Sonawan observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Bihar.
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 |
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.
Sonawan is a village in Patna Rural mandal, Patna district, Bihar. It has a population of 2,322 residents in 334 households with a literacy rate of 37.1%. The village is situated at coordinates 25.134°N, 85.260°E and shares PIN code 800009.
By population, Sonawan ranks #11 of 33 villages in Patna Rural mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Sonawan is a village of 2,322 people in 334 households (Census 2011) in Patna Rural block, Patna district, Bihar, the 11th-largest of 33 villages in Patna Rural block. Literacy is 37%, 9 points below the block average of 46% and the sex ratio is 865 women per 1,000 men. It lies 82 km from the Patna district centre, 19 km from Baragaon, the nearest town, 4 km from Islampur railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 800009, served by Begampur (Patna) post office; the LGD village code is 245283. The nearest hospital or health centre is Surya Nursing Home, Nalanda, 10 km away. The village votes in Bachhwara assembly constituency, represented by MLA Surendra Mehta. The population is estimated at 2,738 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Sonawa Pur →
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.
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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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