Chandauli is a district in Uttar Pradesh that was separated from Varanasi in 1997. It has an area of 2,484.70 km2 and a population of 1,952,756 people who primarily speak Hindi and Bhojpuri. The district shares borders with Varanasi, Ghazipur, Mirzapur, and Sonbhadra in Uttar Pradesh as well as Bihar. Key visiting places include Rajdari, Devdari, and the Chandraprabha Sanctuary. Chandauli has a literacy rate of 73.86%, higher than Uttar Pradesh's average of 69.72% and close to India's overall rate of 74.4%.