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Puri · India

Car hire and driving in Puri

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

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In India traffic drives on the left. Picking up at BBI means 50 km (31 mi) into the centre before the trip starts. The emergency number is http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1061257 / http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q25648793 / http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q25648794.

Drives from Puri

Car rental from Puri: distances and estimated journey times
RouteCountryDistanceEstimated time
Puri to BhubaneswarIndia53 km (33 mi)about 48 min
Puri to CuttackIndia74 km (46 mi)about 1 h 8 min
Puri to BrahmapurIndia121 km (75 mi)about 1 h 51 min
Puri to BhadrakIndia157 km (98 mi)about 2 h 24 min
Puri to BalasoreIndia221 km (137 mi)about 3 h 22 min
Puri to BaripādaIndia255 km (159 mi)about 3 h 54 min
Puri to SrikakulamIndia262 km (163 mi)about 4 h
Puri to SambalpurIndia267 km (166 mi)about 4 h 4 min
Puri to Raurkela Industrial TownshipIndia285 km (177 mi)about 4 h 21 min
Puri to RourkelaIndia288 km (179 mi)about 4 h 23 min
Puri to VizianagaramIndia315 km (196 mi)about 4 h 48 min
Puri to KharagpurIndia323 km (200 mi)about 4 h 55 min
Puri to MumbaiIndia1,359 km (845 mi)about 20 h 44 min
Puri to DelhiIndia1,314 km (816 mi)about 20 h 2 min
Puri to DhakaBangladesh643 km (399 mi)about 9 h 48 min
Puri to BengaluruIndia1,160 km (721 mi)about 17 h 42 min
Puri to HyderabadIndia822 km (510 mi)about 12 h 32 min
Puri to AhmedabadIndia1,416 km (880 mi)about 21 h 36 min
Puri to ChennaiIndia952 km (591 mi)about 14 h 31 min
Puri to KolkataIndia405 km (251 mi)about 6 h 10 min

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 Puri?

The left, as everywhere in India.

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.