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
245443
Pincode
801103
Post office
Bihta (Patna)
Population
2,631
Households
409
Literacy rate
52.2%
Sex ratio
882 ♀/1000♂
Workers
908
Distance to district centre
181 km
Distance to mandal centre
172 km
Distance to Patna
144 km
Distance to Kolkata
598 km
Nearest railway station
Dharminiya · 2 km
Nearest hospital / PHC
SR HOSPITAL · 5 km
2011 സെൻസസ് · താരതമ്യത്തിൽ
Bela താരതമ്യം
By population, Bela ranks #31 of 90 villages in Bihta mandal.
Literacy rate
%
52.2%
−0.6% vs mandal average
Bela
52.2%
Bihta mandal
52.8%
Patna district
59.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
882
−13 vs mandal average
Bela
882
Bihta mandal
895
Household size
people per home
6.4
−0.3 vs mandal average
Bela
6.4
Bihta mandal
6.7
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
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Bela Biharയിലെ Patna ജില്ല, Bihta ബ്ലോക്ക്ൽ 2,631 പേർ 409 കുടുംബങ്ങളിൽ (2011 സെൻസസ്) താമസിക്കുന്ന ഗ്രാമമാണ്, Bihta ബ്ലോക്ക്ലെ 90 ഗ്രാമങ്ങളിൽ വലുപ്പത്തിൽ 31-ാമത്. സാക്ഷരത 52%, ബ്ലോക്ക് ശരാശരി 53% നു തുല്യം ലിംഗാനുപാതം 1,000 പുരുഷന്മാർക്ക് 882 സ്ത്രീകൾ. ഇത് Patna ജില്ലാ ആസ്ഥാനത്തു നിന്ന് 181 കി.മീ, അടുത്ത പട്ടണമായ Belaൽ നിന്ന് 0 കി.മീ, Dharminiya റെയിൽവേ സ്റ്റേഷനിൽ നിന്ന് 2 കി.മീ സ്ഥിതി ചെയ്യുന്നു (നേർരേഖ ദൂരം). പിൻകോഡ് 801103, Bihta (Patna) പോസ്റ്റ് ഓഫീസിന് കീഴിൽ; LGD ഗ്രാമ കോഡ് 245443. ഏറ്റവും അടുത്ത ആശുപത്രി SR HOSPITAL, 5 കി.മീ അകലെ. ഗ്രാമം Rosera നിയമസഭാ മണ്ഡലത്തിലാണ്, എംഎൽഎ Birendra Kumar. 2026ൽ ജനസംഖ്യ ഏകദേശം 3,102, 2011നെക്കാൾ 18% കൂടുതൽ.
Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
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 Patna district level
Then & Now
Bela — Census 2011 to projected 2026
Population · 2011
2,631
Census 2011 baseline
+17.9%
Population · 2026
3,102
RGI / state CAGR projection
Households · 2011
409
Census 2011 baseline
+17.8%
Households · 2026
482
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
2,631Census 2011
Households
409Census 2011
Literacy rate
52.2%Census 2011
Sex ratio
882 ♀/1000♂Census 2011
2026 estimate
Projected from 2011 + state CAGR · live ECI electorate
Est. population
3,1022026 proj. · +17.9% vs 2011
Est. households
4822026 projection
Active job cards
2,18,875MGNREGA · district · Feb 2024-2025
HHs worked (FY)
96,910MGNREGA · district · Feb 2024-2025
State electorate
7,71,43,046ECI Lok Sabha 2024 final roll
NFHS-5 (2019-21)
National Family Health Survey · district overlay
Sex ratio @ birth
1,002NFHS-5 district
Female literacy
67.6%NFHS-5 district
Electricity
99.0%NFHS-5 district
Improved sanitation
61.0%NFHS-5 district
Children vaccinated
—NFHS-5 district
Anaemia (women)
67.1%NFHS-5 district
Post-2011 updates
Central-government dashboards · sourced from data.gov.in · refreshed when the ministry publishes
Tap water at homedistrict level
96.4%Jal Jeevan Mission · Dec 2023 · Patna district
Rural houses builtdistrict level
37,22,797PMAY-G · 37,22,797 of 44,92,010 sanctioned · Mar 2025 · Patna district
Toilets builtdistrict level
3,93,613Swachh Bharat Mission - Gramin · Dec 2023 · Patna 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.
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