Baloda Bazar is a nagar palika parishad in
Baloda Bazar district in the
India
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n state of
Chhattisgarh. Its PIN code is 493332. On 15 August 2011, it was declared as a
district
A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or county, counties, several municipality, municipa ...
. Baloda Bazar is also called ''Cement hub of Chhattisgarh'' because there are many reputed cement plants like
Ambuja Cement Rawan,
Nuvoco Cement (Earlier Lafarge Cement) Sonadih, Nu Vista Cement ( Earlier Emami Cement) Risda, Shree Cement Khapradih,
UltraTech Cement
UltraTech Cement Limited is an Indian cement company based in Mumbai, and a part of Aditya Birla Group. UltraTech is the largest manufacturer of grey cement, ready-mix concrete
Ready-mix concrete (RMC) is concrete that is manufactured i ...
Hirmi, UltraTech Cement Rawan (Earlier Place Named Grasim), etc.
Geography
Baloda Bazar is located at . It has an average elevation of .
There are several tourist places in Balodabazaar like
Sirpur,
Turturia,
Giroudpuri
Giraudpuri is a village in the Baloda Bazar district of Chhattisgarh, India. Located beside the Jonk River, it is the birthplace of the Satnami sect's founder Ghasidas, and a pilgrimage centre for the Satnamis.
History
The village is notable ...
, Siddheswr Mandir Pallari and many more.
Education
The town has two government run colleges, one polytechnic college, a government run high school and over 50 private educational institutions. Some of the prominent schools are Ambuja Vidya Peeth, Vardhman Vidya Peeth, Gurukul English Medium School, Tata DAV Public School ( Located In Sonadih Nuvoco Plant), Sacred Heart Convent School, there is no engineering college at present.
Government Pandit Chakrapani Shukla Multipurpose Higher Secondary School formally known as Government High School was the main high school of the region established in the year 1948. It was inaugurated by Pandit Ravi Shankar Shukla.
Demographics
As of the 2008 India
census
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording and calculating information about the members of a given population. This term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common censuses in ...
,
Baloda Bazar had a population of 27,853. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Baloda Bazar has an average literacy rate of 69%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with 57% of the males and 43% of females literate. 14% of the population is under 6 years of age. It is from
Raipur
Raipur ( ) is the capital city of the Indian state of Chhattisgarh. Raipur is also the administrative headquarters of Raipur district and Raipur division, and the largest city of the state. It was a part of Madhya Pradesh before the state of Ch ...
, from
Mahasamund
Mahasamund City is a city in Mahasamund District in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh.It is situated on the Mumbai-Kolkata and Raipur-Vishakhaptnam National Highways. It is one of the largest (ranked 13th) and most important cities in the State ...
via Samoda & from
Bilaspur. Total area is about sq. 16 km. The main occupation of the people is agriculture and service in cement factories. It is a good source of cement. Basic facilities like schools, electricity, water, and hospitals are available. Government run D.B.D.K. PG college provides higher studies and a government run polytechnic College is also available at Sakari. Baloda Bazar has been a centre for education for the neighbouring areas for many decades. A number of private institutions have come up for the primary education and one law college is also running for many years. There is a temple of "Mahamaya Mata". The largest pond () of Chhattisgarh is situated at Palari which is about from Baloda Bazar.
History
This town was known for its cattle market. The market still exists with name "Bhaisa Pasra".
Purani Basti or the area adjoining the Mawli Mata Mandir is the oldest area of the town.
Freedom fighters like Bisauha Banjare, Veer Narayan Singh and Raghunath Prasad Kesarwani are also from Baloda Bazar. Some of the great personalities from Baloda Bazar are Late Dr. Saheb Lal Tiwari, Late Shri Satya Narayan Kesharwani, Late Shri Chakrapani Shukla, Late Shri Bansh Raj Tiwari, Late Shri Ganesh Shankar Bajpai, Late Shri Chandra Kant Dixit, Late shri Shankar dayal trivedi, Late Dr. Ramesh Kesarwani etc.
References
Cities and towns in Baloda Bazar district
External links
#{{url, https://balodabazar.gov.in/