Sonkhar observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Bihar.
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.
Sonkhar is a village in Ramnagar mandal, Pashchim Champaran district, Bihar, with a population of 3,330 across 622 households. It has a literacy rate of 44.5% and is located at 26.514°N, 85.293°E with PIN code 845106.
By population, Sonkhar ranks #12 of 152 villages in Ramnagar mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Sonkhar is a village of 3,330 people in 622 households (Census 2011) in Ramnagar block, Pashchim Champaran district, Bihar, the 12th-largest of 152 villages in Ramnagar block. Literacy is 45%, 2 points above the block average of 42% and the sex ratio is 946 women per 1,000 men. It lies 36 km from the Pashchim Champaran district centre, 18 km from Balua, the nearest town, 20 km from Riga railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 845106, served by Ramnagar (West Champaran) post office; the LGD village code is 216298. The nearest hospital or health centre is Sadar Hospital, Sheohar, <1 km away. The sarpanch is RAMITA DEVI, and the village votes in Sheohar assembly constituency, represented by MLA Shweta Gupta. The population is estimated at 3,926 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Sonkhar →
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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