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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Durg
| native_name =
| native_name_lang =
| settlement_type = City
| image_skyline = Rajendra park, durg.jpg
| image_alt =
| image_caption = Durg City
| nickname =
| map_alt =
| map_caption =
| pushpin_map = India Chhattisgarh
| pushpin_label_position = left
| pushpin_map_alt =
| pushpin_map_caption =
| coordinates = {{coord|21.19|N|81.28|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = India
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Chhattisgarh]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Durg district|Durg]]
| established_title = 
| established_date = 1906
| founder =
| named_for =
| government_type =
| governing_body = Nagar Nigam Durg
| leader_title = Mayor
| leader_name = Dheeraj Bakliwal<ref>{{cite news |title=Chhattisgarh: Congress wins five mayoral posts, Aijaz Dhebar elected Raipur mayor {{!}} Raipur News - Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/raipur/chhattisgarh-congress-wins-five-mayoral-posts-aijaz-dhebar-elected-raipur-mayor/articleshow/73136425.cms |access-date=7 January 2020 |work=The Times of India |date=7 January 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
| leader_title1 = [[District Collector]]
| leader_name1 = Sarveshwar Narendra Bhure (IAS)
| unit_pref = Metric
| area_footnotes =
| area_rank = 12 in state
| area_total_km2 = 182
| elevation_footnotes =
| elevation_m = 289
| population_total = 268,679
| population_as_of =
| population_rank =
| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_metro = 1,064,077
| population_footnotes =
| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Hindi]]<ref>{{cite web|title=52nd Report of the Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities in India|url=http://nclm.nic.in/shared/linkimages/NCLM52ndReport.pdf|website=nclm.nic.in|publisher=[[Ministry of Minority Affairs]]|access-date=21 December 2018 |page=18|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170525141614/http://nclm.nic.in/shared/linkimages/NCLM52ndReport.pdf|archive-date=25 May 2017}}</ref>
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 491001
| area_code_type = 0788
| area_code = 0788
| registration_plate = CG-07
| blank1_name_sec1 = [[Human sex ratio|Sex ratio]]
| blank1_info_sec1 = 982 [[male|♂]]/[[female|♀]]
| website = {{url|https://durg.gov.in/}}
| footnotes =
}}

'''Durg''' is a city in the Indian state of [[Chhattisgarh]], east of the [[Seonath River|Shivnath River]] and is part of the Durg-[[Bhilai]] urban agglomeration. With an urban population of 1,064,077, Durg-[[Bhilai]] is the second largest urban area in Chhattisgarh after [[Raipur]]. It is the headquarters of [[Durg District]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://durg.gov.in/|title=Durg District Official website}}</ref>

==Demographics==
As of 2011 India [[census]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archive-date=16 June 2004|title= Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)|access-date=1 November 2008|publisher= Census Commission of India}}</ref> Durg had a population of 268,679. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Durg has an average literacy rate of 72%, male literacy is 79% and, female literacy is 65%. In Durg, 13% of the population is under 6 years of age.

In the 2011 [[Census of India|census]], Durg-Bhilainagar Urban Agglomeration had a population of 1,064,077.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011-prov-results/paper2/data_files/India2/Table_3_PR_UA_Citiees_1Lakh_and_Above.pdf | title = Urban Agglomerations/Cities having population 1 lakh and above |work= Provisional Population Totals, Census of India 2011 |access-date = 16 April 2012 }}</ref> [[Bhilai|Durg-Bhilainagar]] Urban Agglomeration includes: Durg (M Corp.), Bhilai Nagar (M Corp.), [[Dumardih]] (part) (OG), [[Bhilai Charoda]] (M), [[Jamul, Durg|Jamul]] (M), [[Kumhari]] (M) and Utai (NP).<ref>{{cite web| url = http://censusindia.gov.in/2011-prov-results/paper2/data_files/India2/Table_4_PR_UAs_1Lakh_and_Above_Appendix.pdf | title = Constituents of urban Agglomerations Having Population 1 Lakh & above |work= Provisional Population Totals, Census of India 2011|access-date = 16 April 2012 }}</ref>

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 and a sex ratio of 968.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011-prov-results/paper2/data_files/India2/Table_2_PR_Cities_1Lakh_and_Above.pdf | title = Cities having population 1 lakh and above |work= Provisional Population Totals, Census of India 2011 |access-date = 16 April 2012}}</ref>

==Notable people==


* [[Santosh Araswilli]], table tennis international medalist
* [[Saba Anjum Karim]]
* [[Bhupesh Baghel]], Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh
* [[Saroj Pandey]], mayor, MLA and MP
* [[Anurag Basu]], Indian film Director
* [[Amit Sana]], runner-up in ''Indian Idol 1''
* [[Tamradhwaj Sahu]], Home Minister of Chhattisgarh
* [[Harpreet Singh (cricketer, born 1991)|Harpreet Singh]], cricketer
* [[Arun Vora]], MLA
* [[Motilal Vora]], treasurer, [[Indian National Congress]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
{{Wikivoyage|Durg}}
* [http://durg.gov.in/ Official web site of Durg District - http://durg.gov.in/]

{{Durg district}}

[[Category:Durg| ]]
[[Category:Municipal corporations in Chhattisgarh]]

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