Sonari observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Uttar 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.
Sonari is a village in Rasra mandal, Ballia district, Uttar Pradesh, with a population of 470 across 92 households. The village has a literacy rate of 60% and is located at coordinates 24.252°N, 81.135°E.
By population, Sonari ranks #239 of 400 villages in Rasra mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Sonari is a village of 470 people in 92 households (Census 2011) in Rasra tehsil, Ballia district, Uttar Pradesh, the 239th-largest of 400 villages in Rasra tehsil. Literacy is 60%, about the same as the tehsil average of 60% and the sex ratio is 992 women per 1,000 men. It lies 363 km from the Ballia district centre, 30 km from Bara railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 221711, served by Nagra (Ballia) post office; the LGD village code is 198245. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Ramnagar, 6 km away. The sarpanch is rita devi, and the village votes in Gopamau assembly constituency, represented by MLA Shyam Prakash. The population is estimated at 554 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Khira Nisfi →
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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