Balaghat
City
Indian Tiger in Kanha Tiger Reserve, Balaghat Junction Railway Station, Gangulpara Reservoir Balaghat
Balaghat Location in Madhya Pradesh, India Show map of Madhya Pradesh Balaghat Balaghat (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 21°48′N 80°11′E / 21.8°N 80.18°E / 21.8; 80.18
Country	India
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Balaghat
Government
• Type	Municipal Council
• Body	Balaghat Municipal Council
Elevation	288 m (945 ft)
Population  (2011)
• Total	84,261
Languages
• Official	1)Hindi (Primary) 2)English (Additional) Powari language(पोवारी) language (language of Powar/Panwar people's), Gondi language (caste language of schedule tribes people's), Chattisgarhi language (speaking in northeastern part of balaghat), Marathi language (speaking by some marathi communities in south part of Balaghat)
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	481001
ISO 3166 code	IN-MP
Vehicle registration	MP-50
Website	balaghat.nic.in

Balaghat is a city and a municipality in Balaghat district, in the state of Madhya Pradesh, India. It is the administrative headquarters of Balaghat District. Wainganga River flows beside the town. The nearest airport is Birsi (Gondia).^[1]

The headquarters of the district was originally called "Burha" or "बूढ़ा". Later, however, this name fell into disuse and was replaced by "Balaghat", which was originally the name of the district only. Balaghat is known for its tile factories, rice mills and forests.^[2]

Balaghat is located at 21°48′N 80°11′E / 21.800°N 80.183°E / 21.800; 80.183.^[3] It has an average elevation of 288 metres (944 feet).

As of the 2011 Census of India,^[4] Balaghat had a population of 84,216. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. 11% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Balaghat Is part of Balaghat Assembly constituency,^[5] in 2023 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election Anubha Munjare is elected mla from Indian National Congress. Entire assembly is part of Balaghat Lok Sabha constituency in 2024 Bharti Pardhi is elected mp from balaghat lok sabha.^[6]

Many Govt and Private School situated in balaghat, There are number of educational institutions in Balaghat, such as a Government Boys and Government Girls schools.^[7]

Many higher education college are available in balaghat belongs to Rani Durgawati University Jabalpur.^[8]

• Sardar Patel University, Balaghat
• JataShankar Trivedi Government P.G. College, Balaghat
• Government Kamla Nehru Girls College, Balaghat
• Govt. Polytechnic College, Balaghat

Balaghat is connected with Railway and Roadways, Balaghat junction railway station is major railway station of city, Jabalpur - Gondia railline passing through balaghat. Many trains halting in here.^[9]