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Kankarbagh

Kankarbagh, or Kankarbagh Colony, is a neighborhood and residential area in Patna, Bihar, India.

Kankarbagh
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The place

Kankarbagh, or Kankarbagh Colony, is a neighborhood and residential area in Patna, Bihar, India. It is one of the largest colonies in Asia and the second largest in terms of population.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Kankarbagh

10 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.

  1. 01
    Patna Museum

    Patna Museum is the state museum of the Indian state of Bihar. Founded on 3 April 1917 during the British Raj to house the historical artefacts found in the vicinity of Patna, it is constructed in the style of Mughal and Rajput architecture, and is known locally as the Jadu Ghar.

    3 km · museum · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Patna University

    Patna University is a Public State University located in Patna, Bihar, India. It was established on 1 October 1917 during the British Raj.

    2.8 km · state public university in Patna, Bihar, India · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Sher Shah Suri Masjid

    Sher Shah Suri Mosque, also known as Shershahi Mosque, is a mosque in Patna, the capital city of the state of Bihar in India. It serves as an example of the Afghan style of architecture.

    3 km · mosque in India · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Pathar ki Masjid

    The Pathar Ki Masjid stands on the bank of river Ganges near the Takht Shri Harmandir Saheb in the city of Patna. Parviz Mirza, son of Jahangir, established Pathar Ki Masjid in 1621.

    3 km · mosque in India · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Statue of Mahatma Gandhi

    The statue of Mahatma Gandhi in Gandhi Maidan, Patna, is a public monument of India's father of Nation Mahatma Gandhi. The statue is the world's tallest bronze statue of Mahatma Gandhi.

    3.7 km · statue in Gandhi Maidan, Patna · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Gandhi Smriti Sangrahalaya

    The Gandhi Smarak Sangrahalaya is a museum and public service institution, showcasing the life and principles of Mahatma Gandhi, and his role in Bihar during the independence struggle of India. It is one of the eleven Gandhi Sanghralayas in the country.

    3.9 km · Gandhi Memorial Institution · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Agam Kuan

    Agam Kuan is an ancient well and archaeological site in Patna, Bihar, India. It is said to date back to the period of Mauryan emperor, Ashoka.

    3.2 km · archaeological site in Bihar, India · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Indira Gandhi Planetarium

    The Indira Gandhi Planetarium, also known as the Patna Planetarium, is located in Patna's Indira Gandhi Science Complex. The planetarium was constructed through Bihar Council on Science & Technology at a total cost of about ₹110 million.

    3 km · Planetarium in Patna, India · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Moin-ul-Haq Stadium

    Moin-ul-Haq Stadium previously known as Dr. Rajendra Prasad stadium is located in Rajendra Nagar, Patna, Bihar, India.

    1.6 km · cricket stadium · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Chanakya National Law University

    Chanakya National Law University is a public law school and a National Law University in Patna, Bihar, India. It was established in 2006 by the Government of Bihar as a public university dedicated to the field of legal education.

    3.3 km · state public university in Patna, Bihar, India · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Go there

Getting to Kankarbagh

Airports
Lal Bahadur Shastri (VNS), 232 km · Tribhuvan (KTM), 235 km · Gautam Buddha (BWA), 275 km
Stations
Rajendra Nagar Terminal railway station, 1.2 km · Gulzarbagh railway station, 3.9 km · Moin-ul-Haq Stadium metro station, 1.6 km · Patliputra Bus Terminal metro station, 3 km · Zero Mile metro station, 2.2 km
  • Varanasi → Kankarbagh
    219 km · quickest by road, 3h 47m · ₹1,580–1,970
  • Siliguri → Kankarbagh
    348 km · quickest by road, 6h 26m · ₹2,780–3,470
  • Lucknow → Kankarbagh
    445 km · quickest by road, 7h 25m · ₹3,300–4,120
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Kankarbagh

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 Kankarbagh. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get inThere are prepaid and shared taxis/rickshaws available throughout the day between two stations.
  • Get inShared rickshaws (₹30) leave from south side of Patna Junction.

From Wikivoyage: Patna, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.

The nearest places where the work is done
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    8 ways of moving, 32 sources

    338 km
  2. 02
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    11 ways of moving, 15 sources

    529 km
  3. 03
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    8 ways of moving, 23 sources

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  4. 04
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    9 ways of moving, 23 sources

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  5. 05
    MunsiyariIN

    8 ways of moving, 25 sources

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If you know how people move in Kankarbagh – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

Next door to Kankarbagh

Kankarbagh is 3 km from Patna, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • Pataliputraancient Indian city, Emperor Asoka’s classic capital city; present day Patna, the capital city of state of Bihar in India3 km
  • Kumhrarremains of an ancient city in Patna District in Bihar1.9 km
  • Patna Cityneighborhood in Patna, Bihar, India2 km
  • Rajendra Nagarneighborhood in Patna, Bihar, India1.5 km
  • Bailey Roadhuman settlement in India4 km
  • Saidpuratown in Bihar, India2.3 km