Dhanbad district
Dhanbad district is one of the twenty-four districts of Jharkhand state, India, and Dhanbad is the administrative headquarters of this district.
Dhanbad district is one of the twenty-four districts of Jharkhand state, India, and Dhanbad is the administrative headquarters of this district. As of 2011, it is the second most populous district of Jharkhand, after Ranchi. It also has the lowest sex ratio in Jharkhand, at 908.
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Worth seeing in and around Dhanbad district
4 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.
- 01IIT (ISM) Dhanbad
The Indian Institute of Technology Dhanbad is one of India's oldest technical universities. It is located in the mineral-rich region of eastern India, in Dhanbad, Jharkhand.
2.9 km · Public Engineering and Research Institute · Wikipedia - 02Shaheed Nirmal Mahto Medical College and Hospital, Dhanbad
Shaheed Nirmal Mahto Medical College, established in 1969, is a full-fledged tertiary government medical college and hospital.
3.9 km · Medical College in Jharkhand, India · Wikipedia - 03Binod Bihari Mahto Koylanchal University
Binod Bihari Mahto Koyalanchal University is a state university located in Dhanbad, Jharkhand, India. It oversees colleges across Dhanbad and Bokaro districts, including 13 constituent and 23 affiliated colleges, as well as institutions offering B.Ed., law, nursing, medical and pharmacy programs.
2.1 km · state public university in Dhanbad, Jharkhand, India · Wikipedia - 04Railway Stadium, Dhanbad
Railway Stadium is a multi-purpose ground in Dhanbad, Jharkhand. The ground has hosted Five first-class and T20 matches for Jharkhand cricket team till 2014.
300 m · multi-propose ground in Dhanbad, Jharkhand, India · Wikipedia
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Getting to Dhanbad district
- Airports
- Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose (CCU), 242 km
- Kolkata → Dhanbad district241 km · quickest by road, 4h 39m · ₹1,890–2,360
- Siliguri → Dhanbad district375 km · quickest by road, 8h 37m · ₹3,680–4,600
- Bhubaneswar → Dhanbad district403 km · quickest by road, 7h 41m · ₹3,350–4,190
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No local-transport research exists yet for Dhanbad district
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 Dhanbad district. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inAuto rickshaws are popular transport links with neighbouring towns and in the coalfields, but these are generally overcrowded.
- Get aroundAuto rickshaws are also available till late at night.
- Get aroundThis is also a cheap mode of transport as rickshaw wallahs demand more.
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Next door to Dhanbad district
- DhanbadCity of Jharkhand, India600 m
- Dhaunsarhuman settlement2.3 km
- Bhagatdihhuman settlement3.9 km
- Saraidhelahuman settlement in Dhanbad district, North Chotanagpur division, Jharkhand, India3.8 km
- Damodarpurneighborhood in Jharkhand3.7 km
- Dhanbad blockcommunity development block in Jharkhand, India1.9 km