Utwaha 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 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.
By population, Utwaha ranks #95 of 114 villages in Karera mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Utwaha is a village of 470 people in 87 households (Census 2011) in Karera tehsil, Shivpuri district, Madhya Pradesh, the 95th-largest of 114 villages in Karera tehsil. Literacy is 49%, 3 points below the tehsil average of 52% and the sex ratio is 780 women per 1,000 men. It lies 53 km from the Shivpuri district centre, 19 km from Rajapur, the nearest town, 27 km from Karari railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 473660, served by Karera post office; the LGD village code is 455695. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government hospital Karera, 10 km away. The sarpanch is Deepak Yadav, and the village votes in Shivpuri assembly constituency, represented by MLA Devendra Kumar Jain. The population is estimated at 554 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Khiriapunawali →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Utwaha · this village | 470 | 49% | — |
| Khiriya Punawali · Karera | 1,333 | 57% | 1.3 km SE |
| Semra · Karera | 830 | 66% | 1.8 km N |
| Khiriya · Baroni | 344 | 43% | 2 km SE |
| Bahera · Karera | 48 | 52% | 2.3 km NW |
| Kodora Lodhi · Karera | 1,480 | 52% | 2.7 km NW |
| Kalipahadi · Karera | 2,383 | 54% | 3.6 km W |
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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