Dhadgaon (also known as Akrani or Akrani Mahal) is a municipal council in Nandurbar district,

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, India. The name Akrani is derived from a local queen "Akka Rani", Rani meaning queen in

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. Nandurbar district has five more tehsils viz. Akkalkuwa, Taloda,

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Nandurbar Nandurbar () is a city and a municipal council in Nandurbar district in the Indian state of Maharashtra. Nandurbar municipal corporation is the first municipal corporation. The District Nandurbar was formed from the district Dhule on July 1, ...

and

Navapur Navapur is a Municipality (India), Municipality and headquarters for Navapur Taluka in Nandurbar district, in the States and territories of India, state of Maharashtra, India. Geography Navapur municipality is situated on the border with the ...

. The tehsil is surrounded by

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state on north and east, Shahada and Talode tehsils on south and Akkalkuwa on west. Maharashtra State Highway 1 (MSH-1) passes through the tehsil along with Akkalkuwa and Shahada. The hill station and tourist attraction Toranmal is located in this tehsil.

Bilgaon 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. Notably, a micro hydro was built in 2003 mostly with t ...

is a village in Dhadgaon tehsil known for its developmental work and serving as an inspiration for the film

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Demography

The total population of Dhadgaon (Akrani) sub-district, as per 2001 India census was 1,36,504. There were 67,967 males and 68537 females. As per India census 2011 population was 1,95,754 out of which 97,902 were males and 97,852 were females.

References

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External links

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