--- title: "Mirzapur to Varanasi – 3 ways by train, car, taxi | Mixroutes" description: "Mirzapur to Varanasi is 49 km. Fastest: drive in 1h 24m. Cheapest: train from ₹308. Real timetables, prices labelled live, quoted or estimated." url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/mirzapur-to-varanasi" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/mirzapur-to-varanasi.md" image: "https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/New_Vishwanath_Temple_at_BHU.jpg/1920px-New_Vishwanath_Temple_at_BHU.jpg" --- ![Varanasi](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/New_Vishwanath_Temple_at_BHU.jpg/1920px-New_Vishwanath_Temple_at_BHU.jpg) # How to get from Mirzapur to Varanasi [Plan it for your day](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Mirzapur&to=Varanasi) [Varanasi to Mirzapur](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/varanasi-to-mirzapur) [Kuber Patel, Rosehub (CC BY-SA 4.0)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:New_Vishwanath_Temple_at_BHU.jpg) **Fastest:** 1h 24m\ by car, door to door\ **Cheapest:** ₹308\ by train\ **Distance:** 49 km\ as the crow flies\ **Departures:** 3\ from 08:00, Fri 6 Nov\ ## 3 ways to travel 49 km apart. Times are the timetables for Fri 6 Nov, planned from 08:00; every price says whether it is live, the operator's fare or our estimate. We add nothing to any fare. best 55 min slower than driving but ₹130 cheaper; for most people that trade is worth it. - [**Train** best cheapest 2h 17m₹308–995 Estimated next 4 from 08:00 · Indian Railways · shortest 1h 34m](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Mirzapur&to=Varanasi) - [**Drive** fastest 1h 24m₹440–550 Estimated 68 km · fuel · tolls extra](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Mirzapur&to=Varanasi) - [**Taxi** 1h 24m₹1,520–2,070 Estimated one-way cab · tolls extra](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Mirzapur&to=Varanasi) Data: [Timetables via Transitous](https://transitous.org/sources/) · [Roads © OpenStreetMap contributors, routed by OSRM](https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright) · [Places from GeoNames, CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · [All credits and licences](https://www.mixroutes.com/credits) ## Before you go Borders, permits, official travel advice and disaster alerts for the places on this route, as their sources publish them. Entry rules are shown for a passport from India; the planner lets you pick yours. - **Parts of India are advised against, not on this route** [UK](https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/india/warnings-and-insurance) [US](https://travel.state.gov/content/tsg_aem/us/en/home/international-travel/travel-advisories/destination.ind.html) Travel advice: UK FCDO (Open Government Licence v3.0), US State Department. ## Departures today 1. [09:00 → 11:17 2h 17m · direct Indian Railways 15657₹308–435](https://www.mixroutes.com/itinerary?from=Mirzapur&to=Varanasi&date=2026-11-06&time=08%3A00&it=tctl9ww) 2. [09:27 → 12:17 2h 50m · 1 change Indian Railways 55131₹460–665](https://www.mixroutes.com/itinerary?from=Mirzapur&to=Varanasi&date=2026-11-06&time=08%3A00&it=teyyk7e) 3. [12:19 → 13:53 1h 34m · direct Indian Railways 65114₹715–995](https://www.mixroutes.com/itinerary?from=Mirzapur&to=Varanasi&date=2026-11-06&time=08%3A00&it=t1dq7hjv) The next departures from 08:00, not the whole day. Timetable data via Transitous and the operators' own GTFS feeds. Live delays arrive when an operator publishes a real-time feed. ## Questions people ask How long does it take to get from Mirzapur to Varanasi? The fastest way is by car: about 1h 24m door to door. The straight-line distance is 49 km. What is the cheapest way from Mirzapur to Varanasi? The train is the cheapest, from ₹308. That figure is an estimate from the operator's fare bands, not a live quote. Is there a direct train from Mirzapur to Varanasi? Yes. Of the trains we read from 08:00, 2 are direct, the fastest taking 1h 34m; more may run later in the day. Fares run ₹308–995 across classes. How far is Varanasi from Mirzapur by road? About 68 km, roughly 1h 24m of driving in normal traffic. Fuel alone costs around ₹440–550; tolls and parking are extra. ## Who runs it Railways - Indian Railways Read from today's timetables. Operators don't pay to be listed here. ## In Varanasi Metropolis in Uttar Pradesh, India Varanasi, or Kashi, is a city on the Ganges river in northern India that has a central place in the traditions of pilgrimage, death, and mourning in the Hindu world. The city also has a syncretic tradition of Islamic artisanship that underpins its religious tourism. Located in the middle-Ganges valley in the southeastern part of the state of Uttar Pradesh, Varanasi lies on the left bank of the river. It is 692 kilometres (430 mi) to the southeast of India's capital New Delhi and 320 kilometres (200 mi) to the southeast of the state capital, Lucknow. It lies 121 kilometres (75 mi) downstream of Prayagraj, where the confluence with the Yamuna river is another major Hindu pilgrimage site. 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