 2011 · સરખામણીમાં
Sumin ની સરખામણી
By population, Sumin ranks #5 of 11 villages in Rangpo mandal.
Literacy rate
%
49.8%
−18.3% vs mandal average
Sumin
49.8%
Rangpo mandal
68.1%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
919
+8 vs mandal average
Sumin
919
Rangpo mandal
911
Household size
people per home
5.3
+0.2 vs mandal average
Sumin
5.3
Rangpo mandal
5.1
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
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Sumin એક નજરે
Sumin એ Sikkimના Pakyong જિલ્લાના Rangpo બ્લોકમાં 1,305 લોકોની વસ્તી 244 કુટુંબોમાં (વસ્તી ગણતરી 2011) ધરાવતું ગામ છે, જે Rangpo બ્લોકના 11 ગામોમાં 5મું મોટું છે. સાક્ષરતા 50% છે, બ્લોક સરેરાશ 68% કરતાં 18 પોઇન્ટ ઓછી અને જાતિ પ્રમાણ દર 1,000 પુરુષોએ 919 સ્ત્રીઓ. પિનકોડ 737134 છે, Singtam પોસ્ટ ઓફિસ હેઠળ; LGD ગામ કોડ 261281 છે. ગામ West Pendam વિધાનસભા મતવિસ્તારમાં આવે છે, ધારાસભ્ય Lall Bahadur Das. 2026માં અંદાજિત વસ્તી 1,539, 2011 કરતાં 18% વધુ.
Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
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 Pakyong district level
Then & Now
Sumin — Census 2011 to projected 2026
Population · 2011
1,305
Census 2011 baseline
+17.9%
Population · 2026
1,539
RGI / state CAGR projection
Households · 2011
244
Census 2011 baseline
+18.0%
Households · 2026
288
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
1,305Census 2011
Households
244Census 2011
Literacy rate
49.8%Census 2011
Sex ratio
919 ♀/1000♂Census 2011
2026 estimate
Projected from 2011 + state CAGR · live ECI electorate
Est. population
1,5392026 proj. · +17.9% vs 2011
Est. households
2882026 projection
Active job cards
10,782MGNREGA · district · Feb 2024-2025
HHs worked (FY)
8,643MGNREGA · district · Feb 2024-2025
State electorate
4,60,497ECI Lok Sabha 2024 final roll
NFHS-5 (2019-21)
National Family Health Survey · district overlay
Sex ratio @ birth
—NFHS-5 district
Female literacy
—NFHS-5 district
Electricity
—NFHS-5 district
Improved sanitation
—NFHS-5 district
Children vaccinated
—NFHS-5 district
Anaemia (women)
—NFHS-5 district
Post-2011 updates
Central-government dashboards · sourced from data.gov.in · refreshed when the ministry publishes
Tap water at homedistrict level
88.5%Jal Jeevan Mission · Dec 2023 · Pakyong district
Rural houses builtdistrict level
1,390PMAY-G · 1,390 of 1,399 sanctioned · Mar 2025 · Pakyong district
Toilets builtdistrict level
1,527Swachh Bharat Mission - Gramin · Dec 2023 · Pakyong 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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