It has a District & Sessions Court which was inaugurated on 2 October 2013 by Hon'ble Shri Justice Sunil Kumar Sinha, Chhattisgarh High Court.

Shri Deepak Kumar Tiwari joined as first District & Sessions Judge at Balod.

The population of the district as per 2011 census is 826,165, of which 105,498 (12.77%) live in urban areas.

Balod has a sex ratio of 1021 females per 1000 males.

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