Longja observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Manipur.
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.
Longja is a village in Chakpikarong mandal, Chandel district, Manipur. It has a population of 570 across 112 households with a literacy rate of 49.6%.
By population, Longja ranks #18 of 111 villages in Chakpikarong mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Longja is a village of 570 people in 112 households (Census 2011) in Chakpikarong block, Chandel district, Manipur, the 18th-largest of 111 villages in Chakpikarong block. Literacy is 50%, 16 points below the block average of 65% and the sex ratio is 1,192 women per 1,000 men. It lies 27 km from the Chandel district centre, 52 km from Bishnupur, the nearest town, 66 km from Imphal railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 795101, served by Sugnu post office; the LGD village code is 270911. The nearest hospital or health centre is MSF clinic chakpikarong, 7 km away. The village votes in Singhat assembly constituency, represented by MLA Chinlunthang. The population is estimated at 672 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Longja · this village | 570 | 50% | — |
| Gelngai · Chakpikarong | 236 | 66% | 0.6 km NE |
| T. Phaicham · Champhai | — | — | 0.7 km S |
| Paldai · Chakpikarong | 575 | 72% | 1.9 km S |
| Haikha (L) · Chakpikarong | 738 | 62% | 2 km S |
| Gelbungjang · Chakpikarong | — | — | 2.7 km S |
| Twilelon · Chakpikarong | — | — | 2.8 km S |
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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