Durg City

Durg City

Durg is a district headquarters in the Indian state of Chhatisgarh. The district is home to important religious sites. The principal Hindu temple, The Ganga Maiyaat jhamala, Jain shrine of uwasaggaharam Parshwa teerth at Nagpura, attract pilgrim all over India. The town of Bhilai is home to the Bhilai Steel Plant. Durg is a major city in Chhattisgarh state, central India east of the Seonath River and is part of the Durg-Bhilai urban agglomeration. The city is an agricultural market and heavily engaged in milling rice and pigeon peas. The District occupies the southwestern part of the Upper Sheonath-Mahanadi valley and the bordering hills in the south and southwest. Physiographically, the District can be divided into two divisions, viz. the C.G. plain and the Southern plateau. The Chhattisgarh plain occupies the largest area in the District.

Distance from Durg

Delhi  :- 1226  km

Korba  :-  241 km

Chirmari  :- 324 km

Raigarh   :- 294 km

How to reach Durg

By Road :-  Durg is well connected by road in major cities of India. Various state buses and local travel companies provide bus services to Durg as it is a religious place. So you can take state bus or private bus to reach this city by road.

By Rail :-  Durg has its own railway station which is connected to various cities in India and you can reach this place easily by taking a train from  various cities of India. From the railway station one can avail the facility of auto rickshaw or taxi to reach the city.

By Air :- Nearby airport to this city is located in Raipur city which is nearly 40 km from Durg.

Education in Durg

Chhatisgarh Swami Vivekanand Technical University

St. Thomas College

Bhilai Institute of Technology

Shri Shankaracharaya Technical Campus

Rungta Group of Colleges

Delhi Public School

Chhatrapati Shivaji institute of Technology

Real estate in Durg.

Builders and realtors in Durg are hopeful that the real estate market will revive after the elections. Currently the Durg real estate market is going through a sluggish phase and had registered a 1 % dip in prices during the last quarter of 2013, according to the National Housing Bank’s Residex.

Durg is widely referred to as the commercial capital of Chhattisgarh. Availability of electricity , fresh water long coastline , backwaters, good banking facility presence of major port, container trans- shipment terminal , harbor terminal and an international air terminal are the some of the factors which accelerated the industrial growth in the city and its adjoining district. In recent years the city has witnessed heavy real estate investment.