Varanasi

Varanasi or Kashi, is a city on the Ganges river in northern India that has a central place in the traditions of pilgrimage, death, and mourning in the Hindu... Wikipedia

• Country:  India
• State:  Uttar Pradesh
• Division:  Varanasi
• District:  Varanasi
• Type:  Municipal Corporation
• Body:  Varanasi Municipal Corporation
• Mayor:  Ashok Tiwari (BJP)
• Municipal Commissioner:  Pranay Singh, IAS
• Population (2011):  1,212,610
• Rank:  30th
• Metro:  1,432,280 (32nd)
• Demonym(s):  Banarasi
• Time zone:  IST (UTC+5:30)
• PIN:  221 001 to, (, area code)
• Telephone code:  0542
• Vehicle registration:  UP-65
• GDP:  $3.8 billion (2019–20)
• Per capita income:  INR 1,93 616
• International Airport:  Lal Bahadur Shastri International Airport
• Rapid Transit:  Varanasi Metro
• Sex ratio:  0.926 (2011) ♂/♀
• Literacy (2011):  80.31%
• HDI:  0.812
• Data source:  DuckDuckGo