Varanasi cantonment

Varanasi cantonment
वाराणसी छावनी
Town

Direction board in Varanasi cantonment
Varanasi Cantonment
Varanasi cantonment

Town location on Varanasi district map

Coordinates: 25°20′14″N 82°58′46″E / 25.337347°N 82.979569°E / 25.337347; 82.979569Coordinates: 25°20′14″N 82°58′46″E / 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 IST (UTC+5:30)
Postal code 221002 [2]
Telephone code +91-542 [3]
Vehicle registration UP65 XXXX
Census town code 801233
Lok Sabha constituency Varanasi (Lok Sabha constituency) [4]
Vidhan Sabha constituency Varanasi Cantt. [4]

Varanasi cantonment (Hindi: वाराणसी छावनी) is a census town in Varanasi tehsil of Varanasi district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.[1][5] The census town does not have a gram panchayat.[5] 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.[6][7][8]

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).[6]

See also

Notes

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Demography". 2011 Census of India website. Retrieved Nov 2015. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  2. ↑ "Post code". mapsofindia.com. Retrieved Nov 2015. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  3. ↑ "Dialing code". onefivenine.com. Retrieved Nov 2015. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  4. 1 2 "Delimitation 2008" (PDF). Election Commission of India website. Retrieved Nov 2015. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  5. 1 2 "Census town details". Local Government directory. Retrieved Nov 2015. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  6. 1 2 "Distances". Google Maps. Retrieved Nov 2015. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  7. ↑ "Census town coordinates". latlong.net. Retrieved Nov 2015. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  8. ↑ "Elevation". daftlogic.com. Retrieved Nov 2015. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
 Lal Bahadur Shastri Airport (22 km) Banaras Hindu University (12 km)
The Gateway Hotel (Taj Ganges) (2.5 km)
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Kashi Vishwanath Temple (6.5 km)
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