| Varanasi cantonment | |
| Settlement Type: | Town |
| Pushpin Map: | India Uttar Pradesh Varanasi |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| Pushpin Map Alt: | Varanasi Cantonment |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Town location on Varanasi district map |
| Coordinates: | 25.3373°N 82.9796°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  India |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Uttar Pradesh |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Varanasi district |
| Subdivision Type3: | Tehsil |
| Subdivision Name3: | Varanasi tehsil |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Elevation M: | 82.96 |
| Population Total: | 14,119 [1] |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Demographics Type1: | Languages |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
| Demographics1 Info1: | Hindi & English |
| Timezone1: | IST |
| Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 221002 [2] |
| Area Code Type: | Telephone code |
| Area Code: | +91-542 |
| Registration Plate: | UP65 XXXX |
| Blank Name Sec1: | Census town code |
| Blank Info Sec1: | 801233 |
| Blank Name Sec2: | Lok Sabha constituency |
| Blank Info Sec2: | Varanasi (Lok Sabha constituency)[3] |
| Blank1 Name Sec2: | Vidhan Sabha constituency |
| Blank1 Info Sec2: | Varanasi Cantt. |
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. 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 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 .[1]
| Details | Male | Female | Total | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of houses | - | - | 2760 | (census 2011) |
| Adult | 7,742 | 6,377 | 12,685 | |
| Children | - | - | 1,434 | |
| Total population | - | - | 14,119 | |
| Literacy | 92.3% | 81.2% | 87.3% | |
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]