Local businesses in Varanasi
Listed in OpenStreetMap within 3.5 km of the city centre.
- Restaurants and cafes: 158
- Ganpati; Aum Cafe; Lucy's Heritage Cafe; Kashi Cafe; Ayyar's Cafè; Brown Bread Bakery; Lucy's Cafe; Raw and Vegan Restaurant; Sha Chicken Hut; Spicy Bites
- Clothing shops: 43
- Bharat Silk House; 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
- Jewellers: 10
- Anand Jeweler; Hare Krishna Jewellers; Maa vaishno Jewelers; Nirmal Jewellers Silver Shop; Pitambari Showroom; Rita Beads; SENCO Gold and Diamonds; Tanishq
- Supermarkets: 16
- Armonia Decor+Gifts; Jyoti Electronic; Globus; Citykart; Dalmundi Market; Shiva Spice Shop; Shoppers' Mart; Sunrise; Spencer; Vishal Megamart
- Salons and beauty shops: 5
- Anokha Spa and Salon; GENTS PARLOUR; Kashi Temple (south India); Viva Beauty Salon and Spa; Jawed Habib
- 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
- Schools: 19
- CATJEE; Anand’s Music Ashram; J R S Coaching; Queens College; Badi Asha School; Little lions school; Nalanda Tutorials; Oxford street convent school; WH Smith Memorial School; public shool
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)
- 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.
- 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.
Sources: Census of India 2011, Wikipedia, Wikidata, India Post and OpenStreetMap. Last checked 14 October 2026.