Balaghat district
Sign in to savedistrict of Madhya Pradesh, India
Key facts
- Country
- India
- State
- Madhya Pradesh
- Division
- Jabalpur
- Headquarters
- Balaghat
- Tehsils
- Balaghat, Baihar , Waraseoni , Katangi, Lalbarra , Lanji , Khairlanji, Kirnapur, Birsa , Paraswada , Tirodi , Lamta .
- Lok sabha constituencies
- Balaghat
- Total
- 9,245 km (3,570 sq mi)
- Density
- 184.1/km (476.7/sq mi)
- Literacy
- 78.29%
- Time zone
- UTC+05:30 ( IST )
- Major highways
- NH 12A, SH 26, SH 11, SH 53
- Website
- balaghat .nic .in
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- district of India
- Country
- India
- Located in
- Jabalpur division
- Capital
- Balaghat
- Population
- 1701698
- Area
- 9229
- Time zone
- UTC+05:30
- Shares border with
- Rajnandgaon district
- Official website
- balaghat.nic.in
- Households
- 391836
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- Commons category
- Balaghat district
- topic's main category
- Category:Balaghat district
- inception
- 1867-00-00
- male population
- 842178
- female population
- 859520
- short name
- BGT
- urban population
- 244816
- rural population
- 1456882
- literate population
- 1147623
- illiterate population
- 554075
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
via Wikidata · CC0
~16 min read
Encyclopedic overview
Balaghat district ( Hindi pronunciation: [baːlaːgʱaːʈ]) is a district of Madhya Pradesh state in Central India. Its belongs to Jabalpur division. Balaghat city is administrative headquarters of Balaghat district. Balaghat district is located in southeastern part of Madhya Pradesh.
Balaghat is known for its tile factories, rice mills and forests. In MP Balaghat district has significant mineral deposits and a number of forests.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Balaghat district” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.