Balochpura is home to approximately 8,000 people of the Balochi ethnic group. The ancestors of these individuals were from Balochistan and were employed as artillerymen in the army of Mughal Indian emperor Babur during the time of the First Battle of Panipat in 1526. They decided to remain in the area, which was named after their homeland, after "the Balochis fell in love with the plush landscape of the Gangetic plain and chose to settle down on the banks of the Yamuna."