Balod district of Chhattisgarh state has its headquarters at Balod.
Balod district | |
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District of Chhattisgarh | |
![]() Kapileswar Shiva Temple | |
![]() Balod district Location in Chhattisgarh | |
Country | ![]() |
State | Chhattisgarh |
Division | Durg |
Headquarters | Balod |
Area | |
• Total | 3,527 km2 (1,362 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 826,165 |
• Density | 230/km2 (610/sq mi) |
Demographics | |
• Sex ratio | 1022 |
Time zone | UTC+05:30 (IST) |
Website | balod |
It has District & Sessions Court which was inaugurated on 2 October 2013 by Hon'ble Shri Justice Sunil Kumar Sinha: Judge, Chhattisgarh High Court. Shri Deepak Kumar Tiwari is joined as first District & Sessions Judge at Balod.
In Balod First collector Mr. Amrit Khalko & First A.S.P. is Mr. D.L. Manhar.
Religions in Balod district (2011)[2] | ||||
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Religion | Percent | |||
Hindus | 93.11% | |||
Other (tribal religion) | 4.63% | |||
Muslims | 0.88% | |||
Other or not stated | 1.38% | |||
Distribution of religions |
The population of the district as per 2011 census is 826,165. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 8.28% and 31.36% of the population respectively.[1]
As of the 2011 census, 93.07% of the population spoke Chhattisgarhi and 4.88% Hindi as their first language.[3]
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Balod |
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