Devkali observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Uttar 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 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.
Devkali is a village in Salempur mandal, Deoria district, Uttar Pradesh, located at 25.249°N, 81.083°E. The village has a population of 859 across 154 households, with a literacy rate of 62.2%.
By population, Devkali ranks #213 of 523 villages in Salempur mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Devkali is a village of 859 people in 154 households (Census 2011) in Salempur tehsil, Deoria district, Uttar Pradesh, the 213th-largest of 523 villages in Salempur tehsil. Literacy is 62%, about the same as the tehsil average of 62% and the sex ratio is 1,191 women per 1,000 men. It lies 233 km from the Deoria district centre, 34 km from Kamasin, the nearest town, 12 km from Khoh railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 274304, served by Padrauna Chhawani post office; the LGD village code is 191455. The nearest hospital or health centre is District Hospital, Khoh, Chitrakoot, 11 km away. The sarpanch is pushpa devi, and the village votes in Payagpur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Subhash Tripathi. The population is estimated at 1,013 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Jiraso →
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.
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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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