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
495958
Pincode
480887
Post office
Adegaon
Population
723
Households
167
Literacy rate
54.1%
Sex ratio
913 ♀/1000♂
Workers
419
Distance to district centre
18 km
Distance to mandal centre
29 km
Distance to Bhopal
213 km
Distance to Hyderabad
572 km
Nearest railway station
Seoni · 51 km
Nearest hospital / PHC
Government Hospital, Paunar · 17 km
2011 സെൻസസ് · താരതമ്യത്തിൽ
Atama താരതമ്യം
By population, Atama ranks #58 of 157 villages in Chhapara mandal.
Literacy rate
%
54.1%
−0.2% vs mandal average
Atama
54.1%
Chhapara mandal
54.3%
Seoni district
62.7%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
913
−63 vs mandal average
Atama
913
Chhapara mandal
976
Household size
people per home
4.3
Same as the mandal average
Atama
4.3
Chhapara mandal
4.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
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Atama ഒറ്റനോട്ടത്തിൽ
Atama Madhya Pradeshയിലെ Seoni ജില്ല, Chhapara തഹസിൽൽ 723 പേർ 167 കുടുംബങ്ങളിൽ (2011 സെൻസസ്) താമസിക്കുന്ന ഗ്രാമമാണ്, Chhapara തഹസിൽലെ 157 ഗ്രാമങ്ങളിൽ വലുപ്പത്തിൽ 58-ാമത്. സാക്ഷരത 54%, തഹസിൽ ശരാശരി 54% നു തുല്യം ലിംഗാനുപാതം 1,000 പുരുഷന്മാർക്ക് 913 സ്ത്രീകൾ. ഇത് Seoni ജില്ലാ ആസ്ഥാനത്തു നിന്ന് 18 കി.മീ, Seoni റെയിൽവേ സ്റ്റേഷനിൽ നിന്ന് 51 കി.മീ സ്ഥിതി ചെയ്യുന്നു (നേർരേഖ ദൂരം). പിൻകോഡ് 480887, Adegaon പോസ്റ്റ് ഓഫീസിന് കീഴിൽ; LGD ഗ്രാമ കോഡ് 495958. ഏറ്റവും അടുത്ത ആശുപത്രി Government Hospital, Paunar, 17 കി.മീ അകലെ. പ്രസിഡന്റ് rajadrada; ഗ്രാമം Amarwara നിയമസഭാ മണ്ഡലത്തിലാണ്, എംഎൽഎ Kamlesh Pratap Shah. 2026ൽ ജനസംഖ്യ ഏകദേശം 852, 2011നെക്കാൾ 18% കൂടുതൽ.
Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-15
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 Seoni district level
Then & Now
Atama — Census 2011 to projected 2026
Population · 2011
723
Census 2011 baseline
+17.8%
Population · 2026
852
RGI / state CAGR projection
Households · 2011
167
Census 2011 baseline
+18.0%
Households · 2026
197
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
723Census 2011
Households
167Census 2011
Literacy rate
54.1%Census 2011
Sex ratio
913 ♀/1000♂Census 2011
2026 estimate
Projected from 2011 + state CAGR · live ECI electorate
Est. population
8522026 proj. · +17.8% vs 2011
Est. households
1972026 projection
Active job cards
1,96,333MGNREGA · district · Feb 2024-2025
HHs worked (FY)
1,35,529MGNREGA · 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
1,212NFHS-5 district
Female literacy
73.7%NFHS-5 district
Electricity
99.2%NFHS-5 district
Improved sanitation
56.2%NFHS-5 district
Children vaccinated
96.1%NFHS-5 district
Anaemia (women)
59.9%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 · Seoni district
Rural houses builtdistrict level
37,15,287PMAY-G · 37,15,287 of 49,89,236 sanctioned · Mar 2025 · Seoni district
Toilets builtdistrict level
5,79,642Swachh Bharat Mission - Gramin · Dec 2023 · Seoni 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.