Varanasi

Varanasi district is a district in the Indian state of , with the holy city of as the district headquarters. It is also the headquarters of the Varanasi division which contains 4 districts.
  • Type: district of India with 3,680,000 residents
  • Description: district of Uttar Pradesh, India
  • Also known as: Varanasi district” and “Vārānasi District

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lohta.

Locality
is a census town in Varanasi district in the state of . is situated 10 km south of Varanasi.

Varanasi

Latitude
25.3882° or 25° 23′ 18″ north
Longitude
82.9139° or 82° 54′ 50″ east
Population
3,680,000
Elevation
81 metres (266 feet)
Abbreviation
“VRN”
Open location code
7MQ49WQ7+7H
Geo­Names ID
1253407
Wiki­data ID
Q1321140
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Varanasi” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: فاراناسي
  • Arabic: منطقة فاراناسي
  • Arabic: منطقة فَرَناسي
  • Arabic: وارانسي
  • Armenian: Վարանասի
  • Asturian: distritu de Varanasi
  • Asturian: Varanasi (distritu)
  • Asturian: Varanasi
  • Basque: Varanasi barrutia
  • Bengali: বারাণসী জেলা
  • Bhojpuri: वाराणसी जिला
  • Catalan: districte de Benarés
  • Catalan: Districte de Benarés
  • Cebuano: Vārānasi
  • Chinese: Benares
  • Chinese: 瓦拉納西縣
  • Danish: Varanasi
  • Dutch: Benares
  • Dutch: Varanasi
  • Egyptian Arabic: فاراناسى
  • French: district de Vārānasī
  • French: District de Vārānasī
  • German: Varanasi
  • Gujarati: વારાણસી જિલ્લો
  • Hindi: वाराणसी जिला
  • Hindi: वाराणसी
  • Indonesian: Distrik Varanasi
  • Italian: distretto di Varanasi
  • Italian: Distretto di Varanasi
  • Japanese: ヴァーラーナシー県
  • Kashmiri: وارانسی ضِلہٕ
  • Malayalam: വാരണാസി ജില്ല
  • Marathi: वाराणसी जिल्हा
  • Min Nan Chinese: Benares
  • Nepali: वाराणसी जिल्ला
  • Newari: वाराणसी जिल्ला
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Varanasi
  • Norwegian: Varanasi
  • Occitan (post 1500): Districte de Varanasi
  • Oriya: ବାରଣାସୀ ଜିଲ୍ଲା
  • Panjabi: ਵਾਰਾਣਸੀ
  • Persian: بخش وارناسی
  • Persian: بنارس
  • Persian: واراناسی
  • Persian: وارانسی
  • Russian: Варанаси
  • Sanskrit: वाराणसीमण्डलम्
  • Santali: ᱵᱟᱨᱟᱬᱟᱥᱤ ᱦᱚᱱᱚᱛ
  • Slovak: Benáres
  • Slovenian: Varanasi
  • Spanish: Distrito de Varanasi
  • Swedish: Varanasi
  • Tamil: வாரணாசி மாவட்டம்
  • Tamil: வாரனாசி மாவட்டம்
  • Tamil: வாராணசி மாவட்டம்
  • Telugu: వారణాశి జిల్లా
  • Telugu: వారణాసి జిల్లా
  • Thai: อำเภอพาราณสี
  • Tumbuka: Varanasi District, India
  • Urdu: بنارس
  • Urdu: ضلع وارانسی
  • Urdu: وارانسی ضلع
  • Urdu: وارانسی
  • Vietnamese: Varanasi
  • Western Panjabi: ضلع وارانسی
  • Western Panjabi: واراݨسی
  • वाराणसी जिला

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