Chikhale observes Ganeshotsav on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Maharashtra.
Temples near Chikhale
Named places of worship on record
Named places of worship recorded in OpenStreetMap, with the distance measured from Chikhale. Whether a particular temple holds a public observance is not something we have on record.
Called Ganeshotsav and kept for ten days. Modak is the offering, sarvajanik mandals organise the public pandals, and the main immersion is on Anant Chaturdashi.
The regional form observed across Maharashtra. How any one household or village keeps it varies, and is not something recorded here.
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, Chikhale ranks #159 of 205 villages in Murbad mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Chikhale is a village of 454 people in 97 households (Census 2011) in Murbad taluka, Thane district, Maharashtra, the 159th-largest of 205 villages in Murbad taluka. Literacy is 63%, 3 points below the taluka average of 66% and the sex ratio is 853 women per 1,000 men. It lies 132 km from the Thane district centre, 22 km from Nilaje, the nearest town, under 1 km from Chikhale railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 421403, served by Kinholi post office; the LGD village code is 553088. The nearest hospital or health centre is Shifa Hospital, 3 km away. The sarpanch is Malti dipik hard, and the village votes in Gangapur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Bumb Prashant Bansilal. The population is estimated at 535 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Chikhale →
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.
6 Temples, 1 Church mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
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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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