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About Varanasi

The Hindu mythological texts, the Puranas, were written in Varanasi. The city is also a major centre of Tibetan Buddhist learning and culture. Varanasi district is one of the districts in Uttar Pradesh state of India, and Varanshi town is its administrative headquarters. It has an area of 4164 km² with population density as 628 persons per km² (2011 census). As per 2011 Census data on Population by Religious Community released by Govt. Of Uttar Pradesh it has total population 2138000 Hindus are 914000 or 48% while Muslims are 130000 or 6%. In district there are 1 urban townships which includes Varanshi Nagar Nigam (Municipal Corporation) . While 1 rural township namely Bhadohi .