Transport system of Jharkhand


  • The percentage density of roads in the state is 86.26 km, which is 50% of national density of 182.4 km. 
  • Jharkhand rank 3rd lowest only better than Bihar and Andhra Pradesh. 
  • National Highway of India carry about 45% of the road traffic. 
  • The length of national highway in the state is around 1800 km. 
  • Most of the state highways is maintained by PWD Road. 
  • The total length of state highways in Jharkhand is around 1886 km. 
  • Districts roads accounts  for 14% of the total road length in India. 
  • At present about 50% of the road in the villages of Jharkhand have access to all Metal roads,this is higher than the average percentage of all Metal roads available in India which is 15%. 
  • Access to all weather roads in Jharkhand is 51%. 
  • Longest national highway in Jharkhand is NH 33.
  • The rail line in Jharkhand was laid down in second half of 19th century. 
  • The first railway line was constructed in around coal mines of Dhanbad district. 
  • Jharkhand has a total Railway length of 2040 km. 
  • The state comes under the Eastern Railway Zones and South Eastern Railway Zone. 
  • Jharkhand has only one large airport at Ranchi which operates all commercial flights. 
  • The airport at Ranchi is called Birsa Munda airport. 
  • There are 3095 post offices in Jharkhand. 
  • Out of 3095 post offices 96.5% are delivery post office, and 14.6% provide full range of services. 
  • Only 2 night post offices exist in the state. 
  • There are 3 speed post sorting hubs situated in the cities of Dhanbad, Ranchi and Jamshedpur. 
  • The number of head post offices in Jharkhand is 13 and sub post offices is 438.
  • There are 7 postal divisions in 24 districts. 
  • 2 Rail Mail Services (RMS) that at Ranchi and Dhanbad. 
  • Software Technology Park of India at Ranchi (Namkum). 
  • There are only 214 Panchayat Sanchar Sewa Kendra in Jharkhand, among which 56% are located in tribal areas. 
  • Economy of Jharkhand state depend on transportation. 
  • Air cargo is going to be established in Ranchi. 
  • Pragya Kendra are being opened under E-governance plan in Jharkhand under Education Ministry. 
  • JHARNET- Jharkhand state information and communication network. 
  • SSDA- stands for state Service Delivery Gateway. 

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