Bilgaon

Bilgaon
Village
Bilgaon is located in Maharashtra
Bilgaon
Bilgaon
Location in Maharashtra, India
Coordinates: 21°53′57″N 74°19′04″E / 21.89910°N 74.31769°E / 21.89910; 74.31769
CountryIndia
StateMaharashtra
DistrictNandurbar
Population
 (2011)
 • Total1,840
Languages
 • OfficialMarathi
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
425432

Bilgaon is a village in the Dhadgaon Tehsil of Nandurbar district, in Maharashtra in western India. It consists of 12 hamlets. The population recorded in the 2011 Census of India was 1840.[1][2]

Notably, a micro hydro was built in 2003 mostly with the help of voluntary labour by the tribals (Shramdaan);[3] effects of the Sardar Sarovar Dam caused it to be washed away.[4]

The Bollywood film Swades was based on the village.[4] Aadiwasi Janjagruti a community media based social project operated in Dhadgaon Tehsil[5] is making a documentary on it[6]

  1. ^ "Bilgaon Village: From Darkness to Light". Archived from the original on 17 January 2008.
  2. ^ "Census 2011 Bilgaon".
  3. ^ "The Bilgaon Model - Frontline".
  4. ^ a b "Bilgaon hydel project washed away".
  5. ^ "Tribal boys use mobile phones to shoot short film on local issues". The Indian Express. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
  6. ^ "Tribal youth make short-films in local languages to educate vulnerable communities about COVID and lockdown". The Optimist Citizen. Retrieved 20 August 2020.