The roadways leading to Ranchi have made the city easily accessible from different parts of the country. In order to reach Ranchi by road, one can opt for the Jharkhand State Road Transport Corporation buses that connect it with various destinations of Jharkhand.
Getting to Ranchi by road from Kolkata and from other states surrounding Ranchi is also very easy due to the availability of a number of private buses. Ranchi is situated on the National Highway 23 and 33. This highway is very important for Ranchi as it connects the city with all the corners of India. Ranchi is well connected to Patna and Jamshedpur by road. Regularly, private buses ply on this route.
The National Highway 33 and 23 provides an easy movement of passenger and freight traffic. Moving to Ranchi by road can also be comfortably done from places of Bihar like Bokaro, Patna, Daltonganj, Dhanbad, and Gaya.
Reaching Ranchi by road from places like Durgapur, Asansol, Rourkela, Cuttack, Siliguri is also easy due to the inter-state connectivity.
In order to reach Ranchi by road, one should also have an idea about the distances. Given below is the distance of Ranchi from some major towns and cities:
- Chaibasa - 130 km
- Dhanbad - 170 km
- Gaya - 220 km
- Rourkela - 250 km
- Kolkata - 415 km
- Hazaribagh - 100 km
- Bokaro Steel City - 110 km
- Gumla - 80 km
- Patna - 340 km
- Jamshedpur - 140 km
