Amba observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Jharkhand.
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.
Amba is a village in Hariharganj mandal, Palamu district, Jharkhand, with a population of 1,783 residents across 285 households. The village has a literacy rate of 51% and postal code 822131.
By population, Amba ranks #8 of 94 villages in Hariharganj mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Amba is a village of 1,783 people in 285 households (Census 2011) in Hariharganj block, Palamu district, Jharkhand, the 8th-largest of 94 villages in Hariharganj block. Literacy is 51%, about the same as the block average of 51% and the sex ratio is 936 women per 1,000 men. It lies 217 km from the Palamu district centre, 4 km from Khajuri, the nearest town, 4 km from Bagahabishunpur railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 822131, served by Harihar Ganj (Palamau) post office; the LGD village code is 365296. The nearest hospital or health centre is SDH Dehri, 9 km away. The sarpanch is SANDIP KUMAR YADAV, and the village votes in Jarmundi assembly constituency, represented by MLA Devendra Kunwar. The population is estimated at 2,102 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Dema →
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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