 On 15 August 2011 It was declared as a District.Baloda Bazar is also called Cement hub of Chhattisgarh because there are many reputed Cement Plants like Ambuja Cement Rawan, Lafarge Cement Sonadih, Emami Cement Risda, Shree Cement Khapradih, Ultra Tech Cement Hirmi, Grasim Cement Rawan, etc., Current MLA ( 2018 - 2023 ) of Baloda Bazar is Mr. Pramod Sharma.This city is also the birthplace of Chef Vijay Sharma who was a 6th runnerup in Masterchef India in the year 2015,
Politician Shailesh nitin trivedi from Indian national congress INC comes from Baloda Bazar.