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Tour spots in Jharkhand

The state Jharkhand covered an area of 23,605 sq km with thick forest or jungle, which constitutes near about 29.61% of the total area. The government of the state has built several national parks, Zoological gardens and wildlife sanctuaries to protect the flora and fauna of the state. Some of these are the Betla National Park of Latehar district, the Palamau Tiger Reserves, The Hazaribag Wildlife Sanctuary and Jawaharlal Nehru Zoological Garden at Bokaro City.

The state is a perfect destination for adventuring in forests and hills including several beautiful lakes and waterfalls. The list includes Sita falls, Dimna Lake, Kanke dam, Buridih Lake, Chandil Lake, Massanjore dam & hill, Maithon dam, Sahebganj, Tillaiyya dam, Ma Chhina Mastika temple, Tagore Hill, Kanke Dam, War Cemetery, Mc Cluskieganj, Parasnath hill, Hundru Falls, Deogarh, Tenughat, Betla, Rukka dam, Hazaribagh and Chandwa.

How and where to go?

Travel by Road: Jharkhand is well connected by two National Highways namely NH-23 and NH-33. These Highways and several state highways have connected the state to the other major cities of India.

Travel by Air: If you planned to go Jharkhand by airway then the airport of Ranchi would be the one and only suitable destination to you. This airport is connected by regular flights with the major cities of India like Kolkata, Patna, Mumbai and New Delhi.

Travel by Rail: Railway transport of the state is also good. The railway station of Ranchi is most important in Jharkhand. Other major railway stations of the state placed at Patna, Rourkela and Hazaribagh.

Distance between Ranchi to Other Indian Cities

There is a table of approximate distance between Ranchi (capital Town of Jharkhand) to other major cities of India. These table data will provides you an idea of road distance in the scale of Kilometer from Ranchi to rest part of India. Dumka is another important city of the state and it is located km away from Ranchi.

Distance from Ranchi to -

Major CitiesKilometer (km)Major CitiesKilometer (km)
Hazaribagh 70 Gumla 87
Bokaro Steel 90 Purulia 92
Jamshedpur 106 Dhanbad 124
Giridih 135 Sindri 146
Rourkela 159 Gaya 162
Asansol 173 Bankura 178
Aurangabad 183 Deoghar 186
Sundergarh 191 Nalanda 198
Durgapur 204 Debagarh 210
Patna 251 Buxar 257
Bardhaman 259 Bhagalpur 263
Kishanganj 308 Darbhanga 317
Kolkata 321 Varanasi 323
Krishnanagar 324 Katihar 332
Malda 340 Cuttack 342
Bhubaneshwar 347 Azamgarh 374
Raiganj 378 Allahabad 424
Gorakhpur 427 Puri 427
Jabalpur 553 Lucknow 591
Kanpur 619 Visakhapatnam 657
Nagpur 677 Cherrapunji 683
Nalbari 706 Shillong 708
Bhopal 805 Agra 850
Indore 969 Hyderabad 978
Delhi 1002 Jaipur 1035
Vadodara 1247 Chennai 1254
Ludhiana 1259 Ahmedabad 1297
Surat 1304 Pune 1307
Mumbai 1385 Bangalore 1412
Madurai 1673 Thiruvananthapuram 1871