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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 = Rajendra Park in Durg
| 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 = {{flag|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 = [[Municipal Corporations in India|Municipal Corporation]]
| governing_body = Durg Municipal Corporation
| leader_title = [[Mayor (India)|Mayor]]
| leader_name = Alka Baghmar<ref>{{cite news |last1=सिकरवार |first1=आकाश |date=15 February 2025 |title=Durg Nikay Chunav Results Live: दुर्ग में बीजेपी की सुनामी, भूपेश बघेल के इलाके में ही हार गई कांग्रेस, अलका बाघमार होंगी नई मेयर |url=https://navbharattimes.indiatimes.com/state/chhattisgarh/raipur/chhattisgarh-durg-nikay-chunav-result-2025-bjp-alka-baghmar-vs-congress-premlata-poshan-sahu-who-wins-in-durg-mayor-and-nagar-nigam-election-news/articleshow/118263557.cms |work=Navbharat Times |language=hi |access-date=15 February 2025}}</ref>
| leader_party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
| leader_title2 = [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha|Lok Sabha MP]]
| leader_name2 = [[Vijay Baghel]] ([[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]])
| leader_title3 = [[Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly|MLA]]
| leader_name3 = [[Gajendra Yadav]] ([[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]])
| leader_title4 = [[District Collector]]
| leader_name4 = Abhijit Singh (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]], [[Chhattisgarhi language|Chhattisgarhi]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.indiacode.nic.in/bitstream/123456789/12800/1/the_chhattisgarh_official_language_act%2c_1957_no._5_of_1958%2c_date_24.01.1958.pdf |title=The Chhattisgarh Official Language (Amendment) Act, 2007 |publisher=indiacode.nic.in |year=2008 |access-date=25 December 2022 |archive-date=25 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221225172224/https://www.indiacode.nic.in/bitstream/123456789/12800/1/the_chhattisgarh_official_language_act,_1957_no._5_of_1958,_date_24.01.1958.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| 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>
| 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 most populous urban area in Chhattisgarh after [[Raipur]]. It is the headquarters of [[Durg District]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://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 |pages=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 archaeologist, 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"/>
==Climate==
{{Weather box
| 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]]<ref>{{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
}}</ref>}}

==Demographics==
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 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, 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==


* [[Santosh Araswilli]], table tennis international medalist
* [[Bhupesh Baghel]], ex-Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh
* [[Vijay Baghel]], MP, [[Durg Lok Sabha constituency]]
* [[Anurag Basu]], Indian film director
* [[Saba Anjum Karim]], former player, [[Indian women's national field hockey team]]
* [[Aakarshi Kashyap]], international badminton player
* [[Saroj Pandey]], mayor, MLA and MP
* [[Tamradhwaj Sahu]], former Home Minister of Chhattisgarh
* [[Amit Sana]], runner-up in ''[[Indian Idol|Indian Idol 1]]''
* [[Harpreet Singh (cricketer, born 1991)|Harpreet Singh]], [[IPL]] cricketer
* [[Arun Vora]], politician, former MLA [[Durg City Assembly constituency]]
* [[Motilal Vora]], Politician, [[Indian National Congress]]
* [[Gajendra Yadav]], MLA, [[Durg City Assembly constituency]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

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

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

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Khalek Rahaman at 20:42, 3 December 2025