Ranchi

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Ranchi (Hindi: रांची) is the capital city of Jharkhand state, India. Ranchi was the center of the Jharkhand movement for a separate state for the tribal regions of South Bihar. Jharkhand was formed on 15 November 2000 by carving out the districts of Chota Nagpur and Santhal Parganas divisions of Bihar. As a part of Bihar, it used to be the summer capital from the time of the British Raj because of its cool climate.It is not very far from Rajrappa, another seminal place in the state of Jharkhand.

People

2001 census: Ranchi District - 2,783,000; Ranchi Municipal Corporation - 847,093

As per the current statistics Ranchi City's population stands at about 1.5 Million (1,500,000). Uptill 1958/1959 their was a lack of Hindu/Punjabi people in Ranchi until Jaganth Johar created such a community, which was adequately named Punjabi Hindu Bradhari and consequently he was president till 1971. The city has seen a sudden surge in population after the declaration of the new state in 2000. Owing to the rising employment opportunities and opening of numerous regional/state-level offices of banks, marekting companies etc. the city has witnessed a 50% growth in population.

Geography & climate

Chhottanagpur consists of three smaller plateaus of Ranchi, Hazaribagh, and Koderma, and city of Ranchi is located at an altitude of 654 meters above sea level in the plateau of Ranchi. Ranchi was once the summer capital of Bihar. Subarnarekha river flows by the side of the city. The city as well as its immediate hinterland is endowed with several scenic spots.

Ranchi has a salubrious climate. Temperature ranges from maximum 37 to 20 °C during summer, and maximum 22 to 10 °C during winter. The annual rainfall is about 1530 mm.

Education

Ranchi has a good a network of government and privately run schools, although standard of teaching considerably vary from school to school. Most of the government-run schools in Ranchi are affiliated to Jharkhand School Examination Board, whereas most of the private schools are affiliated to ICSE and CBSE boards. A number of schools are run by convents or by the Jesuits missionaries of the Roman Catholic, Gossenor, Evangelical and Lutheran Churches and the Church of North India. Most of the colleges and institutions of education of Ranchi are under the jurisdiction of Ranchi University.

As the institutions of higher studies fall short of city’s requirement, many students, after completing schooling in the state, move away to places like New Delhi, Karnataka and several other locations for higher technical and non-technical studies.

Ranchi has many schools and institutions of higher learning:

Ranchi has been good in Road connectivity with 3-4 National Highways crossing through or close to it. Recently the state government with the support of NHDC has constituted a plan to strengthen the Road connectivity of different district headquarters to this capital city with 4 laned highways of international standards. Ranchi has very good road connectivity with places like Jamshedpur (Tatanagar), Bokaro, Dhanbad, Daltonganj, Patna, Gaya and various Bihar towns. It also has inter-state connectivities to places like Kolkata, Durgapur/Asansol, Siliguri (Drajeeling), Cuttack, Rourkela, Bhubaneswar.

Rail

Ranchi has witnessed a tremendous growth of railway connectivity during the past 3-4 years. Growing demand and subsequent push grants in the railway annual budget made sure that Ranchi got its deserved piece of allocation. Currently Ranchi has very good connectivity with all major centers in India. Some of the trains are:

Hatia - Delhi Swarnajayanti Express (2 routes, Superfast)

Ranchi – New Delhi Rajdhani Express (Superfast)

Hatia – Delhi Samaparka Kranti Express (Superfast)

Hatia – Jammu Tawi Express

Ranchi - Howrah Shatabdi (Superfast)

Hatia – Patna Express (3 Pairs daily)

Hatia – LTT (Superfast, bi-weekly)

Ranchi – LTT (Via Gaya)

Hatia – Puri Express

Hatia – Yeswantpur (Blore) Express (Weekly)

In addition to this there are several other express, passenger trains connecting other centers.

Pls. follow www.IRCTC.co.in for details.

Air

The Ranchi Airport (Code: IXR) is located in the Hinoo locality. It is approximately 7 km from the city center. The airport name is Bhagwan Birsa Munda Airport. There are regular flights to Delhi, Patna, Mumbai, Raipur and Kolkata.

Ranchi – Kolkatta (Deccan Airways; Twice daily)

Ranchi – Raipur (Deccan Airways; Twice Daily)

Ranchi – Patna (Indian Airlines and Sahara Airways; Each daily)

Ranchi – Mumbai (Indian Airlines and Sahara Airways; Each daily)

Ranchi – New Delhi (Indian Airlines; Daily)

There are more flights in the offing to be added by mid 2006.

Trade, commerce, and industry

On account of its historical position as an important administrative and military base of the eastern India during the British Raj, Ranchi developed as an important centre of trade and commerce, including a traditional base for sericulture and manufacture of shellac. Villages around Ranchi has been described as the 'vegetable bowl' of Jharkhand and truckloads of green vegetables are transported from the city to different parts of Jharkhand, Bihar, as also to Calcutta.

After India gained independence, Ranchi continued to grow and a number of industrial facilities were located in and around the city, and it emerged as an important industrial center. Along with other two industrial townships of Jamshedpur and Bokaro, it completes the industrial structure of Jharkhand. Major techno-industrial facilities of Ranchi include Heavy Engineering Corporation, Mecon, SAIL's R&D Facility, High Tension Insulator factory, CCL, CMPDI, IICM, USHA MARTIN, USHA BELTRON and Shipping Corporation of India.

Mental Sanatorium of Ranchi

Ranchi has some of the largest facilities for mentally-challenged patients at Kanke. There are three major hospitals taking care of patients with psychiatric illnesses.

1) Central Institute of Psychiarty, Kanke

2) RINPAS, Kanke

3) Davis Institute of Psychiatry, Kanke

Hospitals in Ranchi

The city is traditionally the medical centre for the entire region of about 400 km radius. Many hospitals both private and public dot the city.

The Rajnendra Medical College is the largest of three medical colleges in the state.

Excellent Neurodiagnostic facilites exist in the Advanced Diagnostic Centre.

The most famous Indian corporate hospital chain (Apollo Hospitals Group) runs a private hospital on the outskirts of the city. Though situated in a semi-rural setting, a world-class heart surgery ^* set-up is doing excellent work there.

Tourist attractions

Temples

Rajrappa Mandir About 65 km from Ranchi. A tourist place, has great picnic spots and famous for its temple. Click on the link to know more.
Pahari Temple - Heart of the city
Durga Badi - Near Firayalal Chowk at the heart of the city.
Jagannathpur Temple - Built in the architectural style of Puri temples
Surya Temple- 24 km from Ranchi on Ranchi-Tata NH Road
Ramakrishna Mission and Ashram, Morabadi, Ranchi
Ramakrishna Mission Ashram and T B Sanatorium, Tupudana, Ranchi

Rock/Park Resorts

Tagore Hill - Heart of the city
Rock Garden/Kanke Dam - Heart of the city
Birsa Zoological Park - 14 km from Ranchi
Night Safari- 14 km from Ranchi
Deer Park - 16 km from Ranchi on Ranchi-Khunti Road
Sidhu Kaanu Park - Heart of the city
Dr. Zakhir Hussain Park - Heart of the city
Nakshatra Van - Heart of the city, near Raj Bhawan (Governor's House)
Ranchi Hill - Health and Holiday Resort
Tagore hill - morabadi, 5 km from the center of the city

Water Resorts

Ranchi Lake - Heart of the city
Dhurwa Dam
Rukka Dam - 16 km from Ranchi
Aqua Home - Heart of the city
Dassam Falls - About 40 km from Ranchi on Ranchi-Tata NH Road
Jonha Falls - About 18 km from Ranchi
Sita Falls - near to Jonha falls
Hundru Falls - 28 km from Ranchi
Hirni Falls
Panchghaag

Ranchi - infoLines

Major Colony

MECON Shyamali colony
SAIL Satellite colony
HEC colony
NIFFT Colony
Ashok Nagar
Argora
A.G. Colony, Kadru
Burdwan Compound
Old Commissioner's Compound
Harmu
Jawahar Nagar
Gandhi Nagar
Tharpakhna
Kusai Colony
Rahmat Colony
Pathalkudwa
Indrapuri
Shivpuri
South Office Para
North Office Para
Bariatu Housing COlony
Harmu Housing Colony
Kantatoli Colony

Major roads

HB. Road
Circular Road
Mahatma Gandhi/Main Road
Purulia Road
Kanke Road
Ratu Road
Indrapuri Road
Bariatu Road
HEC Ratu Bypass road

Major intersections

Kutchery
Firayalal (Albert Ekka)
Medical(RMCH)
Kokar
Lalpur
Karamtoli
Kantatoli
Booty More
BIT More
Birsa Chowk
Pandra
Piska more
Dangratoli Chowk
Argora
Sahjanand Chowk
Harmu bypass
Hinoo more
Doranda
Russian Hostel
Dhurwa

Bus terminus

Birsa Bus Terminus (Khadgada)
Ratu Road Bus Stand
State Transport Bus Terminal(OverBridge)

Theaters

Many of the theaters in Ranchi are closing down giving away to the constant pressure of diminishing cinema goers and rising maintenance costs. Recently (Feb 2006) 2 of the listed theaters (Uphaar & Plaza) have decided to giveaway to a swanky Multiplex mall that may come up on their ground zero if things go all as planned. The State Government has also announced special tax relief for Multiplexes running on the lines of developed states like Maharashtra and Delhi.

Sujata
Mini Sujata
Minakshi
Plaza
Sainik
Vishnu
Sandhaya :Purulia Road(Near Dangratoli Chouwk), Ranchi.
Uphar

Recently a new Urban complex coming up near Karamtoli has announced that it would have a Multiplex (built supposedly by INOX). In addition to this an Economy division of PVR Films has planned to open up a scaled down Multiplex in Ranchi. A megamall containing movie screens has also been announced by Pantaloon(Retail) India Ltd.

Famous Residents

Mahendra Singh Dhoni

Restaurant

Ranchi has numeorus eateries offering delicacies from India and world. Recently lots of restaurant's (Capitol Hill, Thai Spice, Masala Bowl etc.) have been offering delicacies from Latin America / Mediterranean regions as well. There are already a huge no. of traditional Indian eateries like Kaveri, Punjab Sweets, Shiv Sagar Chain etc. that are great places for family outings.

Important Public Sector Undertakings & Govt. Institutions

Heavy Engineering Corporation Ltd., Dhurwa
Garden Reach Ship Buildor's Ltd, Dhurwa
MECON Ltd. Doranda
RDCIS, SAIL
CET, SAIL
MTI, SAIL
CMPDI
National Institute of Foundry Forge Technology, Hatia

Ranchi district

Main article: Ranchi district

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