Baghjan Explained
| Baghjan Gaon |
| Other Name: | Baghjan |
| Native Name Lang: | as |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Pushpin Map: | India Assam#India |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Map of Assam |
| Coordinates: | 27.6002°N 95.4018°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  India |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Assam |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Tinsukia |
| Subdivision Type3: | Subdivision |
| Subdivision Name3: | Doom Dooma |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Elevation M: | 124.99 |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Total: | 4488 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Demographics Type1: | Languages |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
| Demographics1 Info1: | Assamese |
| Timezone1: | IST |
| Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 786151 |
| Area Code Type: | STD Code |
| Blank Name Sec1: | Census code |
| Pushpin Map Alt: | Tinsukia district |
| Area Total Ha: | 533.84 |
| Official Name: | Baghjan Gaon |
Baghjan Gaon is a village under the Doom Dooma subdivision of the Tinsukia district in Assam, India.[1] [2] As per the 2011 Census of India, Baghjan Gaon has a total population of 4,488 people including 2,244 males and 2,244 females.[3]
On 27 May 2020, an accidental gas blowout happened in Oil India Limited's Baghjan Oilfield, near Baghjan Gaon, which killed 3 people and injured 3 foreign experts, and damaged a vast area including Baghjan and nearby villages and forests.[4] [5] It took six months to control the accidental gas blowout.[6] [7] [8]
Baghjan also carries a history of militancy affected areas.[9] [10] [11]
Notes and References
- Book: Koteswar Rao . N . Parliamentary & Assembly Constituencies: Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Bihar, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Orissa, Sikkim, Tripura, West Bengal . Rajitha . G . Arise Publishers . 2008 . New Delhi, India . 42 . English.
- News: Jaiswal . Umanand . Baghjan oil blowout noise inducing trauma . 20 July 2022 . . 6 August 2020.
- Web site: Primary census abstract at town, village and ward level, Assam - District Tinsukia - 2011 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220703062835/https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/6500/download/9577/DDW_PCA1810_2011_MDDS%20with%20UI.xlsx . 3 July 2022 . 20 July 2022 . Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India.
- News: Naqvi . Sadiq . Blowout at Oil India well threatens national park in upper Assam . 20 July 2022 . . 30 May 2020 . en.
- News: Explosion Near Baghjan Oil Well In Tinsukia Of Assam, 3 Foreign Experts Injured . 20 July 2022 . . 14 February 2022 . en.
- News: Agarwala . Tora . 29 September 2020 . Four months of Baghjan blowout; authorities say will take at least one more month to control . en . The Indian Express . limited . 20 July 2022.
- News: Assam's Baghjan oil wells resume operation after massive blowout . 20 July 2022 . The Statesman . 22 June 2020.
- News: 15 November 2020 . Baghjan blowout well sealed fully . en-IN . The Hindu . limited . 20 July 2022.
- News: Gohain . Chandan B. . Watch: 3 youths go missing in Assam's Tinsukia, suspected of joining ULFA (I) . 20 July 2022 . EastMojo . 27 October 2021.
- News: Saikia . Arunabh . An 'Assamese PSU': The Baghjan blowout exposes long suppressed resentments against Oil India . 20 July 2022 . . 8 July 2020.
- News: Wangsu . Manta . Extractivism and Extremism: The Tangled Resource Politics of Northeast India . 20 July 2022 . The Wire . . 30 July 2021.
