Balod district

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Balod district
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Location in Chhattisgarh
Balod district
Balod district
CountryFlag of India.svg  India
State Chhattisgarh
DivisionDurg
Headquarters Balod
Area
  Total3,527 km2 (1,362 sq mi)
Population
 (2011) [1]
  Total826,165
  Density230/km2 (610/sq mi)
Demographics
  Sex ratio1022
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.

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It has a District & Sessions Court which was inaugurated on 2 October 2013 by Hon'ble Shri Justice Sunil Kumar Sinha, Chhattisgarh High Court. Shri Deepak Kumar Tiwari joined as 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.

Demographics

Religions in Balod district (2011) [2]
ReligionPercent
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) [3]

   Chhattisgarhi (93.07%)
   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. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 "District Census Handbook: Durg" (PDF). censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India. 2011.
  2. "Table C-01 Population by Religion: Chhattisgarh". censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India. 2011.
  3. 1 2 "Table C-16 Population by Mother Tongue: Chhattisgarh". www.censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.