Local businesses in Varanasi
Listed in OpenStreetMap within 3.5 km of the city centre.
- Restaurants and cafes: 158
- SHRI Guest House; Dosa Cafe; Mona Lisa Cafe; Ganpati; Aum Cafe; Lucy's Heritage Cafe; Kashi Cafe; Ayyar's Cafè; Brown Bread Bakery; Lucy's Cafe
- Hotels and lodges: 153
- Taj Nadesar Palace; Taj Ganges Varanasi; Santana Varanasi Guesthouse; Maa Durga Inn; Haifa Hotel; hotel Shanti palace&Roof hill restaurant; Panchkote Raj Ganges; Pandeyghat; Rudra Guest House; Vishnu Rest House
- Clothing shops: 43
- Kohinoor Emporium; Holy Weaves; Absolute Fashion (Banarasiweavespoint); SMS GROUP; Seems Dresses; Dashaswamedh Market; The bed silk and pashmina; Ali Handicraft House (really the best); Baba Blacksheep; Silk Pashmina Shop
- Jewellers: 10
- Anand Jeweler; Hare Krishna Jewellers; Maa vaishno Jewelers; Nirmal Jewellers Silver Shop; Pitambari Showroom; Rita Beads; SENCO Gold and Diamonds; Tanishq
- Salons and beauty shops: 5
- Anokha Spa and Salon; GENTS PARLOUR; Kashi Temple (south India); Viva Beauty Salon and Spa; Jawed Habib
- Clinics: 14
- Chandra Nursing Home, Varanasi; Haribandhu Fracture Clinic Pvt Ltd.; Himanshu Hospital and Clinic Pvt Ltd; Prince Clinic and Nursing Home; The Apolo Clinic; Uphar Nursing Home Pvt. Ltd.; Dr. S.Nath Memorial Eye Clinic Phaco and Laser Centre; Mangalam Clinic and Trauma Centre; Sah Speciality Clinic; Agir pour Benares
- Electronics and mobile shops: 7
- Mobile phone store; K G N Mobile; Neelkanth Electronics; My Jio Store; Vodafone; Reliance Digital
Varanasi facts
- District
- Varanasi district
- Population, 2011 Census
- 11,98,491
- Area
- about 82.1 sq km, about 76 m above sea level
- PIN codes
- 221001 (Varanasi City), 221002 (Varanasi Cantt)
- Places nearby
- Jagadamba Nepali Dharmashala (building, 1 km), Alamgir Mosque (mosque, 1 km), Sankata Devi Mandir (Hindu Temple, 1 km), Ratneshwar Mahadev temple (temple, 1 km)
- Culture and food
- About 70 per cent of Varanasi's residents are Hindu, and Islam is the largest minority. Sarnath, just northeast of the city, is a centre of Buddhist pilgrimage where the Buddha gave his first teaching.
- History
- Traditional etymology links Varanasi to two Ganga tributaries that form the city's borders, the Varuna and the Assi.
- Education
- Varanasi has been a centre of education in India, with a literacy rate of about 80 per cent.
Sources: Census of India 2011, Wikipedia, Wikidata, India Post and OpenStreetMap. Last checked 14 October 2026.