Ara, Ranchi
Ara is a census town in the Namkum CD block in the Ranchi Sadar subdivision of the Ranchi district in the Indian state of Jharkhand.
Ara is a census town in the Namkum CD block in the Ranchi Sadar subdivision of the Ranchi district in the Indian state of Jharkhand.
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Worth seeing in and around Ara, Ranchi
5 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01State Museum Hotwar
State Museum Hotwar is an Indian cultural museum located in Ranchi, in the Indian state of Jharkhand. The current secretary of the museum is Vandana Dandel.
3 km · Indian cultural museum in Jharkhand · Wikipedia - 02Bishop Westcott Boys' School
Bishop Westcott Boys' School is a boys' school in eastern India. It focuses on all-round development of students through various co-curricular activities.
2.4 km · building in India · Wikipedia - 03Birsa Munda Athletics Stadium
Birsa Munda Athletics Stadium is a stadium in Ranchi, Jharkhand, India. It is used mostly for football matches and athletics.
2.4 km · building in India · Wikipedia - 04Jharkhand War Memorial
Jharkhand War Memorial is a war memorial as a tribute to the martyrs of Jharkhand. It was established in 2008, near the Booty Chowk, Dipatoli, Ranchi.
4.3 km · war memorial in Jharkhand, India · Wikipedia - 05Jharkhand University of Technology
Jharkhand University of Technology is an autonomous body intended to impart higher, technical education and skill development and other such programs in the state of Jharkhand, India.
5.8 km · state public university in Ranchi, Jharkhand, India · Wikipedia
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Getting to Ara, Ranchi
- Stations
- Namkom railway station, 2.8 km · Tatisilwai railway station, 3.6 km
- Kolkata → Ara, Ranchi318 km · quickest by road, 6h 46m · ₹2,570–3,220
- Varanasi → Ara, Ranchi309 km · quickest by road, 5h 29m · ₹2,340–2,930
- Bhubaneswar → Ara, Ranchi389 km · quickest by road, 8h 1m · ₹3,260–4,080
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Ara, Ranchi
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Ara, Ranchi. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get aroundHired cars, autorickshaws and cycle rickshaws are available for local transport.
- Get aroundRanchi like a number of other cities in North India, has a concept of share auto.
- Get aroundThe share autos operate along fixed routes and take in as many passengers as physically possible.
- Go nextPrivate buses or jeeps available from Khadgarha bus stand.
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Next door to Ara, Ranchi
Ara, Ranchi is 10 km from Ranchi, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Tatihuman settlement3.1 km
- Namkum, Ranchineighbourhood in Ranchi, Jharkhand, India3.7 km
- Bargarwacensus Town in Jharkhand, India4.8 km
- Namkum blockC.D Block in Ranchi Sadar Subdivision, Ranchi district in Jharkhand, India2.8 km