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CONTENT
CITY PROFILE
LOCATION AND LINKAGE
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
PHYSICAL GROWTH OF CITY
LOCATION AND LINKAGES
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HISTORICAL TIMELINE
2nd CENTURY BC: traditional core of the city is
established.
10-11th CENTURY AD: period of golden age.
12th CENTURY AD: city is bought under rule of
Muslim nawabs.
1585 AD: the traditional core is brought under
Akbar's Mughal empire.
1725 AD : the kashiraj dynasty establishes ramnagar.
1775 AD: British gain political control over the city.
1794 AD: the cantonment is established.
1862 AD: the first railway link between Calcutta and
Banaras is established.
1916 AD: Banaras Hindu University is established.
1950 AD : the first master plan for the city was
prepared.
1974 AD: Varanasi Development Authority was
formed.
1991 AD: “Draft Master Plan 2001” was prepared.
SPATIAL CHARACTERSTICS OF THE
TRADITIONAL CORE
Longitude 83.0
Latitude:25.20 No. of Block 8
Geographical 1535 Sq. Km. Area(2001) No. of Nyay Panchayats 108
No. of Gram Panchayats 702
Population (2011) 3,682,194 No. of Villages 1327
(1) Male (2011) 1,928,641 (1) Inhabited 1289
(2) Female (2011) 1,753,553 (2) Uninhabited 38
(3) Rural (2001) 1878100 Town/Group of towns (2001) 4
(4) Urban (2001) 1260570 (1) Nagar Nigam 1
(5) Scheduled Caste 435540 (2) Nagar Palika Parishad 1
(6) Scheduled Tribes 770 (3) Nagar Panchayat 1
(7) Sex Ratio 909 (4) Cantonment Board 1
(8) Population Density 2399 per.sq.km. No. of Police Stations 25
• Literacy 77.05 % (1) Rural 8
(1) Male 85.12 % (2) Urban 17
(2) Female 68.20 %
• No. of Tehsil 3