Its postcode (CEP) is 75355-000, and its IBGE statistical microregion is 014 Vale do Rio dos Bois.

As of July 2021,[ref] the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics estimates the population of Varjão to be 3,848 inhabitants.

[1] As of December 2020,[ref] Rafael Pereira Machado Franco is Varjão's mayor.

The economy is based on subsistence agriculture, cattle raising, services, public administration, and small transformation industries.

In 2006, the 1,141 students in Varjão were served by four schools, with a total of 22 classrooms and 27 teachers.