Ranchi is known as the Waterfall City. It is in the eastern state of Jharkhand in India. Ranchi and its surrounding areas are full of beautiful falls and streams.
144 feet high, Dassam Falls on the Kanchi River is at a distance of 40 kilometers from the Waterfall City.
Hundru Falls, which falls from a height of 320 feet on the Swarnarekha River, is another beautiful fall near Ranchi.
Jonha Falls and Hirni Falls are nearby falls to the Waterfall City in India.
Panch Gagh Falls is another fall near Waterfalls City, which branches into five streams, making a thunderous sound even at a distance. This fall is not very high, thus making it a safe fall and a tourist’s paradise. Panch Gagh Falls is at a distance of 55 kilometers from Ranchi, near Khunti town (five kilometers from Khunti ), on National Highway 75 (Ranchi to Chaibasa Highway).
Tagore Hill, or Moradabad Hill, named after the Nobel laureate Rabindra Nath Tagore, is a major tourist center near the city. Tagore Hill has a close connection with Rabindranath Tagore, and the Nobel laureate liked this hill for its serene beauty and calmness.
There is a Miniature version or replica of the famous Puri Jagannath temple in the city, which is a tourist center. Sun
Sun Temple is another major temple in the city. It is believed that taking a dip in the holy pond here absolves one of his or her sins.
How Do I Go to Ranchi – Waterfall City
Ranchi is well connected by roads, railways, and by air.
National Highway 23 and 33 passes through the city. There are regular bus services from the waterfalls city to other parts of neighboring states. Jamshedpur, Varanasi, Patna, Kolkotta, Rourkela, Hajipur, etc, are some of the cities connected by the government or private buses.
‘RNS’ is the railway station code for the main station in the city. Hatia railway station is another main railway station in the city. There are regular trains to Kolkotta, Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Chennai, Vishakapatnam, Hyderabad, Nagpur, Amritsar, Juri, Surat, Jammu, etc.
Birsa Munda Airport at Ranchi is well connected to other parts of India by flight services.