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Ballarpur (formerly Balharshah) is a city and a municipal council in Chandrapur district in the state of Maharashtra, India. It is the second largest city in the district.

Ballarpur is a historical city having rare memories of ancient "Gond Empire". At the middle of 13th century, when Yadao kingdom of Devgad and Mana Kingdom of Vairagad declines towards destruction, a brave fellow named 'Kol Bhill' from Rajgond community comes forward to organize all his communal colleagues. His son "Bhim Ballarshah" the first king of their Shirpur state was crowned somewhere in 1247 A.D. After three generations, his successor king "Adiya Ballarshah" son of Hirshah, prefers east bank of Wardha river for his capital form administrative lookout. He constructed his fort on the bank of river in the year 1322 A. D. and named this capital as "Ballarpur" on his own name. Later his sixth successor king "Khandkya Balalrshah" shifted his capital form Ballarpur to Chandrapur.

Shifting of capital to Chandrapur kept the city unattended many days. The internal family clashes in Royal family lead towards decline of empire. In about 1751, maratha king Raghuji Bhosle defeated the last king of Gond empire "Nilkanthshah", and prisoned him in Ballarpur fort. The english kingdom takes control of fort in 1818, and deputy commissioner was appointed to govern the district. The municipal council comes into existence after independence in 1949. (04/01/1949)

The forest rich area around city makes market potentiality for timber, also invention of coal mine in 1871 encourages the development of city. The countrywide famous Ballarpur Paper Mill is also one of the identified mill in town.

Ballarpur is an important commercial and industrial centre of wood, coal and paper commodities in Central India. It is situated on Chandrapur-Allapalli State Highway. The road further bifurcates for Hyderabad via Adilabad. It is about 20 KM from district headquarter and is included in Ballarpur tahsil. The city is also connected by railway. Ballarshah junction railway station is an important station on Delhi-Chennai route. It is 1307 km. long from Delhi and about 895 km from Chennai.