Varanasi district

Not to be confused with Varanasi division, Varanasi tehsil, or Varanasi.

Varanasi
District
Varanasi
Clockwise from top-left: Kashi Vishwanath Temple, Dhamek Stupa at Sarnath, Dept of Electrical Engineering at IIT-BHU, Ahilyabai Ghat, Ramnagar Fort
Location of Varanasi district in Uttar Pradesh
Coordinates(Varanasi): 25°20′N83°00′E / 25.333°N 83.000°E / 25.333; 83.000
Country	India
State	Uttar Pradesh
Division	Varanasi
Headquarters	Varanasi
Government
•  District Magistrate	Satyendra Kumar, IAS
•  Police Commissioner	Mohit Agarwal, IPS
•  Mayor	Ashok Tiwari, BJP
•  Lok Sabha constituencies	Varanasi
•  Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha	Narendra Modi (Prime Minister of India)
Area
• Total	1,535 km2 (593 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Total	3,676,841 [1]
• Estimate  (2021)	4,110,000
•  Urban	1,597,051 (43.4%) [2]
•  Rural	2,079,790 (56.6%) [2]
Demographics
•  Literacy	78.41%
• Sex ratio	913
Language
• Official	Hindi
• Additional Official	Urdu
• Regional	Bhojpuri
Time zone	UTC+05:30 (IST)
Vehicle registration	UP-65
Website	Official website

Varanasi district is a district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, with the holy city of Varanasi as the district headquarters. It is also the headquarters of the Varanasi division which contains 4 districts (including Varanasi).

It is surrounded by Mirzapur district, Jaunpur district, Ghazipur district, Chandauli district, and Bhadohi district. The Ganga (Ganges) river flows through the district. Part of the Varanasi division, the district occupies an area of 1,535 square kilometres (593 sq mi) and as of the 2011 ^[update] Census of India, it had a population of 3,676,841.

Demographics

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1853	420,822	—
1865	453,414	+0.62%
1872	502,185	+1.47%
1881	554,690	+1.11%
1891	628,380	+1.26%
1901	681,858	+0.82%
1911	685,391	+0.05%
1921	696,188	+0.16%
1931	745,318	+0.68%
1941	884,210	+1.72%
1951	1,047,522	+1.71%
1961	1,241,210	+1.71%
1971	1,514,420	+2.01%
1981	1,919,746	+2.40%
1991	2,508,110	+2.71%
2001	3,138,671	+2.27%
2011	3,676,841	+1.60%
source: [3]

Religions in Varanasi district (2011) [4]
Religion			Percent
Hinduism			84.52%
Islam			14.88%
Other or not stated			0.60%

According to the 2011 census, Varanasi district has a population of 3,676,841, ^[1] This gives it a ranking of 75th in India (out of a total of 640). ^[1] The district has a population density of 2,399 inhabitants per square kilometre (6,210/sq mi). ^[1] Its population growth rate over the decade 2001–2011 was 17.32%. ^[1] Varanasi has a sex ratio of 909 females for every 1000 males, ^[1] and a literacy rate of 77.05%. 43.44% of the population lives in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 13.24% and 0.78% of the population respectively. ^[1]

Languages

Languages in Varanasi district (2011) ^[5]

1. Hindi (76.19%)
2. Bhojpuri (19.68%)
3. Urdu (3.24%)
4. Others (0.89%)

At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 76.19% of the population spoke Hindi, 19.68% Bhojpuri, and 3.24% Urdu as their first language. ^[5] Bhojpuri is natively spoken in Varanasi. ^[6]

Administrative divisions

The district is made up of three tehsils: Varanasi, Pindra and Rajatalab. ^[7] All 3 are headed by a SDM.

These 3 tehsils are divided into 8 Blocks: Arajiline, Baragaon, Chiraigaon, Cholapur, Harhua, Kashividyapeeth, Pindra and Sewapuri.

Politics

There are eight Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) constituencies: Pindra, Shivpur, Rohaniya, Varanasi North, Varanasi South, Varanasi Cantt., Sevapuri, and Ajagara.

Education

Universities

• Banaras Hindu University ^[8]
• Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies
• Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapith
• Sampurnanand Sanskrit Vishwavidyalaya
• Jamia Salafia, Varanasi (The Salafi University Of India)

Colleges/Institutes

• Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) ^[9]
• International Rice Research Institute ^[10]
• DAV Post Graduate College
• National Institute of Fashion Technology (Rae Bareli Extension) ^[11]
• National School of Drama ^[12]
• Sunbeam College for Women ^[13]
• Institute of Medical Sciences - BHU

• Indian Institute of Vegetable Research ^[14]
• National Seed Research and Training Centre ^[15]
• Uday Pratap College ^[16]
• Vasanta College for Women

References

1. "District Census Handbook: Varanasi" (PDF). censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India. 2011.
2. "Demography"./
3. Decadal Variation In Population Since 1901
4. "Table C-001 Population by Religion: Uttar Pradesh". censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India. 2011.
5. "Table C-16 Population by Mother Tongue: Uttar Pradesh". www.censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.
6. Matthews, P. H. (March 2014). The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Linguistics. OUP Oxford. p. 40. ISBN   978-0-19-967512-8.
7. "Rajatalab tehsil inaugurated". The Times of India. 2 January 2014. Retrieved 23 July 2017.
8. "Home". bhu.ac.in.
9. "Indian Institute of Technology(BHU)". www.iitbhu.ac.in. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
10. "IRRI South Asia Regional Centre". 21 January 2019.
11. "Designer Pool".
12. "Varanasi Centre".
13. "Sunbeam".
14. "Institutions".
15. "NATIONAL SEED RESEARCH AND TRAINING CENTRE VARANASI".
16. "Udai Pratap Autonomous College: Accredited B Grade by NAAC :: Affiliated to Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapeeth, VarnasiA College With Potential for Excellence, DST-FIST & DBT-STAR College". www.upcollege.org. Retrieved 13 May 2021.

External links

• Official website