Wakad observes Ganeshotsav on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Maharashtra.
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, Wakad ranks #36 of 131 villages in Niphad mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Wakad is a village of 3,179 people in 690 households (Census 2011) in Niphad taluka, Nashik district, Maharashtra, the 36th-largest of 131 villages in Niphad taluka. Literacy is 68%, 4 points below the taluka average of 72% and the sex ratio is 913 women per 1,000 men. It lies 40 km from the Nashik district centre, 33 km from Bidkin, the nearest town, 6 km from Karmad railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 422305, served by Vinchur post office; the LGD village code is 551362. The nearest hospital or health centre is Rural Hospital, Karmad, 7 km away. The sarpanch is Rekha Navnath Bhavar, and the village votes in Phulambri assembly constituency, represented by MLA Anuradha Chavan. The population is estimated at 3,748 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Vakad →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wakad · this village | 3,179 | 68% | — |
| Lalpadi · Niphad | 959 | 70% | 0 km N |
| Wadkha · Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar | 1,814 | 60% | 1.3 km W |
| Pirwadi · Nilanga | 0 | — | 3.6 km W |
| Pirwadi · Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar | 666 | 29% | 3.6 km W |
| Pirwadi · Satara | 3,760 | 87% | 3.6 km W |
| Adgaon Sarak · Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar | 2,656 | 55% | 4.9 km NW |
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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