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Janakpur · Nepal

Car hire and driving in Janakpur

Driving distances to the cities around, the rules that change at the border, and where to compare rental prices.

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In Nepal traffic drives on the left. Picking up at JKR means 2 km (1 mi) into the centre before the trip starts. The emergency number is http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q25648793 / http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q25648794 / http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q25648798.

Drives from Janakpur

Car rental from Janakpur: distances and estimated journey times
RouteCountryDistanceEstimated time
Janakpur to LahānNepal55 km (34 mi)about 51 min
Janakpur to DarbhangaIndia64 km (40 mi)about 59 min
Janakpur to MuzaffarpurIndia86 km (53 mi)about 1 h 19 min
Janakpur to MothīhāriIndia101 km (63 mi)about 1 h 32 min
Janakpur to BirgañjNepal109 km (67 mi)about 1 h 39 min
Janakpur to SaharsaIndia116 km (72 mi)about 1 h 46 min
Janakpur to HetaudaNepal118 km (73 mi)about 1 h 48 min
Janakpur to Madhyapur ThimiNepal118 km (74 mi)about 1 h 48 min
Janakpur to PātanNepal122 km (76 mi)about 1 h 51 min
Janakpur to KathmanduNepal124 km (77 mi)about 1 h 53 min
Janakpur to DharānNepal135 km (84 mi)about 2 h 3 min
Janakpur to HājīpurIndia136 km (85 mi)about 2 h 5 min
Janakpur to MumbaiIndia1,583 km (983 mi)about 24 h 8 min
Janakpur to DelhiIndia882 km (548 mi)about 13 h 27 min
Janakpur to DhakaBangladesh562 km (349 mi)about 8 h 34 min
Janakpur to BengaluruIndia1,759 km (1,093 mi)about 26 h 50 min
Janakpur to HyderabadIndia1,292 km (803 mi)about 19 h 43 min
Janakpur to AhmedabadIndia1,406 km (874 mi)about 21 h 27 min
Janakpur to ChennaiIndia1,627 km (1,011 mi)about 24 h 49 min
Janakpur to KolkataIndia525 km (326 mi)about 8 h

Distances are straight-line; road and rail routes run about 15–25% longer. Times are estimates from distance and typical speeds, not timetables.

Where to compare car hire

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Common questions

Which side of the road do they drive on in Janakpur?

The left, as everywhere in Nepal.

How are the journey times on this page worked out?

From straight-line distance and typical speeds for each mode, so they are estimates for planning, not timetables. Road and rail routes run 15–25% longer than the straight line.

Where these facts come from

  • GeoNames (CC BY 4.0): population, elevation, time zone, postal codes
  • Wikidata (CC0): area, sister cities, visitor numbers, heritage listings, stations and ports
  • OurAirports (public domain): airports, runways
  • Natural Earth (public domain): map outlines

Data compiled 14 September 2026. Hotel and hostel figures are from our booking partner’s catalogue on that date. Journey times on this page are estimates from distance, not timetables; check the operator before you rely on one.