Balod
Sanjari Balod | |
|---|---|
Town | |
  Balod  Balod | |
| Coordinates: 20°44′N 81°12′E / 20.73°N 81.2°E | |
| Country | India |
| State | Chhattisgarh |
| District | Balod |
| Elevation | 324 m (1,063 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 32,432 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Hindi[1] |
| • Other | Chhattisgarhi |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 491226 (Balod)[2] |
| Vehicle registration | CG |
Balod is a town in banks of River Tandula and a nagar palika in Balod district in the state of Chhattisgarh, India. Balod is 44 km from Dhamtari and 58 km from Durg. Balod has one college, one court, one community health centre, and a jail. Medical facilities are good in Balod. There are two Dams nearby Tandula and Aadmabaad built on rivers sukha and tandula in 1912. On 1 January 2012 it was notified as Civil District though revenue district was declared from 10 January 2012. Balod became the 27th district of Chhattishgarh.There are several religious temples nearby town, particularly Ganga Maiyya temple and Siyadevi temple hold great religious value for the townsfolk.
As of August 2018[update] the district collector of Balod is Shri Saransh Mittar.[3]
- ^ "52nd REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER FOR LINGUISTIC MINORITIES IN INDIA" (PDF). nclm.nic.in. Ministry of Minority Affairs. p. 18. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2017. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
- ^ Balod
- ^ "About Balod". Balod District Administration, Government of Chhattisgarh. Archived from the original on 10 August 2018. Retrieved 18 August 2018.