Sonapur observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Assam.
Temples near Sonapur
Named places of worship on record
The principal temple recorded for Gohpur mandal is Haldhibari Burhimai Mandir. No temple of this dedication is on record within Sonapur itself.
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.
Sonapur is a village in Gohpur mandal, Biswanath district, Assam, with a population of 304 across 76 households. The village has a literacy rate of 74.7% and is located at coordinates 26.119°N, 91.970°E with PIN code 784168.
By population, Sonapur ranks #135 of 231 villages in Gohpur mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Sonapur is a village of 304 people in 76 households (Census 2011) in Gohpur block, Biswanath district, Assam, the 135th-largest of 231 villages in Gohpur block. Literacy is 75%, 10 points above the block average of 64% and the sex ratio is 987 women per 1,000 men. It lies 109 km from the Biswanath district centre, 4 km from Digaru railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 784168, served by Gohpur post office; the LGD village code is 287162. The nearest hospital or health centre is Sonapur District Hospital, <1 km away. The sarpanch is Ranadeep Chutia, and the village votes in Kaliabor assembly constituency, represented by MLA Keshab Mahanta. The population is estimated at 358 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Sonapur →
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Water supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
2 Temples mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
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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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