Hemalkasa - human settlement in India

Hemalkasa is in Gadchiroli district of Maharashtra.

Understand

Hemalkasa is famous for Lok Biradari Prakalp, a community project by Dr. Prakash Amte, a Magsaysay Award winner. The project includes a hospital and school for children of tribal people and also a orphanage-cum-hospital for wild animals.

The region is affected by left-wing naxalite activity and due care should be taken.

Get in

Hemalkasa is located in remote parts of Gadchiroli district of Maharashtra. Nearest airport is Nagpur. One can take a bus from Nagpur to Gadchiroli, another bus from Gadchiroli to Aheri and from Aheri to Bhamragad. Hemalkasa is around 65 km from Aheri, just before Bhamragad.

Get around

See

• Lok Biradari Prakalp. Scial project of the Maharogi Sewa Samiti, Warora involving a hospital, a school and an animal orphanage.

Do

Buy

1. Handicraft items.
2. Books about the project.

Eat

There is a family restaurant near Lok Biradari Prakalp. One can even go to Bhamragad where they can find another restaurants.

Drink

Drinking is prohibited in the whole Gadchiroli district.

Sleep

Connect

The region has very poor connectivity. As of 2019, only BSNL network works.

Go next

Bhamragad is a tehsil town very close from Bhamragad. There is a confluence of three rivers - Indravati River and its two tributaries - near Bhamragad.