Local businesses in Ranchi
Listed in OpenStreetMap within 3.5 km of the city centre.
- Government offices: 10
- Auditor General Office; Employee Provident Fund Office; Employment Exchange office.; police headquater; Jharkhand Public Service Commission; Nepal House; Raja Rani Kothi; Income Tax Office
- Colleges and universities: 19
- Birla Institute of Techinology; Doranda College; Gossner College; Nirmala College; MARWARI COLLEGE; Ranchi Women's College; St. Paul's College.; marwari womens college; ursuline convent inter college; mahendr prashad college
- Workshops and craft businesses: 1
- Asus Exclusive Service Center
- Finance, insurance and legal offices: 2
- Life Insurance Corporation
- Banks: 53
- Kotak Mahindra Bank Ranchi Ratu Road Branch; PNB Nirmala College Branch; Panjab & Sindh Bank ATM;Bank of India ATM; orient bank of commerce; Indira Gandhi Chowk;SBI Chutia; pragya kendra; Inderind Bank; R B I; Punjab bank; Reserve Bank of India
- Hospitals: 78
- Vivekanand Hospital; capital hospital,ranchi; Maa Ram Pyari SuperSpeciality Hospital; Sadar Hospital; Santevita Hospital; Anjuman Hospital; Hargobind Nursing Home; Harmu Hospital; Hopewell Hospital; Lal Nursing Home
Ranchi facts
- District
- Ranchi district
- Population, 2011 Census
- 10,73,440
- Area
- about 652.02 sq km, about 651 m above sea level
- People
- 87.68% literacy
- PIN codes
- 834001 (Ranchi Court), 834006 (Ranchi Veterinary College), 834002 (Ranchi Airport), 834009 (Ranchi Medical College Campus)
- Places nearby
- Ranchi Lake (freshwater lake, 2 km), Pahari Mandir (Hindu temple, 3 km), Birsa Munda Hockey Stadium (field hockey stadium, 3 km), Metallurgical & Engineering Consultant Ltd Sail Stadium (stadium, 4 km)
- History
- One popular tale says a British captain, Thomas Wilkinson, chose Archi, an Oraon tribal village, as headquarters and the British named it Ranchi.
- Local economy
- Ranchi is a major industrial city of eastern India in the Chota Nagpur region, called the Ruhr of India, which suits mineral-based industry. SAIL's research arm and MECON are among the organisations based here.
- Geography
- Ranchi lies near the Tropic of Cancer on the Chota Nagpur plateau, covers about 175 sq km and stands about 651 m above sea level.
Sources: Census of India 2011, Wikipedia, Wikidata, India Post and OpenStreetMap. Last checked 14 October 2026.