Bhilai is a city located in the Durg district of Chhattisgarh, an Indian state in eastern central India. It functions as part of the urban agglomeration known as Durg-Bhilai Nagar.
The Durg-Bhilai Nagar urban area has a population exceeding one million people, identifying it as the second most populous urban center in Chhattisgarh after Raipur. The Bhilai metropolis is comprised of three distinct municipal corporations: the Bhilai Municipal Corporation, the Bhilai Charoda Municipal Corporation, and the Risali Municipal Corporation.