Maina 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.
Maina is a village in Mahishi mandal, Saharsa district, Bihar, with 1,771 inhabitants in 342 households. The village has the highest literacy rate among nearby villages at 65.2%, with PIN code 852216.
By population, Maina ranks #33 of 81 villages in Mahishi mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Maina is a village of 1,771 people in 342 households (Census 2011) in Mahishi block, Saharsa district, Bihar, the 33rd-largest of 81 villages in Mahishi block. Literacy is 65%, 27 points above the block average of 38% and the sex ratio is 802 women per 1,000 men. It lies 35 km from the Saharsa district centre, 11 km from Beldaur, the nearest town, 12 km from Koparia railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 852216, served by Mahishi post office; the LGD village code is 226388. The nearest hospital or health centre is Goverment hospital,Sonbarsa, 2 km away. The sarpanch is nutan bharti, and the village votes in Matihani assembly constituency, represented by MLA Narendra Kumar Singh Alias Bogo Singh. The population is estimated at 2,088 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Naharwar →
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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