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
464514
Pincode
485881
Post office
Ramnagar (Satna)
Population
1,683
Households
372
Literacy rate
57.5%
Sex ratio
937 ♀/1000♂
Workers
781
జనగణన 2011 · పోలిక
Devra Molhai ఇతరులతో పోలిస్తే
By population, Devra Molhai ranks #27 of 193 villages in Ramnagar mandal.
Literacy rate
%
57.5%
+1.8% vs mandal average
Devra Molhai
57.5%
Ramnagar mandal
55.7%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
937
−26 vs mandal average
Devra Molhai
937
Ramnagar mandal
963
Household size
people per home
4.5
+0.1 vs mandal average
Devra Molhai
4.5
Ramnagar mandal
4.4
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
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Devra Molhai ఒక్క చూపులో
Devra Molhai Madhya Pradeshలోని Maihar జిల్లా, Ramnagar తహసీల్లో 1,683 జనాభా 372 కుటుంబాలలో (జనగణన 2011) గల గ్రామం, Ramnagar తహసీల్లోని 193 గ్రామాలలో 27వ పెద్దది. అక్షరాస్యత 58%, తహసీల్ సగటు 56% కంటే 2 పాయింట్లు ఎక్కువ మరియు లింగ నిష్పత్తి ప్రతి 1,000 పురుషులకు 937 మహిళలు. పిన్కోడ్ 485881, Ramnagar (Satna) పోస్టాఫీసు పరిధిలో; LGD గ్రామ కోడ్ 464514. సర్పంచ్ DIWAKAR SINGH; గ్రామం Amarpatan అసెంబ్లీ నియోజకవర్గంలో ఉంది, ఎమ్మెల్యే Dr. Rajendra Kumar Singh. 2026లో జనాభా సుమారు 1,984, 2011 జనగణన కంటే 18% ఎక్కువ.
Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-13
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 Maihar district level
Then & Now
Devra Molhai — Census 2011 to projected 2026
Population · 2011
1,683
Census 2011 baseline
+17.9%
Population · 2026
1,984
RGI / state CAGR projection
Households · 2011
372
Census 2011 baseline
+18.0%
Households · 2026
439
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
1,683Census 2011
Households
372Census 2011
Literacy rate
57.5%Census 2011
Sex ratio
937 ♀/1000♂Census 2011
2026 estimate
Projected from 2011 + state CAGR · live ECI electorate
Est. population
1,9842026 proj. · +17.9% vs 2011
Est. households
4392026 projection
Active job cards
—MGNREGA · district
HHs worked (FY)
—MGNREGA · district
State electorate
5,64,02,812ECI Lok Sabha 2024 final roll
NFHS-5 (2019-21)
National Family Health Survey · district overlay
Sex ratio @ birth
—NFHS-5 district
Female literacy
—NFHS-5 district
Electricity
—NFHS-5 district
Improved sanitation
—NFHS-5 district
Children vaccinated
—NFHS-5 district
Anaemia (women)
—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 · Maihar district
Rural houses builtdistrict level
37,15,287PMAY-G · 37,15,287 of 49,89,236 sanctioned · Mar 2025 · Maihar district
Toilets builtdistrict level
5,79,642Swachh Bharat Mission - Gramin · Dec 2023 · Maihar 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.