Balod: facts

At a glance

• Country: India
• Region: Chhattisgarh
• Administrative status: seat of a second-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA2)
• Population: approximately 23,648
• Coordinates: 20.7308° N, 81.2058° E
• Time zone: Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
• Currency: Rupee (INR)
• Distance to the capital, New Delhi: 965 km (600 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Swami Vivekananda Airport (RPR): 75 km (46 mi), straight line
• Gondia Airport (GDB): 130 km (81 mi), straight line
• Bilaspur Airport (PAB): 168 km (105 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Dalli Rajhara: 21 km (13 mi)
• Dhamtari: 36 km (22 mi)
• Raj-Nandgaon: 45 km (28 mi)
• Bhanpuri: 49 km (31 mi)
• Durg: 52 km (32 mi)
• Nearest place with over 100,000 inhabitants: Dhamtari, 36 km (22 mi)