Bhamragad is a Village and a

taluka A tehsil (, also known as tahsil, taluk, or taluka () is a local unit of administrative division in India and Pakistan. It is a subdistrict of the area within a district including the designated populated place that serves as its administrative ...

and a district sub-division in

Gadchiroli district Gadchiroli district (Marathi pronunciation: Help:IPA/Marathi, �əɖt͡ʃiɾoliː is an administrative Districts of Maharashtra, district in Maharashtra, India. The city of Gadchiroli is the administrative headquarters of the district. Offic ...

in the

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. It is located on the right banks of a confluence of three rivers: The

Indravati River Indravati River is a tributary of the Godavari River, in central India. The Indravati River's starting point, found to be the Ghats of Dandakaranya, ranges from a hilltop village Mardiguda of Thuamula Rampur Block in the Kalahandi distric ...

, a tributary of

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river, the Pearl Kota, and the Pamul Gautami. It is also located on the border of

and

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states of

Geography

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etapalli Etapalli is a village and a tehsil in Gadchiroli district in the Indian state of Maharashtra. Etapalli is known for its rich forest and a range of mountains called Surjagarh, located at the distance of 15 km from etapalli. It can be reached ...

Sub-division of Gadchiroli district along with

Etapalli Etapalli is a village and a tehsil in Gadchiroli district in the Indian state of Maharashtra. Etapalli is known for its rich forest and a range of mountains called Surjagarh, located at the distance of 15 km from etapalli. It can be reached ...

taluka. It is located in the dense forests which are also called as Dandkaranya. Most of the population is Madia Gond. These people maintain their traditional lifestyle. Madia Gond children are attending schools. Many now are doctors, paramedics, teachers, police personnel and employees of the government forest department.

Demographics

As per Indian government census of year 2011, the population of tehsil was 36,325.

Hemalkasa

The

Lok Biradari Prakalp Lok Biradari Prakalp (LBP) (Marathi; Brotherhood of People project) is a social project of the ''Maharogi Sewa Samiti'', Warora involving a hospital, a school and an animal orphanage. It was started on 23 December 1973, by the social worker B ...

is located near

Hemalkasa Hemalkasa is a village in the Bhamragad taluka of Gadchiroli district in Maharashtra State, India. It belongs to the Madia Gond community. Hemalkasa is where the famous Magsaysay Award-winner couple Dr. Prakash Baba Amte and Dr. Mandakini A ...

a village in Bhamragad Taluka. This project was founded by

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Baba Amte Murlidhar Devidas Amte (), popularly known as Baba Amte, (26 December 1914 – 9 February 2008) was an Indian social worker and social activist known particularly for his work for the rehabilitation and empowerment of people suffering from le ...

, his son

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Dr. Prakash Amte is the present medical director. The population of this village is mainly

Madia Gond Madia Gonds or Madia or Maria are one of the endogamous Gond tribes living in Chandrapur District and Gadchiroli District of Maharashtra State, and Bastar division of Chhattisgarh State India. They have been granted the status of a Particularl ...

Transport

Bhamragad is connected by Buses run by

MSRTC The Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation abbreviated as (MSRTC, or simply ST), is the state-run bus service of Maharashtra, India, which serves routes to towns and cities within Maharashtra as well as to its adjoining states. It also of ...

to Aheri,

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. One can get a bus from Nagpur to Aheri or

Allapalli Allapalli is a village located in the Gadchiroli district of Maharashtra, India. Geography Allapalli is in southern Gadchiroli district, in a central part of Aheri, Gadchiroli, Aheri tahsil. The village is laid out over . The village is situat ...

, both are the main transportation hub (located 7 km from each other) for Bhamragad, Bhamragad is 65 km from Allapalli. Allapalli is the central town connecting Aheri, Sironcha, Ettapalli, Mulchera, Bhamragad (all five taluka). On the Allapalli to Bhamragad route is Talewada, Permilli, Bhandia (River)

Kudkelli Kudkeli is a village in Bhamragad Taluka, Gadchiroli district, Maharashtra, India. Geography Kudkeli is a village located in Dandakaranya Dandakaranya (), also rendered Dandaka (, IAST: ), is a historical region and the name of a fores ...

Phata, Tadgaon, Hemlkasa and then Bhamragad. These all villages are situated in a unique forest. The forest is very vast, and all kinds of animals like monkeys, snakes etc. could be seen while travelling here.

References

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Chhattisgarh State Chhattisgarh (; ) is a landlocked state in Central India. It is the ninth largest state by area, and with a population of roughly 30 million, the seventeenth most populous. It borders seven states – Uttar Pradesh to the north, Madhya Prades ...

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Indravati National Park Indravati National Park is a national park located in Bijapur district of Chhattisgarh state in India. The park derives its name from the Indravati River, which flows from east to west and forms the northern boundary of the reserve with the In ...

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