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
496003
Pincode
480884
Post office
Chhapara
Population
484
Households
109
Literacy rate
44.6%
Sex ratio
869 ♀/1000♂
Workers
256
Distance to district centre
60 km
Distance to mandal centre
69 km
Distance to Bhopal
224 km
Distance to Hyderabad
529 km
Nearest railway station
Umaria Isra · 12 km
Nearest hospital / PHC
Goverment hospital,Chourai · 7 km
2011 கணக்கெடுப்பு · ஒப்பீட்டில்
Khatkar ஒப்பீடு
By population, Khatkar ranks #105 of 157 villages in Chhapara mandal.
Literacy rate
%
44.6%
−9.7% vs mandal average
Khatkar
44.6%
Chhapara mandal
54.3%
Seoni district
62.7%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
869
−107 vs mandal average
Khatkar
869
Chhapara mandal
976
Household size
people per home
4.4
+0.1 vs mandal average
Khatkar
4.4
Chhapara mandal
4.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
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Khatkar ஒரு பார்வையில்
Khatkar Madhya Pradesh, Seoni மாவட்டம், Chhapara தாசில்ல் 484 பேர் 109 குடும்பங்களில் (2011 கணக்கெடுப்பு) வாழும் கிராமம், Chhapara தாசில்ன் 157 கிராமங்களில் 105வது பெரியது. கல்வியறிவு 45%, தாசில் சராசரி 54% விட 10 புள்ளிகள் குறைவு மற்றும் பாலின விகிதம் 1,000 ஆண்களுக்கு 869 பெண்கள். இது Seoni மாவட்டத் தலைமையகத்திலிருந்து 60 கி.மீ, Umaria Isra ரயில் நிலையத்திலிருந்து 12 கி.மீ அமைந்துள்ளது (நேர்கோட்டு தூரம்). அஞ்சல் குறியீடு 480884, Chhapara அஞ்சலகத்தின் கீழ்; LGD கிராமக் குறியீடு 496003. அருகிலுள்ள மருத்துவமனை Goverment hospital,Chourai, 7 கி.மீ தொலைவில். ஊராட்சித் தலைவர் rajesh bharti; கிராமம் Amarwara சட்டமன்றத் தொகுதியில் உள்ளது, எம்எல்ஏ Kamlesh Pratap Shah. 2026ல் மக்கள்தொகை 571 என மதிப்பிடப்படுகிறது, 2011ஐ விட 18% அதிகம்.
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 Seoni district level
Then & Now
Khatkar — Census 2011 to projected 2026
Population · 2011
484
Census 2011 baseline
+18.0%
Population · 2026
571
RGI / state CAGR projection
Households · 2011
109
Census 2011 baseline
+18.3%
Households · 2026
129
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
484Census 2011
Households
109Census 2011
Literacy rate
44.6%Census 2011
Sex ratio
869 ♀/1000♂Census 2011
2026 estimate
Projected from 2011 + state CAGR · live ECI electorate
Est. population
5712026 proj. · +18% vs 2011
Est. households
1292026 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.