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
504029
Pincode
486889
Post office
Singrauli Colliery
Population
1,052
Households
269
Literacy rate
47.7%
Sex ratio
934 ♀/1000♂
Workers
522
Distance to district centre
91 km
Distance to mandal centre
103 km
Distance to Bhopal
530 km
Distance to Kolkata
611 km
Nearest railway station
Shakti Nagar · 28 km
Nearest hospital / PHC
Chandni Biharpur Government Hospital · 14 km
2011 സെൻസസ് · താരതമ്യത്തിൽ
Chhatkaram താരതമ്യം
By population, Chhatkaram ranks #58 of 85 villages in Mada mandal.
Literacy rate
%
47.7%
+2.0% vs mandal average
Chhatkaram
47.7%
Mada mandal
45.7%
Singrauli district
49.7%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
934
−17 vs mandal average
Chhatkaram
934
Mada mandal
951
Household size
people per home
3.9
−0.8 vs mandal average
Chhatkaram
3.9
Mada mandal
4.7
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
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Chhatkaram Madhya Pradeshയിലെ Singrauli ജില്ല, Mada തഹസിൽൽ 1,052 പേർ 269 കുടുംബങ്ങളിൽ (2011 സെൻസസ്) താമസിക്കുന്ന ഗ്രാമമാണ്, Mada തഹസിൽലെ 85 ഗ്രാമങ്ങളിൽ വലുപ്പത്തിൽ 58-ാമത്. സാക്ഷരത 48%, തഹസിൽ ശരാശരി 46% നേക്കാൾ 2 പോയിന്റ് കൂടുതൽ ലിംഗാനുപാതം 1,000 പുരുഷന്മാർക്ക് 934 സ്ത്രീകൾ. ഇത് Singrauli ജില്ലാ ആസ്ഥാനത്തു നിന്ന് 91 കി.മീ, Shakti Nagar റെയിൽവേ സ്റ്റേഷനിൽ നിന്ന് 28 കി.മീ സ്ഥിതി ചെയ്യുന്നു (നേർരേഖ ദൂരം). പിൻകോഡ് 486889, Singrauli Colliery പോസ്റ്റ് ഓഫീസിന് കീഴിൽ; LGD ഗ്രാമ കോഡ് 504029. ഏറ്റവും അടുത്ത ആശുപത്രി Chandni Biharpur Government Hospital, 14 കി.മീ അകലെ. പ്രസിഡന്റ് kiran jaiswal; ഗ്രാമം Dhauhani നിയമസഭാ മണ്ഡലത്തിലാണ്, എംഎൽഎ Kunwar Singh Tekam. 2026ൽ ജനസംഖ്യ ഏകദേശം 1,240, 2011നെക്കാൾ 18% കൂടുതൽ.
Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
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 Singrauli district level
Then & Now
Chhatkaram — Census 2011 to projected 2026
Population · 2011
1,052
Census 2011 baseline
+17.9%
Population · 2026
1,240
RGI / state CAGR projection
Households · 2011
269
Census 2011 baseline
+17.8%
Households · 2026
317
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
1,052Census 2011
Households
269Census 2011
Literacy rate
47.7%Census 2011
Sex ratio
934 ♀/1000♂Census 2011
2026 estimate
Projected from 2011 + state CAGR · live ECI electorate
Est. population
1,2402026 proj. · +17.9% vs 2011
Est. households
3172026 projection
Active job cards
1,23,618MGNREGA · district · Feb 2024-2025
HHs worked (FY)
71,983MGNREGA · 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
884NFHS-5 district
Female literacy
65.4%NFHS-5 district
Electricity
92.7%NFHS-5 district
Improved sanitation
52.6%NFHS-5 district
Children vaccinated
78.3%NFHS-5 district
Anaemia (women)
54.1%NFHS-5 district
Post-2011 updates
Central-government dashboards · sourced from data.gov.in · refreshed when the ministry publishes
Tap water at homedistrict level
59.1%Jal Jeevan Mission · Dec 2023 · Singrauli district
Rural houses builtdistrict level
37,15,287PMAY-G · 37,15,287 of 49,89,236 sanctioned · Mar 2025 · Singrauli district
Toilets builtdistrict level
5,79,642Swachh Bharat Mission - Gramin · Dec 2023 · Singrauli 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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