Baloda Bazar-Bhatapara district is a district in
Chhattisgarh state of India with its headquarters at
Baloda Bazar. Before its creation, it was a part of Raipur district.
Administration
The district is subdivided into five tehsils: namely Palari, Baloda Bazar, Kasdol, Bhatapara and Simga and 3 subdivisions namely Baloda Bazar, Bhatapara and Bilaigarh.
The district administration is headed by the district magistrate cum collector, the present Collector and District Magistrate to take charge of the newly formed district is Rajesh Singh Rana.
Demographics
At the time of the 2011 census, Baloda Bazar district had a population of 1,078,911. Baloda Bazar district has a sex ratio of 1003 females to 1000 males. 13.93% of the population lives in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 229,792 (21.30%) and 148,349 (13.75%) of the population respectively.
At the time of the
2011 Census of India
The 2011 Census of India or the 15th Indian Census was conducted in two phases, house listing and population enumeration. The House listing phase began on 1 April 2010 and involved the collection of information about all buildings. Information ...
, 93.31% of the population in the district spoke
Chhattisgarhi and 5.16%
Hindi
Hindi ( Devanāgarī: or , ), or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi (Devanagari: ), is an Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in the Hindi Belt region encompassing parts of northern, central, eastern, and western India. Hindi has been ...
as their first language.
References
External links
Official website
Districts of Chhattisgarh
States and territories established in 2012
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