Balod district
District of Chhattisgarh
Kapileswar Shiva Temple
Kapileswar Shiva Temple
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Balod district
Country India
StateChhattisgarh
DivisionDurg
HeadquartersBalod
Area
 • Total3,527 km2 (1,362 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[1]
 • Total826,165
 • Density230/km2 (610/sq mi)
Demographics
 • Sex ratio1022
Time zoneUTC+05:30 (IST)
Websitebalod.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 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]
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)[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]

References

  1. ^ a b "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. ^ a b "Table C-16 Population by Mother Tongue: Chhattisgarh". www.censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.

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