[1] In MP Balaghat district has significant mineral deposits and a number of forests.

[3] The Deogarh kingdom was annexed by the Bhonsle Marathas of Nagpur in 1743, and shortly thereafter conquered all but the northern section of the district.

[3] In 1818, at the conclusion of the Third Anglo-Maratha War, The Nagpur kingdom became a princely state of British India.

In the middle of the 19th century, the upper part of the district was a lightly settled, and an ancient Buddhist temple of cut stone is suggestive of a civilization which had disappeared before historic times.

[3] In 1868-1869 the rains ceased a month before time, causing the failure of the lowland rice crop and a famine.

[3] The district suffered very severely from the famine of 1896-1897,[4] when the output of all crops fell to only 17 percent of normal.

The district suffered again in 1899-1900, when the rice crop failed again, falling to only 23 percent of normal.

On 1 November 1956 it was declared as Independent District of newly created State of Madhya Pradesh.

It occupies the south eastern portion of the Satpura Range and the upper valley of the Wainganga River.

The Main language spoken in district is Hindi, Gondi, Chattishgarhi and Powari in Baihar & Ukwa, Powari in Paraswada, Northern parts of Balaghat Tehsil and Bharveli, Kalari in Lanji & kirnapur, Powari in western parts i.e. Waraseoni, Katangi & Lalbarra and Marathi in the southern part of district.

[7] Administratively, the district is divided into eleven development blocks/Tehsils viz : Balaghat, Baihar, Birsa, Paraswada, Katangi, Waraseoni, Lalbarra, Khairlanji, Lanji, Kirnapur, and Tirodi.

Work is underway to convert the Balaghat-Jabalpur section to broad gauge as well which is complete now and trains run from Vidisha to Gondia.

And there is a line to Bharveli for manganese transport Balaghat is directly connected by bus with larger cities such as Bhopal, Nagpur, Indore Jabalpur, Sagar, Raipur, Durg etc.

According to the 2011 census Balaghat District has a population of 1,701,698,[9] roughly equal to the nation of The Gambia[10] or the US state of Nebraska.

The major hindu castes include Powar, Brahmin, Rajput, Lodhi, Kunbi, Teli etc.

[12] Languages of Balaghat district (2011)[13] At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 40.85% of the population in the district spoke Hindi, 16.41% Marathi, 9.64% Powari, 9.35% Gondi, 5.33% Chhattisgarhi, 5.22% Lodhi and 1.18% Kalari as their first language.

Teak (Tectona grandis), sal (Shorea robusta), bamboo and saja are the main trees.

Fauna includes tiger, leopard, bear, nilgai, deer, and gaur, and birds like peacock, Red Bulbul and Koyal.