Varanasi division

Varanasi division is one of the 18 administrative geographical units (i.e. division) of the northern Indianstate of Uttar Pradesh. Varanasi city is the administrative headquarters of the division. The division consists of 4 districts, i.e. Varanasi, Chandauli, Ghazipur, and Jaunpur and is loosely equivalent to the Benares State.