Varanasi
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Varanasi / Banaras / Kashi वाराणसी | |
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 Clockwise frae tap: Ahilya Ghat, New Kashi Vishwanath Temple, Lal Bahadur Shastri Internaitional Airport, Tibetan Temple in Sarnath, Banaras Hindu Varsity, Kashi Vishwanath Temple | |
| Eik-name(s): The Spiritual caipital o Indie
The Cultural Caipital o Indie | |
  Varanasi / Banaras / Kashi | |
| Coordinates: 25°16′55″N 82°57′23″E / 25.282°N 82.9563°ECoordinates: 25°16′55″N 82°57′23″E / 25.282°N 82.9563°E | |
| Kintra |  Indie |
| State | Uttar Pradesh |
| Destrict | Varanasi |
| Govrenment | |
| • Mayor | Ram Gopal Mohle (BJP) |
| Area | |
| • Metropolitan City | 1535 km2 (593 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 80.71 m (264.80 ft) |
| Population (2012) | |
| • Metropolitan City | 1,201,815 |
| • Rank | 30t |
| • Density | 2,399/km2 (6,210/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 1,201,815 |
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| Leids | |
| • Offeecial | Hindi,Urdu |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 221 001 to** (** aurie code) |
| Telephone code | 0542 |
| Vehicle registration | UP 65 |
| Sex ratio | 0.926 (2011) ♂/♀ |
| Literacy | 77.05 (2011)% |
| Website | www |
Varanasi (Hindustani pronunciation: [ʋaːˈraːɳəsi] (
listen)), cried Benares,[3] Banaras (Banāras [bəˈnaːrəs] ( listen)) or Kashi (Kāśī [ˈkaːʃi] ( listen)) an aa, is a ceety on the banks o the Ganges (Ganga) in Uttar Pradesh, 320 kilometre (200 mi) sootheast o the state caipital, Lucknow.
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ "Provisional Population Totals, Census of India 2011; Urban Agglomerations/Cities having population 1 lakh and above" (PDF). Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 4 Apryle 2012.
- ↑ "Provisional Population Totals Paper 1 : 2011" (PDF). Government of India. Retrieved 12 Julie 2011.
- ↑ The name that appears on the 1909 version official map of India
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