Durg#Places to see

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.{{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}}{{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}}

The original name of the town was "Shiva Durg", literally meaning fort on the Shivnath River. 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.

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".{{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}} When the Marathas of Nagpur invaded Chhattisgarh in 1741, they occupied the old Kalachuri fort and made it their base of operations.

{{Weather box

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| 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

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| 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

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|source 1 = India Meteorological Department{{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

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Durg is high rich industrial areas which contribute highly in state and country GDP. Its main industrial areas are in Bhilai, Rasmada and Kumhari. Major industries belong to steel production, for example Bhilai Steel Plant.

As of 2001 India census,{{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}} 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.{{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 }} 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).{{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 }}

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.{{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}}

• Santosh Araswilli, table tennis international medalist
• Saba Anjum Karim, former player, Indian women's national field hockey team
• Bhupesh Baghel, Ex-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

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• [https://durg.gov.in/ Official web site of Durg District - https://durg.gov.in/]

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