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Ranchi · India

Car hire and driving in Ranchi

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 IXR means 3 km (2 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 Ranchi

Car rental from Ranchi: distances and estimated journey times
RouteCountryDistanceEstimated time
Ranchi to HazāribāghIndia72 km (45 mi)about 1 h 6 min
Ranchi to PhusroIndia85 km (53 mi)about 1 h 17 min
Ranchi to BokāroIndia93 km (58 mi)about 1 h 25 min
Ranchi to ChasIndia93 km (58 mi)about 1 h 25 min
Ranchi to BhetiaIndia105 km (65 mi)about 1 h 36 min
Ranchi to PuruliyaIndia108 km (67 mi)about 1 h 38 min
Ranchi to JamshedpurIndia108 km (67 mi)about 1 h 39 min
Ranchi to MangoIndia109 km (68 mi)about 1 h 40 min
Ranchi to DhanbadIndia125 km (78 mi)about 1 h 54 min
Ranchi to RourkelaIndia132 km (82 mi)about 2 h 1 min
Ranchi to Raurkela Industrial TownshipIndia135 km (84 mi)about 2 h 4 min
Ranchi to GiridihIndia138 km (86 mi)about 2 h 7 min
Ranchi to MumbaiIndia1,372 km (853 mi)about 20 h 56 min
Ranchi to DelhiIndia1,000 km (621 mi)about 15 h 15 min
Ranchi to DhakaBangladesh521 km (324 mi)about 7 h 57 min
Ranchi to BengaluruIndia1,411 km (877 mi)about 21 h 31 min
Ranchi to HyderabadIndia974 km (605 mi)about 14 h 51 min
Ranchi to AhmedabadIndia1,300 km (808 mi)about 19 h 50 min
Ranchi to ChennaiIndia1,258 km (781 mi)about 19 h 11 min
Ranchi to KolkataIndia324 km (202 mi)about 4 h 57 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 Ranchi?

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 13 September 2026. Hotel 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.