Balaghat is a city and a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ...

Balaghat district Balaghat district () is a district of Madhya Pradesh state in Central India. Its belongs to Jabalpur Division. Balaghat city is Administrative Headquarter of Balaghat District. Balaghat is known for its tile factories, rice mills and forests. ...

, in the state of

Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh (; ; ) is a state in central India. Its capital is Bhopal and the largest city is Indore, Indore. Other major cities includes Gwalior, Jabalpur, and Sagar, Madhya Pradesh, Sagar. Madhya Pradesh is the List of states and union te ...

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. It is the administrative headquarters of

Balaghat District Balaghat district () is a district of Madhya Pradesh state in Central India. Its belongs to Jabalpur Division. Balaghat city is Administrative Headquarter of Balaghat District. Balaghat is known for its tile factories, rice mills and forests. ...

. Wainganga River flows beside the town. The nearest airport is Birsi (Gondia). The headquarters of the district was originally called "Burha" or "बूढ़ा". Later, however, this name fell into disuse and was replaced by "Balaghat", which was originally the name of the district only. Balaghat is known for its tile factories, rice mills and forests.

Geography

Balaghat is located at . It has an average elevation of 288 metres (944 feet).

Demographics

As of the 2011 Census of India, Balaghat had a population of 84,216. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. 11% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Government

Balaghat Is part of

Balaghat Assembly constituency Balaghat Assembly constituency is one of the 230 Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) constituencies of Madhya Pradesh state in central India. It is part of Balaghat District. Members of the Legislative Assembly Election results 2018 ...

, in

2023 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election Legislative Assembly elections were held in Madhya Pradesh on 2023 elections in India, 17 November 2023 to elect all List of constituencies of the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly, 230 members of Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly. The resu ...

Anubha Munjare Anubha Munjare (born 1967) is an Indian politician from Madhya Pradesh. She is a member of the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly representing the Indian National Congress from Balaghat Assembly constituency in Balaghat district. She won the 2 ...

is elected mla from

Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party, or simply the Congress, is a political parties in India, political party in India with deep roots in most regions of India. Founded on 28 December 1885, it was the first mo ...

. Entire assembly is part of

Balaghat Lok Sabha constituency Balaghat is one of the 29 Lok Sabha constituencies in Madhya Pradesh state in central India. This constituency covers the entire Balaghat district and part of Seoni district. Assembly segments Like most other Lok Sabha seats in MP and Chhattisg ...

in 2024

Bharti Pardhi Bharti Pardhi (born 4 January 1974; ) is an Indian politician. She was elected to the Lok Sabha, lower house of the Parliament of India from Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh in the 2024 Indian general election as member of the Bharatiya Janata Party ...

is elected mp from balaghat lok sabha.

Education Institute

Many Govt and Private School situated in balaghat, There are number of educational institutions in Balaghat, such as a Government Boys and Government Girls schools. Many higher education college are available in balaghat belongs to Rani Durgawati University Jabalpur.
Sardar Patel University, Balaghat
* JataShankar Trivedi Government P.G. College, Balaghat * Government Kamla Nehru Girls College, Balaghat
Govt. Polytechnic College, Balaghat

Transport

Balaghat is connected with Railway and Roadways, Balaghat junction railway station is major railway station of city,

Jabalpur Jabalpur, formerly Jubbulpore, is a city situated on the banks of Narmada River in the state of Madhya Pradesh, India. It is the 3rd-largest urban agglomeration of the state and the 38th-largest of the country. Jabalpur is the administrative h ...

Gondia Gondia (also spelled as Gondiya, Marathi pronunciation: �on̪d̪iaː is a city and headquarters of eponymous Gondia District in Maharashtra, India. Gondia is also known as ''Rice City'' due to the abundance of rice mills in the area. Gondi ...

railline passing through balaghat. Many trains halting in here.https://indiarailinfo.com/departures/3743

Geography

Demographics

Government

Education Institute

Transport

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