Bjelina () is a village westwards from the town of Knin in the Benkovac municipality of southern Croatia.
Bjelina is placed between Benkovac and Kistanje. It is located east of Benkovac.
According to 1991 census, there were 652 inhabitants, of which 578 (88.65%) were Serbs; 70 (10.73%) were Croats and 4 others. According to national census of 2011, population of the settlement is 92.
Bilina is a historic late-medieval site close to modern Bjelina. Bilina is its medieval name, as opposed to post-Ottoman Bjelina. The site () is known as the seat of the Draà ¡koviànoble family in the 15th century and in the beginning of the 16th century. Bartol (English: Bartholomew) Draà ¡koviÃÂ, the head of the family, had an estate with the castle there. His wife Ana Draà ¡koviànée Utjeà ¡inoviÃÂ, a sister of the Catholic cardinal Juraj Utjeà ¡inovià(George Utissenich alias George Martinuzzi), bore him on February 5, 1525, the firstborn son Juraj (English: George), a famous Croatian Catholic Bishop, Cardinal and statesman, who was the Ban (Viceroy) of Croatia between 1567 and 1578.
Younger sons of Bartol and Ana, Ivan I (English: John) and Gaà ¡par I (English: Casper), were most probably also born there. Shortly after that, because of the threatening Ottoman expansion, the family left its old seat and withdrew toward the northwest of Croatia.
As the Ottoman army soon conquered the whole area around Bilina, the Draà ¡koviàfamily could not come back any more. Thus, the Draà ¡koviÃÂs of Bilina became later Draà ¡koviÃÂs of Trakoà ¡ÃÂan.