Sonchalida observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of West Bengal.
Temples near Sonchalida
Named places of worship on record
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.
Sonchalida is a village in Bhatar mandal, Purba Bardhaman district, West Bengal, with a population of 1,896 across 420 households. The village has a literacy rate of 56.8%.
By population, Sonchalida ranks #53 of 107 villages in Bhatar mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Sonchalida is a village of 1,896 people in 420 households (Census 2011) in Bhatar block, Purba Bardhaman district, West Bengal, the 53rd-largest of 107 villages in Bhatar block. Literacy is 57%, 7 points below the block average of 64% and the sex ratio is 1,004 women per 1,000 men. It lies 20 km from the Purba Bardhaman district centre, 5 km from Orgram, the nearest town, 7 km from Banpas railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 713121, served by Aruar post office; the LGD village code is 319771. The nearest hospital or health centre is Guskara Primary Hospital, 10 km away. The sarpanch is Ranjit Mallik, and the village votes in Bhatar assembly constituency, represented by MLA Soumen Karfa. The population is estimated at 2,235 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Sahebganj-I →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sonchalida · this village | 1,896 | 57% | — |
| Bigra · Bhatar | 1,863 | 63% | 0.9 km SW |
| Mandarbati · Bhatar | 1,268 | 61% | 2.2 km W |
| Ratanpur · Bhatar | 1,418 | 64% | 2.4 km SE |
| Narayanpur · Bhatar | 2,285 | 66% | 2.4 km SE |
| Dhandalsa · Bhatar | 1,455 | 74% | 2.6 km S |
| Kumarun · Bhatar | 931 | 63% | 2.5 km E |
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.
2 Temples mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
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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