Durg District Population, Chhattisgarh - Census India 2011

Durg is one of district of Chhattisgarh in India. There are 13 Taluks, 1,773 villages and 32 towns in Durg district.

As per the Census India 2011, Durg district has 701,707 households, population of 3,343,872 of which 1,682,101 are males and 1,661,771 are females. The population of children between age 0-6 is 430,536 which is 12.88% of total population.

The sex-ratio of Durg district is around 988 compared to 991 which is average of Chhattisgarh state. The literacy rate of Durg district is 68.88% out of which 76.37% males are literate and 61.31% females are literate. The total area of Durg is 8,535 sq.km with population density of 392 per sq.km.

Out of total population, 61.58% of population lives in Urban area and 38.42% lives in Rural area. There are 13.7% Scheduled Caste (SC) and 11.88% Scheduled Tribe (ST) of total population in Durg district.

Durg Religion Population

Description	Population	Percentage
Total	3,343,872	100%
Hindu	3,129,745	93.6%
Muslim	83,499	2.5%
Other religions and persuasions	42,569	1.27%
Christian	24,304	0.73%
Sikh	24,276	0.73%
Buddhist	19,587	0.59%
Jain	17,209	0.51%
Religion not stated	2,683	0.08%

Durg Urban & Rural Population

Out of total population, 50% of population lives in Urban area and 60% lives in Rural area

Description	Urban	Rural
Area(sq.km)	552	7,983
Number of households	277,413	424,294
Total Population	1,284,765	2,059,107
Population (%)	51.06%	50.17%
Male Population	655,949	1,026,152
Female Population	628,816	1,032,955
Sex Ratio	959	1007
Literacy (%)	75.75%	64.6%

List of Taluks in Durg

Check out complete list of all Taluks of Durg district, Chhattisgarh

Durg Population Facts

Number of Households	701,707
Population	3,343,872
Male Population	1,682,101 (50.3%)
Female Population	1,661,771 (49.7%)
Children Population	430,536
Area	8,535 km2
Population density/km2	392
Sex-ratio	988
Literacy	68.88%
Male Literacy	76.37%
Female Literacy	61.31%
Scheduled Tribes (ST) %	11.88%
Scheduled Caste (SC) %	13.7%