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Neighbourhood in Ranchi, Jharkhand, India

Namkum, Ranchi

Namkum is a neighbourhood of Ranchi in the Ranchi Sadar subdivision of the Ranchi district in the Indian state of Jharkhand.

Namkum, Ranchi
Namkum, Ranchi · Vaibhavraj241 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The place

Namkum is a neighbourhood of Ranchi in the Ranchi Sadar subdivision of the Ranchi district in the Indian state of Jharkhand.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Namkum, Ranchi

2 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
    Bishop 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.

    1.5 km · building in India · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Jharkhand 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.

    2.5 km · state public university in Ranchi, Jharkhand, 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.

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Getting to Namkum, Ranchi

Stations
Namkom railway station, 1.6 km
  • Kolkata → Namkum, Ranchi
    314 km · quickest by road, 6h 2m · ₹2,540–3,180
  • Bhubaneswar → Namkum, Ranchi
    337 km · quickest by road, 6h 58m · ₹2,930–3,660
  • Varanasi → Namkum, Ranchi
    331 km · quickest by road, 6h 26m · ₹2,780–3,480
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Namkum, 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 Namkum, Ranchi. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • 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.

From Wikivoyage: Ranchi, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-07.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Sagar Island and GangasagarIN

    11 ways of moving, 15 sources

    335 km
  2. 02
    GhandrukNP

    8 ways of moving, 32 sources

    582 km
  3. 03
    Sohra (Cherrapunji)IN

    8 ways of moving, 23 sources

    678 km
  4. 04
    Dawki and ShnongpdengIN

    9 ways of moving, 23 sources

    704 km
  5. 05
    TawangIN

    7 ways of moving, 24 sources

    804 km

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

Around it

Next door to Namkum, Ranchi

Namkum, Ranchi is 7 km from Ranchi, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • Ara, Ranchicensus Town in Jharkhand, India3.7 km
  • Bargarwacensus Town in Jharkhand, India1.7 km
  • Namkum blockC.D Block in Ranchi Sadar Subdivision, Ranchi district in Jharkhand, India1.6 km