Meral observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Jharkhand.
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 Septembertoday | |
| 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 |
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.
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.
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.
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.
By population, Meral ranks #6 of 30 villages in Pathalgora mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
मेरल झारखंड के चतरा जिले के पथलगड्डा ब्लॉक में 1,820 लोगों 295 परिवारों में (जनगणना 2011) का एक गांव है, जो पथलगड्डा ब्लॉक के 30 गांवों में 6वां सबसे बड़ा है। साक्षरता 45% है, जो ब्लॉक औसत 56% से 10 अंक कम है और लिंगानुपात प्रति 1,000 पुरुषों पर 1,013 महिलाएं। पिनकोड 825408 है, Itkhori डाकघर द्वारा सेवित; एलजीडी गांव कोड 349282 है। सरपंच nitu devi हैं, और गांव Barkatha विधानसभा क्षेत्र में आता है, जिसके विधायक Amit Kumar Yadav हैं। 2026 में अनुमानित जनसंख्या 2,146 है, 2011 जनगणना से 18% अधिक।
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Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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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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