Ala observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of West Bengal.
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.
Ala is a small village in Dhaniakhali mandal, Hooghly district, West Bengal, with a population of 1,029 in 250 households and a literacy rate of 75.4%.
By population, Ala ranks #123 of 214 villages in Dhaniakhali mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Ala is a village of 1,029 people in 250 households (Census 2011) in Dhaniakhali block, Hooghly district, West Bengal, the 123rd-largest of 214 villages in Dhaniakhali block. Literacy is 75%, 7 points above the block average of 68% and the sex ratio is 949 women per 1,000 men. It lies 12 km from the Hooghly district centre, 13 km from Jaugram, the nearest town, 4 km from Hajigarh railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 712302, served by Dhaniakhali post office; the LGD village code is 324631. The nearest hospital or health centre is Dhaniakhali Rural Hospital, 1 km away. The sarpanch is GOLAK DESHMUKH, and the village votes in Dhanekhali assembly constituency, represented by MLA Asima Patra. The population is estimated at 1,151 in 2026, up 12% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Somaspur-I →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ala · this village | 1,029 | 75% | — |
| Pitha · Dhaniakhali | 747 | 64% | 0.7 km NW |
| Galgale · Dhaniakhali | 319 | 66% | 0.9 km W |
| Harpur · Dhaniakhali | 2,054 | 71% | 1.3 km S |
| Dhaniakhali · Dhaniakhali | 3,738 | 74% | 1.4 km SE |
| Chhota Mallikpur · Dhaniakhali | 873 | 68% | 1.4 km W |
| Hatkamalpur · Dhaniakhali | 500 | 63% | 1.5 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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