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{{Use Indian English|date=August 2018}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Balod
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| other_name = Sanjari Balod
| settlement_type = city
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| image_alt = Tandula Dam Balod.jpg
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| pushpin_map = India Chhattisgarh#India
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| coordinates = {{coord|20.73|N|81.2|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = India
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Chhattisgarh]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Balod district|Balod]]
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| elevation_m = 324
| population_total = 32432
| population_as_of = 2011
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| population_density_km2 = auto
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| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Hindi]]<ref>{{cite web|title=52nd REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER FOR LINGUISTIC MINORITIES IN INDIA|url=http://nclm.nic.in/shared/linkimages/NCLM52ndReport.pdf|website=nclm.nic.in|publisher=[[Ministry of Minority Affairs]]|accessdate=21 December 2018 |page=18|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170525141614/http://nclm.nic.in/shared/linkimages/NCLM52ndReport.pdf|archivedate=25 May 2017}}</ref>
| demographics1_title2 = Other
| demographics1_info2 = [[Chhattisgarhi language|Chhattisgarhi]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 491226
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'''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 CHC ( Community Health Center ), and a jail. Medical facilities are good in Balod. There are two Dams nearby [[Tandula Dam|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|2018|8}} the district collector of Balod is Shri Saransh Mittar.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://balod.gov.in/en | title=About Balod | publisher=Balod District Administration, Government of Chhattisgarh | accessdate=18 August 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180810192757/http://balod.gov.in/en | archive-date=10 August 2018 | url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Geography==
Balod is located at {{Coord|20.73|N|81.2|E|}}.<ref>[http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/37/Balod.html Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Balod]</ref> It has an average elevation of 324 metres (1063 feet).{{fact|date=August 2018}}

==Demographics==
{{As of|2001}} India [[census]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archivedate=16 June 2004|title= Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)|accessdate=1 November 2008|work= |publisher= Census Commission of India}}</ref> 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==
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[[Category:Cities and towns in Balod district]]

Balod - Revision history

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