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
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
498145
Pincode
481051
Post office
Birsa
Population
1,509
Households
332
Literacy rate
64.1%
Sex ratio
1056 ♀/1000♂
Workers
839
2011 സെൻസസ് · താരതമ്യത്തിൽ
Bithli താരതമ്യം
By population, Bithli ranks #15 of 159 villages in Birsa mandal.
Literacy rate
%
64.1%
+8.8% vs mandal average
Bithli
64.1%
Birsa mandal
55.3%
Balaghat district
67.4%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,056
+28 vs mandal average
Bithli
1,056
Birsa mandal
1,028
Household size
people per home
4.5
Same as the mandal average
Bithli
4.5
Birsa mandal
4.5
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
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Bithli ഒറ്റനോട്ടത്തിൽ
Bithli Madhya Pradeshയിലെ Balaghat ജില്ല, Birsa തഹസിൽൽ 1,509 പേർ 332 കുടുംബങ്ങളിൽ (2011 സെൻസസ്) താമസിക്കുന്ന ഗ്രാമമാണ്, Birsa തഹസിൽലെ 159 ഗ്രാമങ്ങളിൽ വലുപ്പത്തിൽ 15-ാമത്. സാക്ഷരത 64%, തഹസിൽ ശരാശരി 55% നേക്കാൾ 9 പോയിന്റ് കൂടുതൽ ലിംഗാനുപാതം 1,000 പുരുഷന്മാർക്ക് 1,056 സ്ത്രീകൾ. പിൻകോഡ് 481051, Birsa പോസ്റ്റ് ഓഫീസിന് കീഴിൽ; LGD ഗ്രാമ കോഡ് 498145. പ്രസിഡന്റ് Vivimla Dhurwey; ഗ്രാമം Paraswada നിയമസഭാ മണ്ഡലത്തിലാണ്, എംഎൽഎ Madhu Bhau Bhagat. 2026ൽ ജനസംഖ്യ ഏകദേശം 1,779, 2011നെക്കാൾ 18% കൂടുതൽ.
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
Bithli — Census 2011 to projected 2026
Population · 2011
1,509
Census 2011 baseline
+17.9%
Population · 2026
1,779
RGI / state CAGR projection
Households · 2011
332
Census 2011 baseline
+17.8%
Households · 2026
391
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
1,509Census 2011
Households
332Census 2011
Literacy rate
64.1%Census 2011
Sex ratio
1056 ♀/1000♂Census 2011
2026 estimate
Projected from 2011 + state CAGR · live ECI electorate
Est. population
1,7792026 proj. · +17.9% vs 2011
Est. households
3912026 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.