Balapur

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Balapur v • d • e Maharashtra • India
Balapur
District(s)	Akola
Coordinates	19.53° N 77.4° E
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
Area • Elevation	• 425 m (1,394 ft)
Population	39,493 (2001)

Coordinates: 19.53° N 77.4° E

Balapur is a city and a municipal council in Akola district in the state of Maharashtra, India.

[edit] Geography

Balapur is located at 19.53° N 77.4° E^[1]. It has an average elevation of 425 metres (1394 feet).

The town in an important junction for traffic on National Highway No 6 which carries the Calcutta traffic to the Port City of Bombay. Transport destined for south takes a southward turn following a wide State Highway crossing the NH 6 here. The nearest Rail head is at Paras, 7 km from the town. The MSEB is expanding its thermal power station with two 250 MW units to augment the falling generating capacity of the state power corporation. There is further potential to expand it to 1000 MW making it a Super Thermal Power Station. Surprisingly there are no suicide by the farmers here as the majority of them are Muslims and do not go for high yield crops which are not suitable to Balapur area. If developed, if can be a good tuorist place after Nagpur.

[edit] Demographics

As of 2001 India census^GRIndia, Balapur had a population of 39,493. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Balapur has an average literacy rate of 69%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with 55% of the males and 45% of females literate. 17% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Recently the southern part of the outer ring of the fort has collapsed. The ASI is doing every bid to restore temples in Cambodia and Pakistan and appreciates the conservation done by Pakistan, but is failing to do so for the upkeep of the home sites.

This Historical Town is systametically being neglected due the criminal policies which are being played at National, State and Regional Level. The notion of population being illitarate gets negated when you read the data above. The criminal anti-national forces are playing havoc with this town too....