What is the population of Varanasi?
Varanasi has a city population of 1,164,404. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.
City profile · India · Asia
Varanasi
City population
1,164,404
#43
in India
#6
in Uttar Pradesh
#464
worldwide
25.317, 83.010 · 682 km from New Delhi
About Varanasi
At 0.1% of India's national population, Varanasi holds 1,164,404 people within its city proper, ranking 43rd among Indian cities. The city sits 682 km from New Delhi, with Rāmnagar at 6 km and Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Nagar at 12 km among its nearest neighbours. Within Uttar Pradesh, it ranks 6th of 331 cities in the state.
This summary is AI-generated from the figures on this page. The figures themselves come from the sources cited beside each value.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Rank in region
#6of 331
Elevation
86 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Kolkata
Coordinates
25.317, 83.010
Record updated
2026-07-24
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
Nearby Cities
All 3,732 in IndiaClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.
Compared with the World's Largest Cities
City-proper population against the fifteen largest cities in the dataset.
| Name | City population |
|---|---|
| Shanghai | 24.9M |
| Beijing | 19M |
| Shenzhen | 17.5M |
| Guangzhou | 16.1M |
| Kinshasa | 16M |
| Istanbul | 15.7M |
| Lagos | 15.4M |
| Ho Chi Minh City | 14M |
| Chengdu | 13.6M |
| Lahore | 13M |
| Mumbai | 12.7M |
| São Paulo | 12.4M |
| Mexico City | 12.3M |
| Karachi | 11.6M |
| Tianjin | 11.1M |
| Varanasi | 1.16M |
Varanasi Population FAQ
Where is Varanasi?
Varanasi is in Uttar Pradesh, India, 682 km from the capital, New Delhi. Its coordinates are 25.317, 83.010.
How big is Varanasi compared with other cities in India?
It is the 43rd largest of the 3,732 cities of 15,000 or more listed in India, holding 0.1% of the national population.