| Bilu Island | |
| Settlement Type: | Island of Mon State |
| Nickname: | Takoa Khamaing |
| Coordinates: | 16.3694°N 97.5177°W |
| Pushpin Map: | Myanmar |
| Pushpin Label Position: | left |
| Timezone1: | Myanmar Standard Time |
| Utc Offset1: | +6:30 |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Myanmar |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Mon State |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Mawlamyine District |
| Subdivision Type3: | Township |
| Subdivision Name3: | Chaungzon Township |
Bilu Island (Burmese: ဘီလူးကျွန်း; တေကာ့ခမိုင်း; Bilu Kyun, lit. "ogre island") is a Deltaic island of the Salween (Thanlwin) River in Chaungzon Township, Mon State, located west of Mawlamyine.[1] The island is roughly the size of Singapore, and inhabited by 200,000 people.[1] [2]
On 8 February 2015, the Mon State government began a construction project to build a 1586m (5,203feet) bridge, the Bogyoke Aung San bridge, to connect Mawlamyine's Mupun jetty to Bilu Island's Ka-nyaw village, the first to be constructed.[3] [4] The project, which is estimated to cost, will be constructed by a Japan-Burma joint venture.[4] The people in this island depend on some interesting home industries such as black boards for schools, rubber bands, cane products, wooden pipes, pencils, pens and tobacco.Bliu island is now connected to the national electrical grid.