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Varanasi AI Report

Date: May 17, 2025

Varanasi, located in Uttar Pradesh, has 4.5% of the state's population.

Varanasi is the 34^th 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 67^th highest ranked in population and 641^st ranked in area, in India.

The average of Indian city (district capitals)/districts is 593. Varanasi is the 13^th highest ranked city out of 768 city/districts.This implies that this district is more urbanized and/or has a better-developed educational infrastructure compared to other districts.

Varanasi is the 19^th highest ranked in out of 768 city/districts of India. This indicates a high pool of literate hindi population compared to other cities.

Varanasi is the 20^th highest ranked in out of 768 city/districts of India. This indicates that health infrastructure in this district is better than other districts.

# of UG Enrolments - Law (No, AISHE 2021)

# of UG Enrolments - Law (No, AISHE 2021)

Devnagri Script (Hindi)

Devnagri Script (Hindi)

No of District Hospital

No of District Hospital

# of Households that use Electricity as fuel for Cooking

# of Households that use Electricity as fuel for Cooking

# of UG Enrolments - Commerce (No, AISHE 2021)

# of UG Enrolments - Commerce (No, AISHE 2021)

Bank Deposit/Household (Lakhs, RBI SCB 2024)

Bank Deposit/Household (Lakhs, RBI SCB 2024)

Out of 768 District Capitals/Districts of India, Varanasi is the 655^th worst ranked in . This indicates that the people in this district have shown a lower focus on green energy compared to people in other districts.

Out of 768 District Capitals/Districts of India, Varanasi is the 643^rd worst ranked in . This indicates that this district is less urbanised and/or has a less developed educational infrastructure compared to other districts

Varanasi is the 626^th worst ranked in out of 768 city/districts of India. This implies that financial activities in this district are less compared to other districts.

Varanasi City/District Metrics

Culture

Nature

Internet

Varanasi Nature Highlights

	Nature Metrics	% of India	Rank Out of 768	City / Districts Data
Ab. Prod (000' Tonnes) Onion Production	Ab. Prod (000' Tonnes) Onion Production	0.22%	90^th	6172
Ab. Prod (Mn Tonnes) Soyabean Production	Ab. Prod (Mn Tonnes) Soyabean Production	0.02%	94^th	11157

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 Cathedral of the 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	City	IATA Code	Distance
Airport Name	Lal Bahadur Shastri International Airport	Varanasi	VNS	12 Km

Population: 1,198,491 | Population Rank: 34^th

Area (KM²): 1,535 | Area Rank: 641^st

Better than India Average-

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Rank out of 768	City / District Data
1	No of District Hospital	1	20^th	9083
2	No of Community Health Centers	9	81^st	4129
3	No of Total Hospitals	61	127^th	8660
4	No of Primary Health Centers	48	142^nd	10267
5	No of Hospital Beds	1470	203^rd	9299

Worse than India Average-

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Worst Rank out of 768	City / District Data
1	No of Nurses	3392	426^th	6685
2	No of Doctors	1795	529^th	2536

Population: 1,198,491 | Population Rank: 34^th

Area (KM²): 1,535 | Area Rank: 641^st

Better than India Average-

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Rank out of 768	City / District Data
1	Bank Deposit-Bank Loans (Crores, RBI SCB 2024)	5533	38^th	8053
2	Number of Banks (No, RBI SCB Q3 2024)	183	48^th	2242
3	Bank Deposits (Crore, RBI SCB Q3 2024)	28688	56^th	1169
4	GDP (Crores. RBI SCB 2023)	27789	62^nd	6435
5	Bank Credit (Crore, RBI SCB Q3 2024)	23154	71^st	8468
6	Number of Households with means of Transport as Scooter/ Motorcycle/Moped (No, Census 2011)	69577	80^th	1498
7	Bank Credit - Bank Debit/No. of banks (Crore, RBI SCB 2024)	23	82^nd	9749
8	Number of Households with Internet (No, Census 2011)	10634	84^th	10538
9	Number of Households with TV, Computer/Laptop, Telephone/mobile phone and Scooter/ Car (No, Census 2011)	15680	86^th	2432
10	Number of Households with Mobile only (No, Census 2011)	174173	100^th	9648
11	Number of Households with Television (No, Census 2011)	157504	101^st	4932
12	No. of Banks/1000 Household (in 1000, RBI SCB 2024)	1	101^st	6175
13	Number of Households without Internet (No, Census 2011)	20983	106^th	10706
14	Number of Households with means of Transport as Car/ Jeep/Van (No, Census 2011)	15572	108^th	10846
15	% of Household with Mobiles (%, Census 2011)	51	121^st	3421
16	Number of Households with Owned houses (No, Census 2011)	280805	131^st	6318
17	GDP per Capita ('000', RBI SCB 2023)	118	152^nd	8754
18	% of Households with Cars (%, Census 2011)	4	213^th	5154
19	House Ownership % of Households (%, Census 2011)	86	316^th	5856

Worse than India Average-

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Worst Rank out of 768	City / District Data
1	Number of Households without TV, Internet, Radio, Computer, Mobile, Landline (No, Census 2011)	57099	393^rd	9912
2	Bank Loans/Household (Lakhs, RBI SCB 2024)	11	590^th	3750
3	Number of Households with rented houses (No, Census 2011)	37627	594^th	8645
4	Bank Deposit/Household (Lakhs, RBI SCB 2024)	14	626^th	10702

Population: 1,198,491 | Population Rank: 34^th

Area (KM²): 1,535 | Area Rank: 641^st

Better than India Average-

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Rank out of 768	City / District Data
1	Population per sq. km. (Km, Census 2011)	1023	31^st	3210

Worse than India Average-

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Worst Rank out of 768	City / District Data
1	Sex-Ratio (1000) (%, Census 2011)	949	195^th	1251
2	Decadal Growth Rate (2011) (%, Census 2011)	19	391^st	2067

Population: 1,198,491 | Population Rank: 34^th

Area (KM²): 1,535 | Area Rank: 641^st

Better than India Average-

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Rank out of 768	City / District Data
1	# of UG Enrolments - Law (No, AISHE 2021)	593	13^th	8801
2	# of ITIS seats (No, AISHE 2021)	4319	16^th	5948
3	# of Enrolment in Private and Government Colleges (No, AISHE 2021)	39460	22^nd	9549
4	# of UG Enrolments - Arts (No, AISHE 2021)	11775	23^rd	10960
5	# of PG Enrolments - Arts (No, AISHE 2021)	1484	23^rd	5707
6	Population (18-24) (Number, 2023)	208496	24^th	2611
7	# of Bachelor's Enrolment (No, AISHE 2021)	44296	24^th	2600
8	# of UG Diploma Enrolments (No, AISHE 2021)	334	24^th	1277
9	# of Colleges (No, AISHE 2021)	57	25^th	7666
10	# of Total Enrolments (No, AISHE 2021)	49523	25^th	4008
11	# of Population (0-18) (No, Census 2011)	136937	26^th	10745
12	# of UG Enrolments - Management (No, AISHE 2021)	759	31^st	5755
13	# of PG Enrolments - Management (No, AISHE 2021)	684	31^st	10648
14	# of Master's Enrolment (No, AISHE 2021)	6788	34^th	8789
15	# of Diploma (No, AISHE 2021)	3658	40^th	8214
16	# of UG Enrolments - Science (No, AISHE 2021)	6151	43^rd	2479
17	# of PG Enrolments - Science (No, AISHE 2021)	1085	43^rd	10780
18	# of No. of Schools (No, UDISE 2023)	1915	47^th	3854
19	# of Ph.D Enrolments (No, AISHE 2021)	258	48^th	1422
20	# of Higher Education Enrolments % of Pop (No, UDISE 2023)	2	48^th	9557
21	# of UG Enrolments - Teaching (No, AISHE 2021)	1920	48^th	1227
22	# of Universities (No, AISHE 2021)	1	57^th	10298
23	# of UG Enrolments - Engg (No, AISHE 2021)	3322	63^rd	10769
24	# of PG Enrolments - Engg (No, AISHE 2021)	193	63^rd	1632
25	# of UG Enrolments - Medical (No, AISHE 2021)	416	85^th	1308

Worse than India Average-

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Worst Rank out of 768	City / District Data
1	Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) in Higher Education (18-23 Years) (No, AISHE 2021)	29	195^th	9490
2	# of UG Enrolments - Commerce (No, AISHE 2021)	5042	643^rd	7853
3	# of PG Enrolments - Commerce (No, AISHE 2021)	442	643^rd	2760

Population: 1,198,491 | Population Rank: 34^th

Area (KM²): 1,535 | Area Rank: 641^st

Better than India Average-

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Rank out of 768	City / District Data
1	Number of Panchayats (Number , Census 2011)	745	161^st	6439
2	Number of Police Stations (NO, IPC 2020)	22	202^nd	4135

Population: 1,198,491 | Population Rank: 34^th

Area (KM²): 1,535 | Area Rank: 641^st

Better than India Average-

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Rank out of 768	City / District Data
1	Linkedin Audience Size(No, Linked in Jan, 2025)	132859	26^th	10529
2	Number of Internet Connections (No, TRAI 2024)	413842	32^nd	4302
3	Number of Facebook Users. (Estimated Maximum)(No,Feb. 2025)	171050	35^th	5321
4	English Speakers (Second Language + Third Language (No, Census 2011)	162759	53^rd	1227
5	Urban Internet Pop/City Pop (%, TRAI September 2024)	123	283^rd	11193

Worse than India Average-

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Worst Rank out of 768	City / District Data
1	City FB Users % of City Literate Population (%, FB 2025)	106	414^th	10204

Population: 1,198,491 | Population Rank: 34^th

Area (KM²): 1,535 | Area Rank: 641^st

Better than India Average-

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Rank out of 768	City / District Data
1	Devnagri Script (Hindi)	137058	19^th	8091
2	DHQ Mother Tongue Population (No, Census 2011)	254303	33^rd	1158
3	Perso-Arabic Script (Urdu)	33190	33^rd	10646
4	Script Pools # < 30, 000	1	48^th	5574
5	English Multilingual Population	50193	61^st	4061
6	Bengali Script	13153	83^rd	1761
7	Literacy (%, Census 2023)Estd	78	309^th	8745

Worse than India Average-

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Worst Rank out of 768	City / District Data
1	Telugu Script	39429	552^nd	8140
2	Assamese Script	3229	559^th	10253
3	Odia Script	5442	588^th	1731
4	Kannada Script	23603	611^th	6787
5	Malayalam Script	6112	612^th	10886
6	Latin Script (English)	2647	641^st	9103
7	Marathi Script	27903	647^th	4411
8	Gurumukhi Script (Punjabi)	10774	658^th	3346
9	Tamil Script	23886	672^nd	4786
10	Gujarati Script	25953	675^th	9878

Population: 1,198,491 | Population Rank: 34^th

Area (KM²): 1,535 | Area Rank: 641^st

Better than India Average-

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Rank out of 768	City / District Data
1	Total Annual Newspaper Circulation (No, RNI 2022)	656764	64^th	4274
2	Number of Dailies or Magazines (No, RNI 2022)	240	86^th	6734

Worse than India Average-

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Worst Rank out of 768	City / District Data
1	Number of Theatres (No, BOC 2020)	22	623^rd	4357

Population: 1,198,491 | Population Rank: 34^th

Area (KM²): 1,535 | Area Rank: 641^st

Better than India Average-

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Rank out of 768	City / District Data
1	Number of towns (Number , Census 2011)	10	29^th	1130
2	Urban Population (Number , Census 2011)	531234	53^rd	8221
3	# of Households that use LPG/PNG as fuel for Cooking	96340	90^th	5812
4	Number of households having latrine facility within the premises	156908	103^rd	2132
5	# of Households with Location of drinking water source within premises	154278	125^th	9965
6	# of Households with Main source of Lighting as Solar Energy	1508	126^th	2395
7	Urbanization (% , Census 2011)	26	132^nd	7356
8	Number of households (Number , Census 2011)	326286	143^rd	2426
9	# of Households with Main source of Lighting as Electricity	222703	153^rd	4393
10	# of Inhabited Villages	777	161^st	10024
11	# of Households with 1 married couple	228663	182^nd	8562

Worse than India Average-

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Worst Rank out of 768	City / District Data
1	# of Uninhabited Villages	64	496^th	4124
2	# of Households that use Electricity as fuel for Cooking	566	655^th	4323

Population: 1,198,491 | Population Rank: 34^th

Area (KM²): 1,535 | Area Rank: 641^st

Better than India Average-

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Rank out of 768	City / District Data
1	Private Jobs(Formal),2023	15104	27^th	10112
2	State Govt Jobs(Formal) Dist.,2023	23664	31^st	10626
3	Formal Jobs(Dist.),2023	25014	33^rd	3146
4	Formal Jobs(DHQ),2023	37084	38^th	2029
5	# of Companies,2023	1876	42^nd	1269
6	Informal Jobs(DHQ),2023	56813	42^nd	1803
7	State Govt Jobs(Formal) DHQ,2023	14249	50^th	4542
8	Informal Jobs(Dist.),2023	626770	114^th	7712

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

Basic Details

City (District Capitals)/DHQ Population :	:	1,198,491
City(District Capitals)/DHQ Population (Rank)	:	34^th
District Area (km²)	:	1,535
District Area (Rank)	:	641^st
No.of Towns in District	:	39
No. of Villages in District	:	1,295

Q - Why is all Prarang India comparative analysis being done for 768 Districts & their respective D.H.Q. (District Head Quarter) towns?
A - The Indian geography has historically been measured by " Districts". Today, it is politically managed by States & U.T.s ( Union Territories) but the unit of measurement ( Census baseline) continues to focus on the District, for over 150 years now. " All India" thus is a sum of the district parts i.e. sum of 768 districts currently ( which were 640 districts only, when the last Census took place in 2011). Contrary to popular perception, most data being reported at a State & U.T. level, is not being aggregated from underlying data at an urban (towns) & rural(villages) level. India has approx. 9000 towns & 600000 villages, segregated into 768 districts, each with its respective DHQ (District Head Quarter) town. Except for the largest 20 towns ( Metropolitan agglomerations) where some detailed data is gathered by the Central Government census, only basic demographic details are available for India's cities. Detailed survey results of the District are the most important data points, used to model & estimate the City & State level information in India. The 768 DHQ ( District Head Quarter) towns & 8 Union Territories, are the important Urban metrics available in India, for comparative analysis. Big data of a big & diverse country.

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A - Prarang does not do surveys to collect data. We mostly use Public sources of data - both government census, surveys, reports and private surveys whose results are available in news media & public websites. We follow a three-fold Indian logic ( Tarkashastra) method of information/data classification - We collect Pramana ( Evidence based i.e. Census, Reliable Surveys etc) data & then do Anumana ( Estimation modelling ) to Geo tag fill data in the residual Districts/DHQ (District HQ), to ensure data completion for "All India". We then do Upamana ( comparison) i.e. rank all districts/DHQs for a relative comparison. For each data field, the Samana ( Country Average) is calculated to again rank all districts/DHQs on Rank Above or Rank Below the Samana/Average. All our data sources, and our estimation modeling methods are transparently shared on each data field title , and can be accessed by clicking on the "i" icon.

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A - All Upamana ( comparison ranks of India locations) is available for free. Currently, ranks for each of the 768 India districts/DHQs ,in over 350+ data fields , are available on Prarang Analytics. There are 3 India Analytic products ( India Market Planner, India Ad Planner & India Development Planner) with respective Standard data-field available for free comparison & free sharing, for a limited period of time. But one can optionally add any of the additional data fields ( absolute data) & juxtapose them for download against the standard data-fields, for a charge. Depending on how many Cities/Districts & how many optional data-fields are selected, your cart will reflect the total amount required to be paid. Payment can be done using the payment gateway, in the final step. An invoice with GST details will be auto-generated on successful payment.

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Q - What is the frequency of data update on various data-fields of Prarang analytics ?
A - We are continuously on the lookout for market announcements of new surveys & new data. You can expect important government survey results to be live on our website, within 30 to 45 days after appearing in press/media. We model on spreadsheets & update our SQL databases, after data validation. Many government sources are following a regular frequency (Eg. RBI (Reserve Bank of India) data, TRAI (Telecom Regulatory Authority of India) etc) however, many other data-fields including GDP by State & Crime Rates by State, are not being reported at a regular frequency.