Chitawani observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Madhya Pradesh.
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.
Chitawani is a village in Dabra mandal, Gwalior district, Madhya Pradesh, with a population of 1,464 across 303 households. The village has a literacy rate of 61.1% and is located at coordinates 25.876°N, 78.252°E with PIN code 475110.
By population, Chitawani ranks #29 of 93 villages in Dabra mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Chitawani is a village of 1,464 people in 303 households (Census 2011) in Dabra tehsil, Gwalior district, Madhya Pradesh, the 29th-largest of 93 villages in Dabra tehsil. Literacy is 61%, 7 points above the tehsil average of 54% and the sex ratio is 863 women per 1,000 men. It lies 6 km from the Gwalior district centre, 11 km from Shekhupur, the nearest town, 7 km from Simariatal railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 475110, served by Dabra post office; the LGD village code is 454145. The nearest hospital or health centre is Dr Sushil Sachdeva, 8 km away. The sarpanch is Chandra Rawat, and the village votes in Dabra assembly constituency, represented by MLA Suresh Raje. The population is estimated at 1,726 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Chitavani →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chitawani · this village | 1,464 | 61% | — |
| Maharaj Pur · Salempur | 235 | 50% | 2.4 km NW |
| Maharaj Pur · Haidergarh | 409 | 50% | 2.4 km NW |
| Maharaj Pur · Pichhor | 0 | — | 2.4 km NW |
| Maharaj Pur · Dabra | 1,958 | 44% | 2.4 km NW |
| Barol · Dabra | 1,831 | 55% | 2.6 km NE |
| Salwai · Dabra | 3,596 | 56% | 3 km SE |
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.
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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