Balod is a city on the banks of the River Tandula and a

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Balod district 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 Shri Justice Sunil Kumar Sinha. Shri Deepak Kumar Tiwari joined as the f ...

in the state of

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. Balod is 44 km from

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and 58 km from

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. Balod has one college, one court, one community health centre, and a jail. There are two dams nearby, the Tandula Dam and the Aadmabaad Dam, built on the rivers Sukha and Tandula in 1912. There are several religious temples in nearby towns, particularly the Ganga Maiyya and Siyadevi temples. the district collector of Balod is Shri Saransh Mittar.

Geography

Balod is located at . It has an average elevation of 324 metres (1063 feet).

Demographics

India

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, Balod had a population of 21,044. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Balod has an average literacy rate of 73%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with 56% of the males and 44% of females literate. 13% of the population is under 6 years of age.

References

{{Chhattisgarh-geo-stub Cities and towns in Balod district