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
501499
Pincode
484110
Post office
Burhar
Population
795
Households
196
Literacy rate
52.3%
Sex ratio
988 ♀/1000♂
Workers
367
జనగణన 2011 · పోలిక
Devgai ఇతరులతో పోలిస్తే
By population, Devgai ranks #38 of 66 villages in Burhar mandal.
Literacy rate
%
52.3%
−1.8% vs mandal average
Devgai
52.3%
Burhar mandal
54.1%
Shahdol district
56.7%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
988
+24 vs mandal average
Devgai
988
Burhar mandal
964
Household size
people per home
4.1
−0.1 vs mandal average
Devgai
4.1
Burhar mandal
4.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
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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 Shahdol district level
Then & Now
Devgai — Census 2011 to projected 2026
Population · 2011
795
Census 2011 baseline
+17.9%
Population · 2026
937
RGI / state CAGR projection
Households · 2011
196
Census 2011 baseline
+17.9%
Households · 2026
231
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
795Census 2011
Households
196Census 2011
Literacy rate
52.3%Census 2011
Sex ratio
988 ♀/1000♂Census 2011
2026 estimate
Projected from 2011 + state CAGR · live ECI electorate
Est. population
9372026 proj. · +17.9% vs 2011
Est. households
2312026 projection
Active job cards
1,29,103MGNREGA · district · Feb 2024-2025
HHs worked (FY)
71,681MGNREGA · 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
1,032NFHS-5 district
Female literacy
72.1%NFHS-5 district
Electricity
97.5%NFHS-5 district
Improved sanitation
61.4%NFHS-5 district
Children vaccinated
87.4%NFHS-5 district
Anaemia (women)
56.4%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 · Shahdol district
Rural houses builtdistrict level
37,15,287PMAY-G · 37,15,287 of 49,89,236 sanctioned · Mar 2025 · Shahdol district
Toilets builtdistrict level
5,79,642Swachh Bharat Mission - Gramin · Dec 2023 · Shahdol 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.