Varanasi cantonment

Varanasi cantonment is a census town in Varanasi tehsil of Varanasi district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.^[1][4] The census town does not have a gram panchayat.^[4] Varanasi Cantonment Census town is about 2 kilometers West of Varanasi railway station, 324 kilometers South-East of Lucknow and 12 kilometers North of Banaras Hindu University.^[5][6][7]

Varanasi cantonment
Town
Direction board in Varanasi cantonment
Varanasi cantonment Town location on Varanasi district map
Coordinates: 25.337347°N 82.979569°E / 25.337347; 82.979569
Country	India
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Varanasi district
Tehsil	Varanasi tehsil
Elevation	82.96 m (272.18 ft)
Population  (2011)
• Total	14,119[1]
Languages
• Official	Hindi & English
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
Postal code	221002 [2]
Telephone code	+91-542
Vehicle registration	UP65 XXXX
Census town code	801233
Lok Sabha constituency	Varanasi (Lok Sabha constituency)[3]
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Varanasi Cantt.[3]

Demography

Varanasi cantonment has 2,760 families with a total population of 14,119. Sex ratio of the census town is 824 and child sex ratio is 827. Uttar Pradesh state average for both ratios is 912 and 902 respectively ^[note].^[1]

Details	Male	Female	Total	Comments
Number of houses	-	-	2760	(census 2011)[1]
Adult	7,742	6,377	12,685
Children	-	-	1,434
Total population	-	-	14,119
Literacy	92.3%	81.2%	87.3%

Transportation

Varanasi cantonment is connected by air (Lal Bahadur Shastri Airport), by train (Varanasi railway station) and by road. Nearest operational airports is Lal Bahadur Shastri Airport and nearest operational railway station is Varanasi railway station (22 and 2 kilometers respectively from Varanasi Cantonment).^[5]

See also

• Varanasi Cantt. (Assembly constituency)
• Varanasi district
• Varanasi (Lok Sabha constituency)
• Varanasi tehsil

Notes

• ^ All demographic data is based on 2011 Census of India.