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

Namkum is a neighbourhood of Ranchi in the Ranchi Sadar subdivision of the Ranchi district in the Indian state of Jharkhand.
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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.
- 01Bishop 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 - 02Jharkhand 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
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Getting to Namkum, Ranchi
- Stations
- Namkom railway station, 1.6 km
- Kolkata → Namkum, Ranchi314 km · quickest by road, 6h 2m · ₹2,540–3,180
- Bhubaneswar → Namkum, Ranchi337 km · quickest by road, 6h 58m · ₹2,930–3,660
- Varanasi → Namkum, Ranchi331 km · quickest by road, 6h 26m · ₹2,780–3,480
- 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 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.
- 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 Namkum, Ranchi
Namkum, Ranchi is 7 km from Ranchi, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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