Varanasi Police Commissionerate

The Varanasi Police Commissionerate is the primary law enforcement agency for the city of Varanasi in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is a unit of the Uttar Pradesh Police and has the primary responsibilities of law enforcement and investigation within the limits of Varanasi. It is headed by the Commissioner of Police (CP), who is an IPS officer of ADGP rank, and is assisted by two Additional Commissioners of Police (Addl. CP) who are of DIG rank, and two Deputy Commissioners of Police (DCP), who are of SP rank.

History
Before March 2021, Varanasi District Police came under the Varanasi Police Zone and Varanasi Police Range of Uttar Pradesh Police. Varanasi zone is headed by an IPS officer in the rank of Additional Director General of Police (ADG), whereas the Varanasi range is headed by an IPS officer in the rank of Inspector General of Police (IG).

The police administration of Varanasi district was headed by the Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), who was an IPS officer. He was assisted by four Superintendents of Police (SP)/Additional Superintendents of Police (Addl. SP) (City, Rural, Protocol, Traffic). The district was divided into eight police circles, each with a responsibilitiesrcle Officer (CO) in the rank of Deputy Superintendent of Police.

Structure
The Varanasi Police Commissionerate is headed by a Police Commissioner who is of ADG rank and is assisted by two Additional Commissioner of Police (Addl. CP) of DIG rank.

There are a total of 30 stations that come under the Varanasi Police Commissionerate. Earlier, it had two zones with 18 police stations; on November 15, 2022, it was reorganised with Gomti as the new zone. With the new zone Varanasi Rural Police was merged into the Commissionerate.

Zones

 * Varuna Zone
 * Cantt. Circle
 * Sarnath Circle
 * Rohaniya Circle
 * Kashi Zone
 * Bhelupur Circle
 * Kotwali Circle
 * Dashaswamedh Circle
 * Chetganj Circle
 * Gomti Zone
 * Pindra Circle
 * Rohaniya Circle

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Police Stations
Under the police commissionerate system in Varanasi, the city's 30 police stations are divided into three zones: Kashi, Varuna and Gomti. 9 circles have been earmarked in three zones. 30 police stations come under the purview of these 9 circles.

Varuna Zone

 * Cantt. Circle
 * 1) Cantt.
 * 2) Shivpur
 * 3) Lalpur-Pandeypur


 * Sarnath Circle
 * 1) Sarnath
 * 2) Chaubeypur
 * 3) Cholapur
 * 4) Paryatak Thana


 * Rohaniya Circle


 * 1) Rohaniya
 * 2) Manduadih
 * 3) Lohta

Kashi Zone

 * Bhelupur Circle
 * 1) Bhelupur
 * 2) Lanka
 * 3) Chitaipur


 * Kotwali Circle
 * 1) Kotwali
 * 2) Ramnagar
 * 3) Adampur
 * 4) Mahila Thana


 * Dashaswamedh Circle
 * 1) Dashaswamedh
 * 2) Chowk
 * 3) Luxa


 * Chetganj Circle
 * 1) Chetganj
 * 2) Jaitpura
 * 3) Sigra

Gomti Zone

 * Rajatalab Circle


 * 1) Rajatalab
 * 2) Mirzamurad
 * 3) Kapsethi
 * 4) Jansa


 * Pindra Circle


 * 1) Sindhaura
 * 2) Badagaon
 * 3) Phoolpur
 * 4) Mahila Thana

Commissioner of Police
There have been two commissioners of Varanasi Police since its formation as a commissionerate on May 25, 2021. The first one is A. Satish Ganesh, a 1996 batch IPS officer and the present Commissioner is ADG Ashok Mutha Jain, a 1995 batch IPS officer of the Uttar Pradesh cadre, who took office on November 29 ,2022.