Balimela is a town and a notified area committee in Malkangiri district in the Indian state of Odisha.

Balimela is surrounded by mountains and prone to rain.

As of 2001[update] India census,[2] Balimela had a population of 11,500.

Around 90% of people are Hindusin Balimela where as out of the total population 10% are Christian and 1% are Muslim.

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