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Varanasi Municipal Corporation Varanasi Nagar Nigam
Type
Type	Municipal Corporation of Varanasi
Leadership
Mayor	Ashok Tiwari, BJP
Municipal Commissioner	Pranay Singh, IAS
Structure
Seats	100
Political groups	Government (62)   BJP (62) Opposition (38)   SP (13)   INC (9)   IND (16)
Elections
Voting system	First past the post
Last election	4 May 2023
Next election	2028
Meeting place
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh
Website
https://nnvns.org.in:/

Varanasi Municipal Corporation is the governing body of the city of Varanasi in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. The municipal corporation consists of democratically elected members, is headed by a mayor, and administers the city's infrastructure and public services. Members from the state's leading various political parties hold elected offices in the corporation.

History

Varanasi has been a metropolitan municipality with a mayor-council form of government. Varanasi Municipal Corporation was established on 24 January 1959 as a Nagar Mahapalika under the Municipal Corporation Act of 1959 and in 1994 it was ungraded to Nagar Nigam. With 110 wards and currently the total area under it is around 130 km (50 sq mi) and Kunj Bihari Gupta as cities first Mayor and P.K. Kaul as a Municipal Commissioner. The Varanasi Municipal Corporation is responsible for public education, correctional institutions, libraries, public safety, recreational facilities, sanitation, water supply, local planning, and welfare services. The mayor and councilors are elected to five-year terms.

Varanasi Municipal Corporation is part of various government schemes like Swachh Bharat Mission, Hriday, Amrut as well as Smart Cities Mission.

References

1. "In Varanasi BJP's Ashok Tiwari defeats SP by 1.33L votes". The Times of India. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
2. "BJP secures 62 of 100 seats in Varanasi". Times of India. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
3. Department of Appointment and Personnel, Government of Uttar Pradesh
4. NAGAR NIGAM VARANASI
5. "Varanasi City".
6. Smart City Varanasi

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Administrative division	Divisions Varanasi division Districts Varanasi district Tehsils Pindra, Varanasi Census towns Amara Khaira Chak, Benipur, Bhagawanpur, Birbhanpur, Dindaspur, Gangapur, Harpal Pur, Kakarmatta, Kandwa, Kotwa, Lohta, Maruadih, Phulwaria, Ramnagar, Salarpur, Shivdaspur, Sir Gobardhan, Susuwahi, Suzabad, Umarha, Varanasi, Varanasi cantt. Villages v t e Villages in Varanasi district Pindra Tehsil Adhkatiya Kala Khas Aharak Ahiran Ahirani Ajaipur Akorha Amilo Aneai Anura Araji Hasanpur Arazi Tari Ashapur Ashwari Aswalpur Auraon Ausanpur Azoarepur Babatpur Bachaura Badhauna Baghaita Baharipur Barzi Basni Deorai Eshipur Gang Khurd Janakpatti Kathiraon Kuri, Varanasi Murdi Padari Phoolpur Tisaura Varanasi Tehsil Adampur Aily Aitha Akhari Amaut Amawar Anantpur Araji Line Babhanpura Chadpur Dabethuwa Jayapur Khalispur Khanzadipur Lamhi Mehdiganj Rajpur Vyaspur India portal
Languages & dialects spoken	Bengali Bhojpuri English Hindi Hindustani Urdu
Political representation	MP Narendra Modi (Incumbent Prime Minister of India) MLA Avadhesh Singh Anil Rajbhar Kailash Nath Sonkar Neelkanth Tiwari Neel Ratan Singh Patel Ravindra Jaiswal Saurabh Srivastava Surendra Narayan Singh
Constituency	Lok Sabha Varanasi Vidhan Sabha Ajagara Pindra Rohaniya Sevapuri Shivpur Varanasi Cantt. Varanasi North Varanasi South
Transportation	Air Lal Bahadur Shastri Airport Rail Babatpur Bhulanpur Kashi Manduadih Varanasi Junction Varanasi City Varanasi Metro Road Grand Trunk Road National Highway 28 National Highway 35 Malviya Bridge Water Varanasi Multi-Modal Terminal
Education	Universities Banaras Hindu University IIT (BHU) Varanasi Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapith Sampurnanand Sanskrit Vishwavidyalaya Colleges Arya Mahila Mahavidyalaya DAV Post Graduate College Harish Chandra Postgraduate College Sri Agrasen Kanya P.G. College Subhash Chandra Mahavidyalaya Sunbeam College for Women Vasant Kanya Mahavidyalaya Vasanta College for Women CBSE schools Central Hindu Boys School Central Hindu Girls School Delhi Public School KV-BHU UP board schools C.M. Anglo Bengali College ICSE schools St Joseph's Convent School St. John's School, Varanasi W. H. Smith Memorial School
Places of worship	Buddhist temples Sarnath Churches St. Mary's Cathedral Hindu temples Aghori Baba Keenaram Sthal Bharat Mata Bharat Mata Mandir Durga or her avatar Durga Mandir Sankata Devi Mandir Hanuman Sankat Mochan Hanuman Temple Parvati or her avatar Annapurna Devi Mandir Lalita Gauri Mandir Vishalakshi Temple Shiva or his avatar Kaal Bhairav Mandir Kashi Vishwanath Temple Mrityunjay Mahadev Mandir Nepali Mandir Shri Vishwanath Mandir Shri Tilbhandeshwar Mahadev Mandir Others Tulsi Manas Mandir Mosques Gyanvapi Mosque Alamgir Mosque Ravidasis Shri Guru Ravidass Janam Asthan
Ghats	Assi Ghat Dashashwamedh Ghat Ganga Mahal Ghat (I) Lalita Ghat Manikarnika Ghat Munshi Ghat Sant Ravidas Ghat Scindia Ghat Tulsi Ghat
Point of interest	Ashoka Stambh Bharat Kala Bhavan Bharat Mata Mandir Ganges Ghats Jantar Mantar Ramnagar Fort
Hospitals	Sir Sunderlal Hospital

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