Bongaon observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Assam.
Temples near Bongaon
Named places of worship on record
Named places of worship recorded in OpenStreetMap, with the distance measured from Bongaon. Whether a particular temple holds a public observance is not something we have on record.
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.
Bongaon is a village in Jorhat East mandal, Jorhat district, Assam. It has 1,621 residents across 373 households, with a literacy rate of 86.6%.
By population, Bongaon ranks #19 of 65 villages in Jorhat East mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Bongaon is a village of 1,621 people in 373 households (Census 2011) in Jorhat East block, Jorhat district, Assam, the 19th-largest of 65 villages in Jorhat East block. Literacy is 87%, 4 points above the block average of 83% and the sex ratio is 991 women per 1,000 men. It lies 247 km from the Jorhat district centre, 7 km from New Guwahati railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 785107, served by Kakajan post office; the LGD village code is 293711. The nearest hospital or health centre is speciality homoepathic clinic, <1 km away. The sarpanch is MAMU RAHMAN, and the village votes in Kaliabor assembly constituency, represented by MLA Keshab Mahanta. The population is estimated at 1,911 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Kakojan →
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.
8 Temples mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
10 mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors, nearest first. Government school lists (UDISE) will replace this when loaded.
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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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