Softa observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Madhya Pradesh.
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 |
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.
Softa is a village in Bhander mandal, Datia district, Madhya Pradesh. It has a population of 1,467 across 338 households with a literacy rate of 70.1%.
By population, Softa ranks #23 of 154 villages in Bhander mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Softa Madhya Pradesh के दतिया जिले के भांडेर तहसील में 1,467 लोगों 338 परिवारों में (जनगणना 2011) का एक गांव है, जो भांडेर तहसील के 154 गांवों में 23वां सबसे बड़ा है। साक्षरता 70% है, जो तहसील औसत 66% से 4 अंक अधिक है और लिंगानुपात प्रति 1,000 पुरुषों पर 869 महिलाएं। यह दतिया जिला मुख्यालय से 31 किमी, निकटतम कस्बे Jauri से 20 किमी, Moth रेलवे स्टेशन से 20 किमी स्थित है (सीधी रेखा दूरी)। पिनकोड 475335 है, Bhandair डाकघर द्वारा सेवित; एलजीडी गांव कोड 454919 है। निकटतम अस्पताल या स्वास्थ्य केंद्र Renu Sharma Hospital है, 20 किमी दूर। सरपंच sitesh yadav हैं, और गांव Bhander विधानसभा क्षेत्र में आता है, जिसके विधायक Phool Singh Baraiya हैं। 2026 में अनुमानित जनसंख्या 1,730 है, 2011 जनगणना से 18% अधिक।
ग्राम पंचायत: Sopta →
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Water supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
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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