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{{Use dmy dates|date= | {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2023}} | ||
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2016}} | {{Use Indian English|date=January 2016}} | ||
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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| ]] | ||