Kareli observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Chhattisgarh.
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.
By population, Kareli ranks #16 of 77 villages in Dhamdha mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kareli is a village of 1,423 people in 266 households (Census 2011) in Dhamdha tehsil, Durg district, Chhattisgarh, the 16th-largest of 77 villages in Dhamdha tehsil. Literacy is 43%, 16 points below the tehsil average of 59% and the sex ratio is 1,021 women per 1,000 men. It lies 101 km from the Durg district centre, 36 km from Gudum railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 491331, served by Dhamdha post office; the LGD village code is 442426. The nearest hospital or health centre is Purnima Homeo & Dental Hospital, 9 km away. The sarpanch is MESHRAM SAHU, and the village votes in Kanker assembly constituency, represented by MLA Asha Ram Netam. The population is estimated at 1,678 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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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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