Durg

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FieldValue
nameDurg
settlement_typeCity
image_skylineRajendra park, durg.jpg
image_captionRajendra Park in Durg
pushpin_mapIndia Chhattisgarh
pushpin_label_positionleft
coordinates
subdivision_typeCountry
subdivision_nameIndia
subdivision_type1State
subdivision_name1Chhattisgarh
subdivision_type2District
subdivision_name2Durg
established_title
established_date1906
government_typeMunicipal Corporation
governing_bodyDurg Municipal Corporation
leader_titleMayor
leader_nameAlka Baghmar
leader_partyBJP
leader_title2Lok Sabha MP
leader_name2Vijay Baghel (BJP)
leader_title3MLA
leader_name3Gajendra Yadav (BJP)
leader_title4District Collector
leader_name4Abhijit Singh (IAS)
unit_prefMetric
area_rank12 in state
area_total_km2182
elevation_m289
population_total268,679
population_density_km2auto
population_metro1,064,077
demographics_type1Languages
demographics1_title1Official
demographics1_info1Hindi, Chhattisgarhi
timezone1IST
utc_offset1+5:30
postal_code_typePIN
postal_code491001 (Durg)
area_code_type0788
area_code0788
registration_plateCG-07
blank1_name_sec1Sex ratio
blank1_info_sec1982 ♂/♀
website
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Durg is a city in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh, east of the Shivnath River and is part of the Durg-Bhilai urban agglomeration. With an urban population of 1,064,077, Durg-Bhilai is the second most populous urban area in Chhattisgarh after Raipur. It is the headquarters of Durg District.

History

The town was founded about the tenth century by a person named Jagpal, who originally came from Badhal Desh in Mirzapur, and became treasury officer of the Kalachuri king of Chhattisgarh. He was rewarded the land grant of Durg with 700 villages for his excellent services and later helped the Kalachuri king greatly in his conquests.

The original name of the town was "Shiva Durg", literally meaning fort on the Shivnath River. Durg used to have a fort that was the headquarters of one of the 18 Garhs or districts under the administration of the medieval Kalachuri kings.

Alexander Cunningham, a prominent British archaeologist, thought Durg must have been a place of some importance in medieval times as it name literally means "fort". When the Marathas of Nagpur invaded Chhattisgarh in 1741, they occupied the old Kalachuri fort and made it their base of operations.

Climate

| location = Durg (1991–2020) | metric first = yes | single line = yes | width = auto | Jan record high C = 36.3 | Feb record high C = 39.3 | Mar record high C = 42.4 | Apr record high C = 45.3 | May record high C = 47.4 | Jun record high C = 46.2 | Jul record high C = 40.4 | Aug record high C = 35.4 | Sep record high C = 37.4 | Oct record high C = 38.0 | Nov record high C = 38.3 | Dec record high C = 34.4 |year record high C = | Jan high C = 27.6 | Feb high C = 31.0 | Mar high C = 36.2 | Apr high C = 39.0 | May high C = 42.0 | Jun high C = 36.8 | Jul high C = 30.6 | Aug high C = 30.2 | Sep high C = 32.1 | Oct high C = 31.9 | Nov high C = 30.0 | Dec high C = 28.2 |year high C = 32.7 | Jan low C = 12.2 | Feb low C = 15.0 | Mar low C = 18.7 | Apr low C = 23.5 | May low C = 26.3 | Jun low C = 26.0 | Jul low C = 23.7 | Aug low C = 23.5 | Sep low C = 23.8 | Oct low C = 20.4 | Nov low C = 16.2 | Dec low C = 12.8 |year low C = 20.4 | Jan record low C = 6.0 | Feb record low C = 8.5 | Mar record low C = 12.0 | Apr record low C = 16.6 | May record low C = 19.7 | Jun record low C = 20.0 | Jul record low C = 19.7 | Aug record low C = 19.4 | Sep record low C = 20.0 | Oct record low C = 12.8 | Nov record low C = 9.0 | Dec record low C = 6.9 |year record low C = |source 1 = India Meteorological Department{{cite web | url = https://imdpune.gov.in/library/public/Climatological%20Tables%201991-2020.pdf | title = Climatological Tables of Observatories in India 1991-2020 | publisher = India Meteorological Department | access-date = 8 April 2024

Demographics

As of 2001 India census, Durg had a population of 231,182. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. 12.8% of the population is in the 0 to 6 years age range. Durg had an effective literacy rate of 82.7% of the population 7 years and older in 2001.

In the 2011 census, Durg-Bhilainagar Urban Agglomeration had a population of 1,064,077. Durg-Bhilainagar Urban Agglomeration includes: Durg (M Corp.), Bhilai Nagar (M Corp.), Dumardih (part) (OG), Bhilai Charoda (M Corp), Jamul (M), Kumhari (M) and Utai (NP).

Durg Municipal Corporation had a total population of 268,679 in 2011, out of which 136,537 were males and 132,142 were females. Durg had a below six years population of 29,165. Durg had an effective literacy rate (7+ population) of 87.94 per cent, with male literacy of 93.72% and female literacy of 82.00. In 2011, the city had a sex ratio of 968.

Notable people

References

References

  1. (15 February 2025). "Durg Nikay Chunav Results Live: दुर्ग में बीजेपी की सुनामी, भूपेश बघेल के इलाके में ही हार गई कांग्रेस, अलका बाघमार होंगी नई मेयर". Navbharat Times.
  2. (2008). "The Chhattisgarh Official Language (Amendment) Act, 2007". indiacode.nic.in.
  3. "Durg Pin Code List".
  4. "Durg District Official website".
  5. (1910). "Central Provinces District Gazetteers: Drug District, Vol. A". The Baptist Mission Press.
  6. (1972). "Madhya Pradesh District Gazetteers: Durg". Bhopal, Department of District Gazetteers.
  7. (1884). "Archaeological Survey of India: Report of a Tour in the Central Provinces and Lower Gangetic Doab in 1881-82, Vol. XVII". Archaeological Survey of India.
  8. "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India.
  9. "Urban Agglomerations/Cities having population 1 lakh and above". Provisional Population Totals, Census of India 2011.
  10. "Constituents of urban Agglomerations Having Population 1 Lakh & above". Provisional Population Totals, Census of India 2011.
  11. "Cities having population 1 lakh and above". Provisional Population Totals, Census of India 2011.

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