Balod district

Balod district
Balod district
District
	Kapileswar Shiva Temple, Rajhara Forest and Mountains
	Interactive map of Balod district
Country	India
State	Chhattisgarh
Division	Durg
Headquarters	Balod
Area
• Total	3,527 km2 (1,362 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	826,165
• Density	234.2/km2 (606.7/sq mi)
Demographics
• Sex ratio	1022
Time zone	UTC+05:30 (IST)
Website	balod.gov.in

Balod district is a district within the state of Chhattisgarh. Its headquarters are in Balod.

It has a District & Sessions Court which was inaugurated on 2 October 2013 by Justice Sunil Kumar Sinha. Deepak Kumar Tiwari joined as the first District & Sessions Judge at Balod.

Administration

In Balod, the First Collector is Amrit Khalko, and the First A.S.P. is D.L. Manhar.

Divisions

There's 7 tehsil's in District.^[2]

1. Balod

2. Dundi

3. Mary Bungalow Deori

4. Dundi Lohara

5. Arjunda

6. Gunderdehi

7. Gurur

Demographics

Religions in Balod district (2011)^[3]
Religion			Percent
Hinduism			93.11%
Other (tribal religion)			4.63%
Islam			0.88%
Jainism			0.47%
Buddhism			0.45%
Other or not stated			0.46%
Distribution of religions

The population of the district as per 2011 census is 826,165, of which 105,498 (12.77%) live in urban areas. Balod has a sex ratio of 1021 females per 1000 males. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 8.28% and 31.36% of the population respectively.^[1]

Languages of Balod district (2011)^[4]

Chhattisgarhi (93.1%)
Hindi (4.88%)
Others (2.05%)

As of the 2011 census, 93.07% of the population spoke Chhattisgarhi and 4.88% Hindi as their first language.^[4]

References

1 2 "District Census Handbook: Durg" (PDF). censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India. 2011.
↑ "तहसील | District Balod, Government of Chattisgarh | India". balod.gov.in (in Hindi). Archived from the original on 16 December 2025. Retrieved 15 February 2026.
↑ "Table C-01 Population by Religion: Chhattisgarh". censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India. 2011.
1 2 "Table C-16 Population by Mother Tongue: Chhattisgarh". www.censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.

External links

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[districtcensus-1] 1 2 "District Census Handbook: Durg" (PDF). censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India. 2011.

[2] "तहसील | District Balod, Government of Chattisgarh | India". balod.gov.in (in Hindi). Archived from the original on 16 December 2025. Retrieved 15 February 2026.

[religion-3] "Table C-01 Population by Religion: Chhattisgarh". censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India. 2011.

[languages-4] 1 2 "Table C-16 Population by Mother Tongue: Chhattisgarh". www.censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.

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v t e Cities and towns in Balod district
Balod	Balod Dalli Rajhara Dondi Lohara,_Durg
Cities and towns in other districts	Bilaspur Dantewada Dhamtari Durg Jangir-Champa Jashpur Kabirdham Kanker Korba Koriya Mahasamund Raigarh Raipur Rajnandgaon Surguja