Jungli the Nomad Village

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About the Communities

  • Established
  • English
  • Ecological
  • Rural

Founding year

  • 2023

What we do

Jungli The Nomad Village is a coworking and coliving ecovillage on 150 acres of ancestral land in Dandeli, Karnataka — about 130km from Goa, India’s digital nomad hotspot.
The land’s story began in 1955, when freedom fighter Lalbhai Patel leased it and built the Dandeli Ferro Alloys factory — the business that gave birth to the town of Dandeli and thousands of local jobs. Four generations on, his descendants, the Schae family, still run the land — now reimagined as a home for nomads.
Jungli was founded in April 2024 by Divi, “the Audio Nomad” — born in these jungles, he spent a decade in Australia and three years on the road before coming home to build the coworking and coliving community he could never find elsewhere in India: safe, creative, productive, and affordable.
Today, Jungli is a sustainable, family-run village and community where wifi meets wildlife — deer, giant squirrels, and birds share a forest village by the river with residents working over fast, reliable internet. Coliving houses, villas, camping, and soon tiny homes offer nomads a range of ways to stay, alongside shared meals, coworking spaces, and community programs.
Most of Jungli’s earnings flow straight back into the local Dandeli economy — many team members worked the land in its factory days and still carry its stories. It’s not just a stay; it’s a living piece of history, run on family values.

  • Purpose
  • Ecological
  • Languages
  • English
  • Hindi
  • Community type
  • Ecovillage
  • Intentional Neighborhoods
  • Land-Based Communities
  • Activities
  • Education

Commemorative dates

  • January 1, 2023
  • Started living together

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  • Open to new members
  • Open to visitors
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How to join

Jungli is open to digital nomads, artists, entrepreneurs & nature lovers. Apply to stay at jtnv.in/apply, have a video interview with us, and come check out our colivings for short-term living or villas for long-term living!

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Gaia Ashram Internship

The Pioneers of Gaia Ashram , 5th of July– 2nd of August 2015 The Gaia Ashram Internship is a one month program on Ecovillage Design, Permaculture and Deep Ecology. The internship will be a holistic participatory learning experience & process. Interns will experience being part of the Gaia Ashram Community and we will live together for one month at– Gaia Ashram-. At Gaia Ashram we belief in holistic learning that balances the head, hands & heart. Gaia Ashram encourages participatory learning & values the power of community in holding the learning space. We design the daily & weekly structure of the internship and of our lives here based on these values and principles. Theoretical learning (Head) The theoretical sessions will be participatory and interactive. It will cover the 4 keys of Ecovillage Design Education (Social, Economical, Ecological and Worldview inspired by Gaia Education). Each week will cover one of the Ecovillage Design Keys and integrated into this we will be introduced to Permaculture Design & Deep Ecology in terms of philosophy, movement and personal experiences. Overall, We will have a maximum of 2-3 hours of theory per day on the session days, to also create lots of space for practical experiential learning. See more details of the key content below. Practical learning (Hands – on) For the hands – on practical learning we will be developing the Gaia Ashram’s farm and restoring nature on the Gaia Ashram land using permaculture strategies & techniques that are appropriate for the Rainy Season & the land and its local context. The hands-on work will focus on Gardening work i.e. developing the vegetable gardens, planting seeds & seedlings, transplanting, propagation of plants, making composts, growing and maintaining a Food Forest, planting green manures, planting lots of trees, planting seasonal crops. Apart from the Gardening we will also will be doing some natural building which mostly will focus on creating natural finishes usi

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