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
Use the designated immersion point
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.
Unpainted clay dissolves, plaster of Paris does not
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.
Someone should be watching the water, not the idol
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.
Take the accessories home
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.
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LGD code
497410
Pincode
481331
Post office
Waraseoni
Population
1,644
Households
426
Literacy rate
69.5%
Sex ratio
1035 ♀/1000♂
Workers
901
2011 ಜನಗಣತಿ · ಹೋಲಿಕೆಯಲ್ಲಿ
Bhandi ಹೋಲಿಕೆ
By population, Bhandi ranks #42 of 78 villages in Waraseoni mandal.
Literacy rate
%
69.5%
+0.3% vs mandal average
Bhandi
69.5%
Waraseoni mandal
69.2%
Balaghat district
67.4%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,035
+14 vs mandal average
Bhandi
1,035
Waraseoni mandal
1,021
Household size
people per home
3.9
−0.3 vs mandal average
Bhandi
3.9
Waraseoni mandal
4.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
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Bhandi Madhya Pradeshದ Balaghat ಜಿಲ್ಲೆ, Waraseoni ತಹಸೀಲ್ದಲ್ಲಿ 1,644 ಜನಸಂಖ್ಯೆ 426 ಕುಟುಂಬಗಳಲ್ಲಿ (2011 ಜನಗಣತಿ) ಇರುವ ಗ್ರಾಮ, Waraseoni ತಹಸೀಲ್ದ 78 ಗ್ರಾಮಗಳಲ್ಲಿ 42ನೇ ದೊಡ್ಡದು. ಸಾಕ್ಷರತೆ 70%, ತಹಸೀಲ್ ಸರಾಸರಿ 69% ಗೆ ಸಮಾನ ಮತ್ತು ಲಿಂಗಾನುಪಾತ 1,000 ಪುರುಷರಿಗೆ 1,035 ಮಹಿಳೆಯರು. ಪಿನ್ಕೋಡ್ 481331, Waraseoni ಅಂಚೆ ಕಚೇರಿ ವ್ಯಾಪ್ತಿಯಲ್ಲಿ; LGD ಗ್ರಾಮ ಕೋಡ್ 497410. ಅಧ್ಯಕ್ಷರು lalita uikey; ಗ್ರಾಮ Barghat ವಿಧಾನಸಭಾ ಕ್ಷೇತ್ರದಲ್ಲಿದೆ, ಶಾಸಕ Kamal Marskole. 2026ರಲ್ಲಿ ಅಂದಾಜು ಜನಸಂಖ್ಯೆ 1,938, 2011ಕ್ಕಿಂತ 18% ಹೆಚ್ಚು.
Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-12
Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
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Demographics — Census 2011 + 2026 estimate + NFHS-5
Population, education, health & sanitation
India's last full census was 2011 · 2026 figures are RGI projections · NFHS-5 (2019-21) covers the Balaghat district level
Then & Now
Bhandi — Census 2011 to projected 2026
Population · 2011
1,644
Census 2011 baseline
+17.9%
Population · 2026
1,938
RGI / state CAGR projection
Households · 2011
426
Census 2011 baseline
+17.8%
Households · 2026
502
RGI / state CAGR projection
2011 = decadal Census of India. 2026 = forward-projection from state-level CAGR — working estimate, refines when the next Census publishes.
Census 2011
Canonical baseline · last full census · village-level
Population
1,644Census 2011
Households
426Census 2011
Literacy rate
69.5%Census 2011
Sex ratio
1035 ♀/1000♂Census 2011
2026 estimate
Projected from 2011 + state CAGR · live ECI electorate
Est. population
1,9382026 proj. · +17.9% vs 2011
Est. households
5022026 projection
Active job cards
2,75,919MGNREGA · district · Feb 2024-2025
HHs worked (FY)
1,81,128MGNREGA · district · Feb 2024-2025
State electorate
5,64,02,812ECI Lok Sabha 2024 final roll
NFHS-5 (2019-21)
National Family Health Survey · district overlay
Sex ratio @ birth
979NFHS-5 district
Female literacy
79.8%NFHS-5 district
Electricity
98.7%NFHS-5 district
Improved sanitation
79.6%NFHS-5 district
Children vaccinated
—NFHS-5 district
Anaemia (women)
60.6%NFHS-5 district
Post-2011 updates
Central-government dashboards · sourced from data.gov.in · refreshed when the ministry publishes
Tap water at homedistrict level
59.1%Jal Jeevan Mission · Dec 2023 · Balaghat district
Rural houses builtdistrict level
37,15,287PMAY-G · 37,15,287 of 49,89,236 sanctioned · Mar 2025 · Balaghat district
Toilets builtdistrict level
5,79,642Swachh Bharat Mission - Gramin · Dec 2023 · Balaghat district
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.