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Phulwari Sharif

Phulwari or Phulwari Sharif is a town and Block in Patna district in the Indian state of Bihar.

The place

Phulwari or Phulwari Sharif is a town and Block in Patna district in the Indian state of Bihar. It is included in the Patna Metropolitan Region and is one of the fastest growing area of urban Patna. The civilisation of the city dates back to the days of inception of the Sufi culture in India. Phulwari Sharif had been frequented by most Sufi saints of that period and is famous for its islamic spiritual dargah and old mosques which includes Khanqah Mujibia, Shahi Sangi Masjid, Imarat e sharia.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Phulwari Sharif

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
    Bihar Museum

    Bihar Museum is a state museum located in Patna. It was partially opened in August 2015.

    5.4 km · art museum in Bihar, India · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Patna

    All India Institute of Medical Sciences Patna, previously Jaya Prakash Narayan All India Institute of Medical Sciences, is a medical college and medical research public institute located in Phulwari Sharif, Patna, Bihar, India. It is one of the Institutes of National Importance in India.

    4.1 km · medical college and medical research public university based in the Indian state of Bihar · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    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.

    5.8 km · state public university in Patna, Bihar, India · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Maulana Mazharul Haque Arabic and Persian University

    Maulana Mazharul Haque Arabic and Persian University is a state university in Patna, Bihar, India. The university was established under the provisions of the Bihar State Universities Act of 1976, which took effect on 10 April 1998.

    3.2 km · state public university in Patna, Bihar, India · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Sanjay Gandhi Biological Park

    Patna Zoo is located off Bailey Road in Patna, Bihar, India. The park was opened to the public as a zoo in 1973.

    2.9 km · zoo in Bihar, India · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Aryabhatta Knowledge University

    Aryabhatta Knowledge University, Patna is a collegiate public state university located in Mithapur, Patna, Bihar, India. It is named after the Father of Indian Mathematics and astronomer Aryabhatta.

    5.8 km · state public university in Patna, Bihar, India · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Patna Women's College

    Patna Women's College, established in 1940, is a women's college in Patna, Bihar. It is affiliated to Patna University, and offers undergraduate and postgraduate courses in science, arts, commerce and vocational.

    5.9 km · college in Bihar · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Bihar Engineering University

    Bihar Engineering University, Patna is a collegiate public state university in Patna, Bihar. It was established by the Government of Bihar w.e.f.

    5.8 km · state public university in Patna, Bihar, India · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Bihar University of Health Sciences

    Bihar University of Health Sciences is a Public medical university in Patna established on 1 July 2022 by the Government of Bihar through the enactment of The Bihar University of Health Sciences Act 2021 to affiliate all the existing health science colleges and institutions, set up by the Government and/or Trust or Society, which were earlier affiliated to conventional universities in Bihar with a purpose of ensuring proper, systematic and uniform instruction, teaching, training and research in modern and Indians systems of medicine.

    5.8 km · state public university in Patna, Bihar, India · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Amity University, Patna

    Amity University is a state private university located in Patna, India. The university was established in 2017 by the Amity Education Group through the Bihar Private University Bill, 2017.

    4.4 km · state private university in Patna, Bihar, India · Wikipedia

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Getting to Phulwari Sharif

Airports
Lal Bahadur Shastri (VNS), 223 km · Tribhuvan (KTM), 237 km · Gautam Buddha (BWA), 271 km
Stations
Jayprakash Narayan Airport, 2.2 km · Patliputra Junction railway station, 4.9 km · Danapur railway station, 3.5 km · Phulwari Sharif Railway Station, 900 m · Bailey Road railway station, 5 km
  • Varanasi → Phulwari Sharif
    209 km · quickest by road, 3h 37m · ₹1,510–1,890
  • Siliguri → Phulwari Sharif
    358 km · quickest by road, 6h 36m · ₹2,840–3,550
  • Lucknow → Phulwari Sharif
    437 km · quickest by road, 7h 15m · ₹3,230–4,040
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Phulwari Sharif

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 Phulwari Sharif. 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.

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Next door to Phulwari Sharif

Phulwari Sharif is 6 km from Patna, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.