District Profile · Uttar Pradesh
Varanasi
- 3,676,841
- Population
- 1,535 km²
- Area
- Varanasi
- Region / Division
Hinduism's holiest city on the Ganga's ghats, globally known for Banarasi silk brocades (a cluster employing roughly 30,000 weavers) and now a national tourism phenomenon — over 110 million visitor-arrivals in 2024 alone. Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Lok Sabha constituency since 2014.