Bhakura 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 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.
Bhakura is a village in Odgi mandal, Surajpur district, Chhattisgarh. The village has 905 inhabitants across 269 households and a literacy rate of 55.9%. Located at 19.988°N, 81.462°E, it operates under PIN code 497231.
By population, Bhakura ranks #23 of 63 villages in Odgi mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Bhakura is a village of 905 people in 269 households (Census 2011) in Odgi tehsil, Surajpur district, Chhattisgarh, the 23rd-largest of 63 villages in Odgi tehsil. Literacy is 56%, 10 points above the tehsil average of 46% and the sex ratio is 1,052 women per 1,000 men. It lies 160 km from the Surajpur district centre, 36 km from Antagarh railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 497231, served by Bhaiyathan post office; the LGD village code is 432690. The nearest hospital or health centre is Govt. Hospital Keshkal, 17 km away. The sarpanch is Devkumari Raksel, and the village votes in Keshkal assembly constituency, represented by MLA Neelkanth Tekam. The population is estimated at 1,067 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Bhakura →
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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