The municipal corporation consists of democratically elected members, is headed by a mayor, and administers the city's infrastructure and public services.

Members from the state's leading various political parties hold elected offices in the corporation.

[3][4] Varanasi has been a metropolitan municipality with a mayor-council form of government.

With 110 wards and currently the total area under it is around 130 km2 (50 sq mi)[5] and Kunj Bihari Gupta as cities first Mayor and P.K.

The Varanasi Municipal Corporation is responsible for public education, correctional institutions, libraries, public safety, recreational facilities, sanitation, water supply, local planning, and welfare services.