Balod district
Balod district | |
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District of Chhattisgarh | |
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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 |
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] | ||||
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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]
As of the 2011 census, 93.07% of the population spoke Chhattisgarhi and 4.88% Hindi as their first language.[3]
References
- ^ a b "District Census Handbook: Durg" (PDF). censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India. 2011.
- ^ "Table C-01 Population by Religion: Chhattisgarh". censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India. 2011.
- ^ a b "Table C-16 Population by Mother Tongue: Chhattisgarh". www.censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.
External links
- Official website
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in other districts
- Bilaspur
- Dantewada
- Dhamtari
- Durg
- Jangir-Champa
- Jashpur
- Kabirdham
- Kanker
- Korba
- Koriya
- Mahasamund
- Raigarh
- Raipur
- Rajnandgaon
- Surguja
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