Para observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Bihar.
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 |
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.
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.
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.
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.
Para is a village in Hasanganj mandal, Katihar district, Bihar, with a population of 567 in 126 households. The village has a literacy rate of 47.4%.
By population, Para ranks #29 of 41 villages in Hasanganj mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Para Bihar, Katihar மாவட்டம், Hasanganj வட்டாரம்ல் 567 பேர் 126 குடும்பங்களில் (2011 கணக்கெடுப்பு) வாழும் கிராமம், Hasanganj வட்டாரம்ன் 41 கிராமங்களில் 29வது பெரியது. கல்வியறிவு 47%, வட்டாரம் சராசரி 44% விட 4 புள்ளிகள் அதிகம் மற்றும் பாலின விகிதம் 1,000 ஆண்களுக்கு 1,018 பெண்கள். இது Katihar மாவட்டத் தலைமையகத்திலிருந்து 111 கி.மீ, அருகிலுள்ள நகரம் Sangramலிருந்து 14 கி.மீ, Raiganj ரயில் நிலையத்திலிருந்து 14 கி.மீ அமைந்துள்ளது (நேர்கோட்டு தூரம்). அஞ்சல் குறியீடு 854317, Barsoighat அஞ்சலகத்தின் கீழ்; LGD கிராமக் குறியீடு 224431. அருகிலுள்ள மருத்துவமனை State Ayurvedic Dispensary, Shurun, 2 கி.மீ தொலைவில். கிராமம் Supaul சட்டமன்றத் தொகுதியில் உள்ளது, எம்எல்ஏ Bijendra Prasad Yadav. 2026ல் மக்கள்தொகை 3,487 என மதிப்பிடப்படுகிறது, 2011ஐ விட 515% அதிகம்.
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Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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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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