Durg district

Coordinates: 21°11′N 81°17′E / 21.183°N 81.283°E / 21.183; 81.283
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This article is about the district. For its eponymous headquarters, see Durg.

Durg district
Tehsils
3
Government
 • Lok Sabha constituencies1
Area
 • Total2,238 km2 (864 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total1,721,948
 • Density770/km2 (2,000/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+05:30 (IST)
Major highwaysNH6
Websitedurg.gov.in

Durg district is a district situated in

18), after Raipur.[1]

The district is home to two important religious sites. The principal

Jain
shrine of Uwasaggaharam Parshwa Teerth at Nagpura (near Durg), attract pilgrims from all over India. The Langurveer Mandir is one and only Hindu Temple Devoted to God Langoorveer in India situated in Durg.

The town of Bhilai is home to the Bhilai Steel Plant.

The present collector of Durg is Richa Prakash Choudhary.[2]

Geography

Durg is surrounded by the following districts:

1. Bemetara to the north

2. Balod to the south.

3. Raipur to the east.

4. Dhamtari to the south east

5. Rajnandgaon to the west.

Municipal corporation

  • Bhilai Charoda Municipal Corporation
  • Bhilai Municipal Corporation
  • Durg Municipal Corporation
  • Risali Municipal Corporation

Municipal council

Nagar panchayat

Cities in Durg

Towns in Durg

Demographics

Religions in Durg district (2011)[3]
Religion Percent
Hinduism
 
 91.41%
Islam
 
 4.02%
Sikhism
 
 1.26%
Christianity
 
 1.25%
Buddhism
 
 0.91%
Jainism
 
 0.72%
Other or not stated
 
 0.43%
Distribution of religions

According to the

640).[1] The district has a population density of 319 inhabitants per square kilometre (830/sq mi).[1] Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 18.95%.[1] Durg has a sex ratio of 988 females for every 1,000 males,[1] and a literacy rate of 79.69%. After bifurcation, the district had a population of 1,721,948, of which 1,104,700 (64.15%) live in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes made up 14.26% and 5.88% of the population respectively.[1]

Languages

Languages of Durg district (2011)[6]

  Chhattisgarhi (58.89%)
  Hindi (25.02%)
  Telugu (2.82%)
  Odia (2.68%)
  Marathi (2.24%)
  Bhojpuri (2.08%)
  Bengali (1.29%)
  Punjabi (1.25%)
  Others (3.73%)

At the time of the

Chhattisgarhi, 25.02% Hindi, 2.82% Telugu, 2.68% Odia, 2.24% Marathi, 2.08% Bhojpuri, 1.29% Bengali and 1.25% Punjabi as their first language.[6]

Vernaculars spoken include

Devanagari script
.

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "District Census Handbook: Durg" (PDF). censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India. 2011.
  2. ^ "Who's Who | District DURG, Government of Chhattisgarh | India". Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  3. ^ "Table C-01 Population by Religion: Chhattisgarh". censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India. 2011.
  4. ^ US Directorate of Intelligence. "Country Comparison:Population". Archived from the original on 13 June 2007. Retrieved 1 October 2011. Uruguay 3,308,535 July 2011 est.
  5. ^ "2010 Resident Population Data". U. S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on 19 October 2013. Retrieved 30 September 2011. Connecticut 3,574,097
  6. ^ a b "Table C-16 Population by Mother Tongue: Chhattisgarh". www.censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.

External links

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