Local businesses in Varanasi
Listed in OpenStreetMap within 3.5 km of the city centre.
- Restaurants and cafes: 158
- Dosa Cafe; Mona Lisa Cafe; Ganpati; Aum Cafe; Lucy's Heritage Cafe; Kashi Cafe; Ayyar's Cafè; Brown Bread Bakery; Lucy's Cafe; Raw and Vegan Restaurant
- Hotels and lodges: 153
- 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; HOG Varanasi Hostel
- Attractions and museums: 107
- Anandamayee Ghat; Assi Ghat; Badhaini Ghat; Chauki Ghat; Dasaswamedh Ghat; Jain Ghat; Karnataka Ghat; Kedar Ghat; Lali Ghat; Lalita Ghat
- Cinemas and theatres: 7
- Carnival Cinema PDR; IP Cinemas; IP Vijaya Mall Cinema Hall; Sajjan Cinema
- Places of worship: 79
- Nepalese Temple; Bharatmata Mandir; Alamagir Mosque; Gyanvapi Mosque; Kashi Vishwanath Dham, varanasi; Lal Khans Mosque; Aditaya Temple; Shri Durg Vinayak Ganesh Temple; Shri Senapathi Banakatti Hanuman Tmple; Sri Bankhand Mahadeva Temple
- Parks and stadiums: 34
- Deshbandhu Chittaranjan Das Park; Machodari Park; Ananad Bagh; Benia Bagh Park; Chandrika Nagar Park; GuruDham Park; Ratnakar Park; Shaheed Udhyan Park; Sri Nagar Park; Yoga Training Centre
- Clothing shops: 43
- 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; Silk veg boutique; Bala Ji Handicraft
- 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
- Bakeries and sweet shops: 15
- German bread bakery; Agrawal Bakery; Annapurna baker; Cake Parlour; Chestnuts; Jamuna Das Biscuits and Bakers; Namaskar The baker king; Shree Rajbandhu Sweets, since 1887; The Benaras Bakery; French Bakers
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)
- History
- Traditional etymology links Varanasi to two Ganga tributaries that form the city's borders, the Varuna and the Assi.
- Local economy
- Tourism is Varanasi's second most important industry, with domestic visitors coming mostly for religious reasons and foreign visitors for the ghats on the Ganga and Sarnath. Manufacturing employs the largest share of workers.
- Geography
- Varanasi stands about 81 m above sea level in the Ganga valley, along the left bank of the river.
Sources: Census of India 2011, Wikipedia, Wikidata, India Post and OpenStreetMap. Last checked 14 October 2026.