Durg district

Durg district दुर्ग जिला
District of Chhattisgarh
Location of Durg district in Chhattisgarh
Country	India
State	Chhattisgarh
Headquarters	Durg
Tehsils	3
Government
• Lok Sabha constituencies	1
Major highways	NH6
Website	Official website

Durg District is situated in Chhattisgarh state of India. Until 2000 it formed part of Madhya Pradesh. District headquarters is Durg. The district covers an area of  km². 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 town of Bhilai is home to the Bhilai Steel Plant. now durg has been divided into 3 major district namely Durg, Balad and Bemetara.

According to the 2011 census Durg district has a population of 3,343,079, roughly equal to the nation of Uruguay or the US state of Connecticut. This gives it a ranking of 100th in India (out of a total of 640). The district has a population density of 391 inhabitants per square kilometre (1,010/sq mi) . Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 18.95%. Durg has a sex ratio of 988 females for every 1000 males, and a literacy rate of 79.69%.

Vernaculars spoken include Bharia, a Dravidian language spoken by at least 200 000 members of the Bharia tribe and written in the Devanagari script.

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