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{{Short description|Village in Assam, India}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2023}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2023}}

{{Infobox settlement
| name = Baghjan Gaon
| other_name = Baghjan
| native_name =
| native_name_lang = as
| settlement_type = Village
| pushpin_map = India Assam#India
| pushpin_map_caption = Map of Assam
| coordinates = {{coord|27.6002|95.4018|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_footnotes =
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Assam]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Tinsukia district|Tinsukia]]
| subdivision_type3 = [[Subdivision (India)|Subdivision]]
| subdivision_name3 = [[Doom Dooma]]
| established_title =
| established_date =
| founder =
| seat_type =
| seat =
| leader_party =
| leader_title =
| leader_name =
| unit_pref = Metric
| area_total_km2 =
| elevation_m = 124.99
| population_as_of = 2011
| population_total = 4488
| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_demonym =
| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Assamese language|Assamese]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = Postal code
| postal_code = 786151
| area_code_type = [[Telephone numbers in India|STD Code]]
| area_code =
| blank_name_sec1 = [[Census of India|Census]] code
| blank_info_sec1 =
| footnotes =
| 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]].<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Koteswar Rao |first1=N |title=Parliamentary & Assembly Constituencies: Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Bihar, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Orissa, Sikkim, Tripura, West Bengal |last2=Rajitha |first2=G |publisher=Arise Publishers |year=2008 |location=New Delhi, India |pages=42 |language=English}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Jaiswal |first1=Umanand |title=Baghjan oil blowout noise inducing trauma |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/north-east/baghjan-oil-blowout-noise-inducing-trauma/cid/1788325 |access-date=20 July 2022 |publisher=[[The Telegraph (India)]] |date=6 August 2020}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web |title=Primary census abstract at town, village and ward level, Assam - District Tinsukia - 2011 |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/6500/download/9577/DDW_PCA1810_2011_MDDS%20with%20UI.xlsx |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220703062835/https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/6500/download/9577/DDW_PCA1810_2011_MDDS%20with%20UI.xlsx |archive-date=3 July 2022 |access-date=20 July 2022 |website=Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India}}</ref>

On 27 May 2020, an [[2020 Assam gas and oil leak|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.<ref>{{cite news |last=Naqvi |first=Sadiq |title=Blowout at Oil India well threatens national park in upper Assam |url=https://www.downtoearth.org.in/news/pollution/blowout-at-oil-india-well-threatens-national-park-in-upper-assam-71464 |access-date=20 July 2022 |publisher=[[Down to Earth (magazine)|Down to Earth]] |date=30 May 2020 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Explosion Near Baghjan Oil Well In Tinsukia Of Assam, 3 Foreign Experts Injured |url=https://www.outlookindia.com/website/story/india-news-huge-explosion-near-baghjan-oil-well-in-assam/357194 |access-date=20 July 2022 |publisher=[[Outlook (Indian magazine)|Outlook]] |date=14 February 2022 |language=en}}</ref> It took six months to control the accidental gas blowout.<ref>{{cite news |last=Agarwala |first=Tora |date=29 September 2020 |title=Four months of Baghjan blowout; authorities say will take at least one more month to control |language=en |work=The Indian Express |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/north-east-india/assam/four-months-of-baghjan-blowout-authorities-say-will-take-at-least-one-more-month-to-control6635846/ |url-access=limited |access-date=20 July 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Assam's Baghjan oil wells resume operation after massive blowout |url=https://www.thestatesman.com/india/assams-baghjan-oil-wells-resumes-operation-after-massive-blowout-1502902325.html |access-date=20 July 2022 |work=The Statesman |date=22 June 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=15 November 2020 |title=Baghjan blowout well sealed fully |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/baghjan-blowout-well-sealed-fully/article33103989.ece |url-access=limited |access-date=20 July 2022}}</ref>

Baghjan also carries a history of militancy affected areas.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Gohain |first1=Chandan B. |title=Watch: 3 youths go missing in Assam's Tinsukia, suspected of joining ULFA (I) |url=https://www.eastmojo.com/news/2021/10/27/watch-3-youths-go-missing-in-assams-tinsukia-suspected-of-joining-ulfa-i/ |access-date=20 July 2022 |publisher=EastMojo |date=27 October 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Saikia |first=Arunabh |title=An 'Assamese PSU': The Baghjan blowout exposes long suppressed resentments against Oil India |url=https://scroll.in/article/966525/an-assamese-psu-the-baghjan-blowout-exposes-long-suppressed-resentments-against-oil-india |access-date=20 July 2022 |publisher=[[Scroll.in]] |date=8 July 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Wangsu |first=Manta |title=Extractivism and Extremism: The Tangled Resource Politics of Northeast India |url=https://thewire.in/rights/extractivism-and-extremism-the-tangled-resource-politics-of-northeast-india |access-date=20 July 2022 |work=The Wire |publisher=[[The Wire (India)]] |date=30 July 2021}}</ref>

== References ==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Villages in Tinsukia district]]

{{Assam-geo-stub}}

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