Bhilai
Bhilai is a city in Durg district of the Indian state of Chhattisgarh, in east-central India.

Bhilai is a city in Durg district of the Indian state of Chhattisgarh, in east-central India. Along with its twin city, Durg, the urban agglomeration of Durg-Bhilai Nagar has a population of more than a million, making it the second most populous urban area in Chhattisgarh, after Raipur. The Bhilai metropolis contains three municipal corporations: Bhilai Municipal Corporation, Bhilai Charoda Municipal Corporation and, Risali Municipal Corporation.
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Worth seeing in and around Bhilai
8 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Jama Masjid, Bhilai
The Jama Mosque, or Jama Masjid, is a Sunni Islam mosque, located in Bhilai, Chhattisgarh, India. The mosque was completed in the 1960s and can accommodate 3,000 worshippers at a time and is one of the largest mosques in the state, and also in Asia.
3.2 km · mosque in India · Wikipedia - 02Maitri Baagh Zoo
Maitri Bagh Zoo is a tourist location in Bhilai, India which was established as a symbol of friendship between the Soviet Union and India. It is the largest and oldest zoo of Chhattisgarh and previously of the undivided Madhya Pradesh.
5.2 km · zoo in Bhilai, India · Wikipedia - 03Indian Institute of Technology Bhilai
Indian Institute of Technology Bhilai is a public research university and technical institute located in Bhilai, Chhattisgarh, India. Established in 2016, it is one of the Indian Institutes of Technology.
7.5 km · Bhilai public institute · Wikipedia - 04Chhattisgarh Swami Vivekanand Technical University
Chhattisgarh Swami Vivekanand Technical University is a state university located in Bhilai, Chhattisgarh, India.
8.2 km · state public university in Durg, Chhattisgarh, India · Wikipedia - 05Mahadev Temple, Deobaloda
Mahadev Temple is a Hindu temple, dedicated to Lord Shiva, located in Deobaloda in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh. This temple belongs to the Kalchuri Period.
9.7 km · Shiva temple in Chhattisgarh, India · Wikipedia - 06Hemchand Yadav Vishwavidyalaya
Hemchand Yadav Vishwavidyalaya or Hemchand Yadav University, formerly Durg Vishwavidyalaya, is a state university in Durg, Chhattisgarh, India. It was established in 2015 and later renamed in 2018.
8.5 km · state public university in Durg, Chhattisgarh, India · Wikipedia - 07Bhilai Institute of Technology, Durg
Bhilai Institute of Technology Durg is a private engineering college in Chhattisgarh, India.
8.6 km · private engineering college in Durg, India · Wikipedia - 08Jayanti Stadium
The Jayanti Stadium in Bhilai is a multi-purpose stadium at Indra Place in Bhilai, India. The 20,000-capacity stadium is used mostly for football and field hockey and also for athletics.
5 km · multi-purpose stadium in Bhilai, India · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
Jawaharlal Nehru Multipurpose Hall (Civic center) displays local art. Jayanti Stadium (Government funded Stadium) Musical Fountain (Maitri Garden)
- 01Maitri Bagh Zoo
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Where to eat
Apicure Food Court hosts an indoor sitting area with a contemporary architecture!Next to SSITM.Junwani Golgappas from Mathura Chat, Akashganga Golgappas & Chat from Chat Bhandar, (Near Apsara cloth center)Sec -4 Road side Stalls - Civic Centre - Cut Piece Dosa Road side Stalls - Civic Centre - Sri Nath - Pav Bhaji Civic Centre - ChaCha ji Kulfi- Famous for Kulfi Road side Stalls - Akashganga - Egg Rolls, Pav Bhaji…
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Getting to Bhilai
- Airports
- Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar (NAG), 242 km
- Stations
- Durg railway station, 9.2 km · Bhilai Power House railway station, 500 m · Bhilai Nagar railway station, 4.8 km · Bhilai Airport, 9.4 km · Bhilai railway station, 4.4 km
- Nagpur → Bhilai243 km · quickest by road, 4h 19m · ₹1,700–2,130
- Visakhapatnam → Bhilai434 km · quickest by road, 9h 17m · ₹3,850–4,820
- Bhubaneswar → Bhilai470 km · quickest by road, 8h 39m · ₹3,790–4,740
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No local-transport research exists yet for Bhilai
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Bhilai. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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Next door to Bhilai
Bhilai is 26 km from Raipur, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Bhilai Charodacity in Durg district, Durg Division, Chhattisgarh, India8.1 km
- Jamul, Durghuman settlement in India4.9 km