Varanasi is a district located in Uttar Pradesh state of India. There are total 8 blocks which comes under Varanasi district, and there are total 1329 villages which comes under this district.
As per Indian government records district code of Varanasi district is 197 and number of houses in this district is 354471.
Total population of this district is 2393240. Out of total 2393240, male population count is 1241388, where as female population count is 1151852 in Varanasi.
According to the Indian Government population count of year 2011, this district has total 351060 children are in the age group of 0-6 years. In these 351060 children 185760 are boys and 165300 are girl child.
Literacy rate of Varanasi district is 62%. 1499337 out of total 2393240 population is literate in this district.
Going in details, Male literacy rate in this district is 71% and 884330 males are literate out of total 1241388 male population, where as female literacy rate is 46% and 615007 out of total 1151852 females are literate in this district.
Coming to dark side, illiteracy rate of Varanasi district is 37%. 893903 out of total 2393240 population is illiterate in this village. In details, Male illiteracy rate in this district is 28% and 357058 males are illiterate out of total 1241388 male population, where as female illiteracy rate is 46% and 536845 out of total 1151852 females are illiterate in this district.
Total working population of Varanasi district is 793520 and non-working population is 1599720 and out of 793520 working population 145012 peoples are totally dependent on agriculture.
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