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{{Infobox settlement | {{Infobox settlement | ||
| name | | name = Durg | ||
| native_name | | native_name = | ||
| native_name_lang | | native_name_lang = | ||
| settlement_type | | settlement_type = City | ||
| image_skyline | | image_skyline = Rajendra park, durg.jpg | ||
| image_alt | | image_alt = | ||
| image_caption | | image_caption = Rajendra Park in Durg | ||
| nickname | | nickname = | ||
| map_alt | | map_alt = | ||
| map_caption | | map_caption = | ||
| pushpin_map | | pushpin_map = India Chhattisgarh | ||
| pushpin_label_position | | pushpin_label_position = left | ||
| pushpin_map_alt | | pushpin_map_alt = | ||
| pushpin_map_caption | | pushpin_map_caption = | ||
| coordinates | | coordinates = {{coord|21.19|N|81.28|E|display=inline,title}} | ||
| subdivision_type | | subdivision_type = Country | ||
| subdivision_name | | subdivision_name = {{flag|India}} | ||
| subdivision_type1 | | subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]] | ||
| subdivision_name1 | | subdivision_name1 = [[Chhattisgarh]] | ||
| subdivision_type2 | | subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]] | ||
| subdivision_name2 | | subdivision_name2 = [[Durg district|Durg]] | ||
| established_title | | established_title = <!-- Established --> | ||
| established_date | | established_date = 1906 | ||
| founder | | founder = | ||
| named_for | | named_for = | ||
| government_type | | government_type = | ||
| governing_body | | governing_body = Nagar Nigam Durg | ||
| leader_title | | leader_title = Mayor | ||
| leader_name | | 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 | | leader_title1 = [[District Collector]] | ||
| leader_name1 | | leader_name1 = Pushpendra Kumar Meena (IAS) | ||
| unit_pref | | unit_pref = Metric | ||
| area_footnotes | | area_footnotes = | ||
| area_rank | | area_rank = 12 in state | ||
| area_total_km2 | | area_total_km2 = 182 | ||
| elevation_footnotes | | elevation_footnotes = | ||
| elevation_m | | elevation_m = 289 | ||
| population_total | | population_total = 268,679 | ||
| population_as_of | | population_as_of = | ||
| population_rank | | population_rank = | ||
| population_density_km2 | | population_density_km2 = auto | ||
| population_metro | | population_metro = 1,064,077 | ||
| population_footnotes | | population_footnotes = | ||
| demographics_type1 | | demographics_type1 = Languages | ||
| demographics1_title1 | | demographics1_title1 = Official | ||
| demographics1_info1 | | 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 | | demographics1_title2 = Additional official | ||
| utc_offset1 | | demographics1_info2 = [[Chhattisgarhi language|Chhattisgarhi]] | ||
| postal_code_type | | timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]] | ||
| postal_code | | utc_offset1 = +5:30 | ||
| area_code_type | | postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]] | ||
| area_code | | postal_code = 491001 (Durg)<ref>{{cite web |title=Durg Pin Code List |url=https://indiapincodes.net/Chhattisgarh/Durg/ |website=indiapincodes.net |access-date=31 May 2023}}</ref> | ||
| registration_plate | | area_code_type = 0788 | ||
| blank1_name_sec1 | | area_code = 0788 | ||
| blank1_info_sec1 | | registration_plate = CG-07 | ||
| website | | blank1_name_sec1 = [[Human sex ratio|Sex ratio]] | ||
| footnotes | | 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> | '''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> | ||
==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 [[Kalachuris of Ratnapura|Kalachuri king]] of [[Chhattisgarh]]. He was rewarded the land grant of Durg with 700 villages for his excellent services and later helped the [[Kalachuris of Ratnapura|Kalachuri king]] greatly in his conquests.<ref name="nelson">{{cite book |editor1-last=Nelson |editor1-first=A. E. |title=Central Provinces District Gazetteers: Drug District, Vol. A |date=1910 |publisher=The Baptist Mission Press |location=Calcutta |page=164-166 |url=https://www.indianculture.gov.in/gazettes/central-provinces-district-gazetteers-drug-district-vol |language=en}}</ref><ref name="durg">{{cite book |last1=Shukla |first1=Shyama Charan |last2=Nayak |first2=Rama Prasanna |last3=Sinh |first3=Raghubir |last4=Trivedi |first4=H.V. |last5=Krishnan |first5=V.S. |last6=Tripathi |first6=Sundarlal |last7=haterjee |first7=H.C. |last8=Pandey |first8=Rajbali |last9=Sinha |first9=R.M. |title=Madhya Pradesh District Gazetteers: Durg |date=1972 |publisher=Bhopal, Department of District Gazetteers |url=https://archive.org/details/dli.ministry.08422/page/n13/mode/2up?view=theater}}</ref> | |||
The original name of the town was "Shiva Durg", literally meaning fort on the [[Shivnath River]].<ref name="nelson"/> Durg used to have a fort that was the headquarters of one of the 18 ''Garhs'' or districts under the administration of the medieval [[Kalachuris of Ratnapura|Kalachuri kings]].<ref name="nelson"/> | |||
[[Alexander Cunningham]], a prominent British archeologist, thought Durg must have been a place of some importance in medieval times as it name literally means "fort".<ref name="ac">{{cite book |last1=Cunningham |first1=Alexander |title=Archaeological Survey of India: Report of a Tour in the Central Provinces and Lower Gangetic Doab in 1881-82, Vol. XVII |date=1884 |publisher=Archaeological Survey of India |page=4 |url=https://indianculture.gov.in/reports-proceedings/archaeological-survey-india-report-tour-central-provinces-and-lower-gangetic |language=en}}</ref> When the [[Nagpur Kingdom|Marathas of Nagpur]] [[Siege of Ratanpur|invaded Chhattisgarh in 1741]], they occupied the old Kalachuri fort and made it their base of operations.<ref name="ac"/> | |||
==Demographics== | ==Demographics== | ||
As of | As of 2001 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 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 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> | 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 Corp), [[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> | 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.<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 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120507135928/http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011-prov-results/paper2/data_files/India2/Table_2_PR_Cities_1Lakh_and_Above.pdf |archive-date=7 May 2012}}</ref> | ||
==Notable people== | ==Notable people== | ||
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* [[Santosh Araswilli]], table tennis international medalist | * [[Santosh Araswilli]], table tennis international medalist | ||
* [[Saba Anjum Karim]] | * [[Saba Anjum Karim]], former player, [[Indian women's national field hockey team]] | ||
* [[Bhupesh Baghel]], Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh | * [[Bhupesh Baghel]], Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh | ||
* [[Vijay Baghel]], MP, [[Durg Lok Sabha constituency]] | |||
* [[Saroj Pandey]], mayor, MLA and MP | * [[Saroj Pandey]], mayor, MLA and MP | ||
* [[Anurag Basu]], Indian film Director | * [[Anurag Basu]], Indian film Director | ||
* [[Amit Sana]], runner-up in ''Indian Idol 1'' | * [[Amit Sana]], runner-up in ''Indian Idol 1'' | ||
* [[Tamradhwaj Sahu]], Home Minister of Chhattisgarh | * [[Tamradhwaj Sahu]], Home Minister of Chhattisgarh | ||
* [[Harpreet Singh (cricketer, born 1991)|Harpreet Singh]], cricketer | * [[Harpreet Singh (cricketer, born 1991)|Harpreet Singh]],[[IPL]] cricketer | ||
* [[Arun Vora]], MLA | * [[Arun Vora]], MLA,[[Durg City Assembly constituency]] | ||
* [[Motilal Vora]], treasurer, [[Indian National Congress]] | * [[Motilal Vora]], treasurer, [[Indian National Congress]] | ||
* [[Aakarshi Kashyap]], International badminton player | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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==External links== | ==External links== | ||
* [http://durg.gov.in/ Official web site of Durg District - http://durg.gov.in/] | * [http://durg.gov.in/ Official web site of Durg District - http://durg.gov.in/] | ||
{{Durg district}} | {{Durg district}} | ||
[[Category:Durg| ]] | [[Category:Durg| ]] | ||
Latest revision as of 06:03, 22 July 2023
Durg | |
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City | |
 Rajendra Park in Durg | |
  Durg | |
| Coordinates: 21°11′N 81°17′E / 21.19°N 81.28°ECoordinates: 21°11′N 81°17′E / 21.19°N 81.28°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Chhattisgarh |
| District | Durg |
| Government | |
| • Body | Nagar Nigam Durg |
| • Mayor | Dheeraj Bakliwal[1] |
| • District Collector | Pushpendra Kumar Meena (IAS) |
| Area | |
| • City | 182 km2 (70 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 12 in state |
| Elevation | 289 m (948 ft) |
| Population | |
| • City | 268,679 |
| • Density | 1,500/km2 (3,800/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 1,064,077 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Hindi[2] |
| • Additional official | Chhattisgarhi |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 491001 (Durg)[3] |
| 0788 | 0788 |
| Vehicle registration | CG-07 |
| Sex ratio | 982 ♂/♀ |
| Website | durg |
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 largest urban area in Chhattisgarh after Raipur. It is the headquarters of Durg District.[4]
History[edit]
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.[5][6]
The original name of the town was "Shiva Durg", literally meaning fort on the Shivnath River.[5] 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.[5]
Alexander Cunningham, a prominent British archeologist, thought Durg must have been a place of some importance in medieval times as it name literally means "fort".[7] When the Marathas of Nagpur invaded Chhattisgarh in 1741, they occupied the old Kalachuri fort and made it their base of operations.[7]
Demographics[edit]
As of 2001 India census,[8] 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.[9] 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).[10]
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.[11]
Notable people[edit]
- Santosh Araswilli, table tennis international medalist
- Saba Anjum Karim, former player, Indian women's national field hockey team
- Bhupesh Baghel, Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh
- Vijay Baghel, MP, Durg Lok Sabha constituency
- 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,IPL cricketer
- Arun Vora, MLA,Durg City Assembly constituency
- Motilal Vora, treasurer, Indian National Congress
- Aakarshi Kashyap, International badminton player
References[edit]
- ↑ "Chhattisgarh: Congress wins five mayoral posts, Aijaz Dhebar elected Raipur mayor | Raipur News - Times of India". The Times of India. 7 January 2020. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
- ↑ "52nd Report of the Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities in India" (PDF). nclm.nic.in. Ministry of Minority Affairs. p. 18. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2017. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
- ↑ "Durg Pin Code List". indiapincodes.net. Retrieved 31 May 2023.
- ↑ "Durg District Official website".
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Nelson, A. E., ed. (1910). Central Provinces District Gazetteers: Drug District, Vol. A. Calcutta: The Baptist Mission Press. p. 164-166.
- ↑ Shukla, Shyama Charan; Nayak, Rama Prasanna; Sinh, Raghubir; Trivedi, H.V.; Krishnan, V.S.; Tripathi, Sundarlal; haterjee, H.C.; Pandey, Rajbali; Sinha, R.M. (1972). Madhya Pradesh District Gazetteers: Durg. Bhopal, Department of District Gazetteers.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Cunningham, Alexander (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. p. 4.
- ↑ "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 16 June 2004. Retrieved 1 November 2008.
- ↑ "Urban Agglomerations/Cities having population 1 lakh and above" (PDF). Provisional Population Totals, Census of India 2011. Retrieved 16 April 2012.
- ↑ "Constituents of urban Agglomerations Having Population 1 Lakh & above" (PDF). Provisional Population Totals, Census of India 2011. Retrieved 16 April 2012.
- ↑ "Cities having population 1 lakh and above" (PDF). Provisional Population Totals, Census of India 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 May 2012. Retrieved 16 April 2012.