[1] Varjão de Minas belongs to the Paracatu statistical microregion.
[2] Neighboring municipalities are: Presidente Olegário, São Gonçalo do Abaeté, João Pinheiro and Bom Sucesso de Patos.
The main economic activities are cattle raising (32,000 head in 2006) and farming.
The main crops were rice, sugarcane, beans, tomatoes, soybeans, and corn.
This ranked Varjão de Minas 380 out of 853 municipalities in the state, with Poços de Caldas in first place with 0.841 and Setubinha in last place with 0.568.