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Varanasi Analytics

Please note that the Mother Tongue ( highest number) of this City/DHQ ( District Headquarter) in Census 2011 is Hindi Additionally, there is a possibility that there is more than 30K literate Urdu language population too in this City. The Census did NOT distinguish between literacy in Urdu vs merely speaking in Urdu language- as such, we can't be sure. It is therefore recommended to consider all URDU and Hindi data consolidated together for this City/DHQ, for any linguistic Digital market/advertising size calculations.

languages
City (district capitals)/DHQ

  • 1. Hindi   :   1,065,113
  • 2. English Multilingual Population   :   115,283
  • 3. Urdu   :   108,859

Number Of Languages spoken by more then 30K Population : 2

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Basic Details

City (District Capitals)/DHQ
Population  :
:
1,198,491
City(District Capitals)/DHQ
Population (Rank)  
:
33rd
District
Area (km2)  
:
1,535
District
Area (Rank)
:
641st
No.of Towns  
in District
: 29
No. of Villages  
in District
: 161

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Varanasi Highlights: India City/Districts Comparison

Varanasi is the 33rd ranked city in population, out of 768 District Capitals (DHQs) of India. It is the capital of Varanasi District in Uttar Pradesh State. Varanasi District is 62nd highest ranked in population & 641st ranked in area, in India. Please keep the DHQ rank in perspective, for the highlights below.


Varanasi City / District Ranks

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GDP (Crores. RBI SCB June 2023)   701st
GDP per Capita ('000', RBI SCB June 2023)   613th
Place

State   696th
State Code   174th
District   734th
AEGR (2011) (District)   400th
District Area (Sq Km)   123rd
Type (D, ND, UT, CH, SC)   340th

Dist. Formation Year   360th

Number of Universities(No,AISHE 2020)   338th
Number of Colleges(No,AISHE 2020)   729th

Number of Internet Connections(No, TRAI 2023)   736th

Total Annual Newspaper Circulation(No, RNI 2021)   699th
Number of Dailies or Magazines(No, RNI 2021)   668th
Number of Theatres(No, BOC 2020)   322nd

Number of Police Stations(NO, IPC 2021)   555th
Number of Panchayats(Number , Census 2011)   578th

Number of towns(Number , Census 2011)   686th
Urbanization(% , Census 2011)   575th
Number of Households with Location of drinking water source within premises(Number , Census 2011)   625th
Number of Households with Location of drinking water source near premises(Number , Census 2011)   591st
Number of Households with Location of drinking water source away from premises(Number , Census 2011)   623rd
Number of Households with Main source of Lighting as Electricity(Number , Census 2011)   597th
Number of Households with Main source of Lighting as Kerosene(Number , Census 2011)   630th
Number of Households with Main source of Lighting as Solar Energy(Number , Census 2011)   577th
Number of Households with Main source of Lighting as Other Oil(Number , Census 2011)   560th
Number of Households with Main source of Lighting as any other Source(Number , Census 2011)   490th
Number of Households with No Lighting(Number , Census 2011)   437th
Number of households having latrine facility within the premises(Number , Census 2011)   647th
Number of Households that use firewood as fuel for Cooking (Number , Census 2011)   410th
Number of Households that use crop residue as fuel for Cooking (Number , Census 2011)   535th
Number of Households that use cowdung cake as fuel for Cooking (Number , Census 2011)   678th
Number of Households that use coal/charcoal as fuel for Cooking (Number , Census 2011)   513th
Number of Households that use Kerosene as fuel for Cooking (Number , Census 2011)   620th
Number of Households that use LPG/PNG as fuel for Cooking (Number , Census 2011)   660th
Number of Households that use Electricity as fuel for Cooking (Number , Census 2011)   269th
Number of Households that use Biogas as fuel for Cooking (Number , Census 2011)   501st
Number of Households that use any other type of fuel for Cooking (Number , Census 2011)   259th
Number of Households that don't use any type of fuel for Cooking (Number , Census 2011)   534th
Total Households classified user Type of Fuel used for Cooking(Number , Census 2011)   607th
Number of Households with Kitchen facility inside house(Number , Census 2011)   634th
Number of Households with Kitchen facility outside house(Number , Census 2011)   663rd
Number of Inhabited Villages(Number , Census 2011)   578th
Number of Uninhabited Villages(Number , Census 2011)   375th

Number of Households with Owned houses(No, Census 2011)   619th
Number of Households with rented houses(No, Census 2011)   575th
Number of Households with ownership status of house as other(No, Census 2011)   518th
Number of Households with means of Transport as Bicycle(No, Census 2011)   699th
Number of Households with means of Transport as Scooter/ Motorcycle/Moped(No, Census 2011)   670th
Number of Households with means of Transport as Car/ Jeep/Van(No, Census 2011)   642nd
Number of Households with Radio Transistor(No, Census 2011)   681st
Number of Households with Television(No, Census 2011)   649th
Number of Households with Internet(No, Census 2011)   666th
Number of Households without Internet(No, Census 2011)   644th
Number of Households with Landline only(No, Census 2011)   645th
Number of Households with Mobile only(No, Census 2011)   650th
Number of Households with Both landline and mobile(No, Census 2011)   570th
Number of Households with TV, Computer/Laptop, Telephone/mobile phone and Scooter/ Car(No, Census 2011)   664th
Number of Households without TV, Internet, Radio, Computer, Mobile, Landline(No, Census 2011)   374th
Number of households availing banking services(No, Census 2011)   660th
Number of Banks(No, RBI RBI SCB June 2023)   688th
Number of Banks(No, RBI SCB Q3 2022)   700th

No of Hospital Beds(No, MOFHW 2022)   525th
No of Primary Health Centers(No, MOFHW 2022)   611th
No of Community Health Centers(No, MOFHW 2022)   603rd
No of District Hospital(No, MOFHW 2022)   612th
No of Total Hospitals(No, MOFHW 2022)   613th
People

City (DHQ ) Pop 2011   740th
City (DHQ ) Pop 2011 ('000)   736th
City(DHQ) Pop 2023   736th
City/DHQ Population Class   404th
District Pop 2011   709th
District Pop 2011 ('000)   709th
District Pop 2012   709th
District Pop 2013   709th
District Pop 2014   709th
District Pop 2015   709th
District Pop 2016   709th
District Pop 2017   709th
District Pop 2018   708th
District Pop 2019   707th
District Pop 2020   708th
District Pop 2021   708th
District Pop 2022   707th
District Pop 2023   707th

Working Population 2018 (Number,Census 2011)   700th
Working Population 2021(Number,Census 2011)   696th
Working Population 2023(Number,Census 2011)   697th
Number of Central Government Jobs (Number,DOE Annual Report 2018)   730th
Number of State Government Jobs   718th
Number of Private Jobs( Number, Labour Ministry Quarterly employment Survey 2022)   734th
Number of PSU Jobs(Number,DPE 2022, )   727th
Number of Formal Jobs(Sum,DPE 2022)   725th
Number of Informal Jobs (Including all Unemployed) (Number, Labour Ministry Quarterly employment Survey 2022 and Sengupta committee)   729th
Number of Companies   715th
Formal Jobs % Working Pop(%,DPE 2022)   604th
Govt Jobs % of Working Population(%,DPE 2022)   594th

Decadal Growth Rate (2011) (%, Census 2011)   380th
Sex-Ratio (1000) (%, Census 2011)   195th
Number of Males (2011) (Number, Census 2011)   680th
Number of Females (2011) (District) (Number, Census 2011)   678th
Population per sq. km. (Km, Census 2011)   720th

Literacy (%)   427th
HQ Mother Tongue Population   736th
Assamese Script   305th
Bengali Script   670th
Devnagri Script (Hindi)   750th
Gurumukhi Script (Punjabi)   560th
Kannada Script   390th
Malayalam Script   516th
Marathi Script   582nd
Gujarati Script   527th
Odia Script   485th
Perso-Arabic Script (Urdu)   692nd
Tamil Script   554th
Telugu Script   429th
Latin Script (English)   553rd
Other Scripts   238th
English Multilingual Population   708th
Script Pools Number < 30,000   457th
Assamese   287th
Bengali   677th
Bodo   22nd
Dogri   36th
Gujarati   527th
Hindi   754th
Kannada   377th
Kashmiri   138th
Konkani   86th
Maithili   446th
Malayalam   516th
Manipuri   182nd
Marathi   584th
Nepali   579th
Odia   483rd
Punjabi   560th
Sanskrit   263rd
Santali   126th
Sindhi   338th
Tamil   549th
Telugu   421st
Urdu   681st
Adi   73rd
Arabic   293rd
Bhili   46th
Bhotia   101st
English   533rd
Gondi   123rd
Karbi   9th
Kharia   19th
Kurukh   225th
Lahnda   129th
Mishmi   39th
Munda   85th
Mundari   59th
Tangsa   7th
Tibetan   100th
Tulu   43rd
Others   498th

Population (18-24) (Number, 2023)   710th
Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) in Higher Education (18-23 Years)(No,AISHE 2020)   285th
Number of Enrolment in Private and Government Colleges(No,AISHE 2020)   746th
Number of Ph.D Enrolments(No,AISHE 2020)   711th
Number of Master's Enrolment(No,AISHE 2020)   733rd
Number of Bachelor's Enrolment(No,AISHE 2020)   746th
Number of UG Diploma Enrolments(No,AISHE 2020)   733rd
Number of Diploma(No,AISHE 2020)   727th
Number of ITIS seats(No,AISHE 2020)   748th
Number of Total Enrolments(No,AISHE 2020)   744th
Number of Population (0-18)(No,Census 2011)   743rd
Number of of Schools(No, UDISE 2021)   721st
Number of Higher Education Enrolments % of Pop(No, UDISE 2021)   714th
Number of UG Enrolments - Arts (No,AISHE 2020)   685th
Number of UG Enrolments - Science(No,AISHE 2020)   542nd
Number of UG Enrolments - Engg(No,AISHE 2020)   667th
Number of UG Enrolments - Commerce(No,AISHE 2020)   480th
Number of UG Enrolments - Law(No,AISHE 2020)   699th
Number of UG Enrolments - Management(No,AISHE 2020)   601st
Number of UG Enrolments - Teaching(No,AISHE 2020)   699th
Number of UG Enrolments - Medical(No,AISHE 2020)   622nd
Number of PG Enrolments - Arts(No,AISHE 2020)   685th
Number of PG Enrolments - Science(No,AISHE 2020)   542nd
Number of PG Enrolments - Engg(No,AISHE 2020)   663rd
Number of PG Enrolments - Commerce(No,AISHE 2020)   478th
Number of PG Enrolments - Management(No,AISHE 2020)   603rd

Number of Facebook Users. (Estimated Minimum)(No, FB Oct 2023)   704th
Number of Facebook Users. (Estimated Maximum)(No, FB Oct 2023)   704th
City FB Users % of City Literate Population(%, FB Oct 2023)   420th
English Speakers (Second Language + Third Language(No, Census 2011)   714th
Urban Internet Pop/City Pop(%, TRAI Aug 2023)   497th
Availability of Sharechat (Hyperlocal Advertising)   400th
Availability of Dailyhunt (Hyperlocal Advertising)   190th
Availability of Linkedin (Hyperlocal Advertising)   133rd
Linkedin Audience Size(No, Linked in 2023)   642nd
Linkedin 1-day Spend   229th
Linkedin 1 Day Impressions   431st
Linkedin CTR   387th
Linkedin CPC   568th
Linkedin Cost/Engagement   176th
Twitter Low   593rd
Twitter High   592nd
Average   593rd

Number of households(Number , Census 2011)   607th
Urban Population(Number , Census 2011)   665th
Number of Households with No married couples(Number , Census 2011)   535th
Number of Households with 1 married couple(Number , Census 2011)   568th
Number of Households with 2 married couples(Number , Census 2011)   700th
Number of Households with 3 married couples(Number , Census 2011)   734th
Number of Households with 4 married couples(Number , Census 2011)   709th
Number of Households with 5 married couples(Number , Census 2011)   496th

Bank Deposits(Crore, RBI RBI SCB June 2023)   695th
Bank Credit(Crore, RBI RBI SCB June 2023)   681st
Bank Deposits(Crore, RBI SCB Q3 2022)   700th
Bank Credit(Crore, RBI SCB Q3 2022)   684th
Bank Deposit/Household (Lakhs, RBI SCB June 2023)   594th
Bank Loans/Household (Lakhs,RBI SCB June 2023)   533rd
No. of Banks/1000 Household(in "1000", SCB 2023)   132nd
Bank Credits - Bank Debits (Crores, RBI SCB June 2023)   697th
Bank Credit - Bank Debit/No. of banks (Crore, RBI SCB June 2023)   629th
House Ownership % of Households(%, Census 2011)   420th
% of Household with Mobiles(%, Census 2011)   612th
% of Households with Cars(%, Census 2011)   506th

No of Doctors(No, MOFHW 2022)   478th
No of Nurses(No, MOFHW 2022)   561st

Varanasi Culture Highlights

Sr.No Culture Metrics Counts Name

Princely State

Princely State   1 Benaras

Famous Forts

Famous Forts   1 Ramnagar Fort

Famous Jain Temples

Famous Jain Temples   1 Parshvanath Jain temple

Famous Hindu Temples

Famous Hindu Temples   1 Kashi Vishwanath Temple

Famous Church Name

Famous Church Name   1 St. Mary's CathedralĀ of theĀ Diocese of Varanasi

Famous Museum Name

Famous Museum Name   1 Sarnath Museum

Cantt

Cantt   1 Varanasi

Famous Buddhist Temple Name

Famous Buddhist Temple Name   2 Chaukhandi Stupa,Dhamek Stupa

Zoo

Zoo   1 Sarnath Deer Park
Airports
Name IATA Code City Distance

Airport Name

Lal Bahadur Shastri International Airport Varanasi VNS 12 Km

Varanasi Nature Highlights

Nature Metrics % of India Rank Out of 768 City / Districts Data

Ab. Prod (Mn Tonnes) Soyabean Production

Ab. Prod (Mn Tonnes) Soyabean Production   0.02% 222nd 7268

Ab. Prod (000' Tonnes) Onion Production

Ab. Prod (000' Tonnes) Onion Production   0.22% 320th 8945