Local businesses in Varanasi
Listed in OpenStreetMap within 3.5 km of the city centre.
- Hospitals: 102
- Prabhat Hospital Bhelupur; Pt Deen Dayal District Combined Hospital; Rohit Laproscopic Surgical Center; Samvedna Hospital, Varanasi; Surya Super Speciality Hospital; Amit Gupta Hospital; Arunoday Hospital; Ashirvad Hospital & Research Centre; Ashirvad Hospital and Research Center; Avi Hospital
- Clinics: 14
- Dr. Azhar Anwar : Aster Clinic; Akanksha Nursing Home, Varanasi; 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
- Pharmacies: 1
- Dental clinics: 3
- Dentist hospital; Dental hospital
- Medical supply and optical shops: 4
- Medical Store; Medical store; Lenskart
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.
- Education
- Varanasi has been a centre of education in India, with a literacy rate of about 80 per cent.
- History
- Traditional etymology links Varanasi to two Ganga tributaries that form the city's borders, the Varuna and the Assi.
Sources: Census of India 2011, Wikipedia, Wikidata, India Post and OpenStreetMap. Last checked 14 October 2026.