Durg district
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Key facts
- Country
- India
- State
- Chhattisgarh
- Division
- Durg
- Headquarters
- Durg
- Total
- 2,238 km (864 sq mi)
- Density
- 769.4/km (1,993/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+05:30 ( IST )
- Major highways
- NH6
- Website
- durg .gov .in
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- district of India
- Country
- India
- Capital
- Durg
- Population
- 3343872
- Area
- 8549
- Time zone
- UTC+05:30
- Shares border with
- Raipur district
- Official website
- durg.nic.in
- Households
- 701707
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- topic's main category
- Category:Durg district
- short name
- DRG
- male population
- 1682101
- female population
- 1661771
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- urban population
- 1284765
- rural population
- 2059107
- literate population
- 2303378
- illiterate population
- 1040494
- Commons category
- Durg district
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Encyclopedic overview
Durg district is a district situated in Chhattisgarh, India. The district headquarters is Durg. The district covers an area of 2,238 km. As of 2011 it is the second-most populous district of Chhattisgarh (out of 18), after Raipur.
The district is home to two important religious sites. The principal Hindu temple, the Ganga Maiyaat Jhalmala, 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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Durg district” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.