Part of the Varanasi division, the district occupies an area of 1,535 square kilometres (593 sq mi) and as of the 2011[update] Census of India, it had a population of 3,676,841.

According to the 2011 census, Varanasi district has a population of 3,676,841,[1] This gives it a ranking of 75th in India (out of a total of 640).

[1] The district has a population density of 2,399 inhabitants per square kilometre (6,210/sq mi).

[1] Varanasi has a sex ratio of 909 females for every 1000 males,[1] and a literacy rate of 77.05%.

These 3 tehsils are divided into 8 Blocks: Arajiline, Baragaon, Chiraigaon, Cholapur, Harhua, Kashividyapeeth, Pindra and Sewapuri.