Durg
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Place details
- Locality
- Durg
- Region
- Chhattisgarh
- Country
- India
- Population
- 268,806
- Timezone
- Asia/Kolkata
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Durg
- Settlement.settlement_type
- City
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Rajendra park, durg.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Rajendra Park in Durg
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- India Chhattisgarh
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- left
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Chhattisgarh
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Durg
- Settlement.established_date
- 1906
- Settlement.government_type
Key dates
- Inception
- 1906
via Wikidata · CC0
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- India
- Located in
- Durg district
- Population
- +268806
- Area
- +182
- Elevation
- +289
- Capital of
- Durg district
- Image
- Durg railway station.jpg
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6 sectionsContents
- History
- Climate
- Demographics
- Notable people
- References
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Durg is a city in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh, east of the 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.
==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 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.