Practical
Bihar distance chart
How far is it, really? Road distance and realistic driving time from each gateway city — Patna, Gaya, Bhagalpur, Muzaffarpur, Darbhanga — to every place in the guide. Roads wind and traffic is slow, so we use road ≈ 1.3 × straight-line at ~40 km/h.
From Patna
Airport + main junction
| Patna → Sonepur Mela & Hariharnath | 15 km | 30 min |
| Patna → Maner Sharif | 36 km | 0½ h |
| Patna → Vaishali | 55 km | 1 h |
| Patna → Nalanda | 79 km | 1½ h |
| Patna → Barabar Caves | 88 km | 2 h |
| Patna → Rajgir | 92 km | 2 h |
| Patna → Pawapuri | 92 km | 2 h |
| Patna → Rajgir Nature Safari & Ghora Katora | 96 km | 2 h |
| Patna → Jagdishpur & Arrah | 96 km | 2 h |
| Patna → Kesaria Stupa | 111 km | 2½ h |
| Patna → Gaya | 119 km | 2½ h |
| Patna → Darbhanga | 126 km | 3 h |
| Patna → Kanwar Lake | 130 km | 3 h |
| Patna → Bodh Gaya | 133 km | 3 h |
| Patna → Ashok Dham, Lakhisarai | 140 km | 3½ h |
| Patna → Kusheshwar Asthan | 142 km | 3½ h |
| Patna → Sitamarhi | 149 km | 3½ h |
| Patna → Buxar | 151 km | 3½ h |
| Patna → Thawe Mandir | 151 km | 3½ h |
| Patna → Kakolat Falls | 153 km | 3½ h |
| Patna → Madhubani | 162 km | 4 h |
| Patna → Deo Sun Temple | 166 km | 4 h |
| Patna → Sasaram | 175 km | 4 h |
| Patna → Ugratara, Mahishi | 177 km | 4 h |
| Patna → Munger | 178 km | 4 h |
| Patna → Tutla Bhawani | 183 km | 4½ h |
| Patna → Bhimbandh Wildlife Sanctuary | 184 km | 4½ h |
| Patna → Dhua Kund & Manjhar Kund | 185 km | 4½ h |
| Patna → Nagi & Nakti Bird Sanctuaries | 186 km | 4½ h |
| Patna → Shergarh Fort | 204 km | 5 h |
| Patna → Rohtasgarh Fort | 214 km | 5 h |
| Patna → Sultanganj | 216 km | 5 h |
| Patna → Mundeshwari Temple | 220 km | 5½ h |
| Patna → Lauriya Nandangarh | 221 km | 5½ h |
| Patna → Simultala | 222 km | 5½ h |
| Patna → Bakhtiyar Khan's Tomb, Chainpur | 228 km | 5½ h |
| Patna → Bhagalpur | 247 km | 6 h |
| Patna → Telhar Kund & Karkatgarh | 254 km | 6 h |
| Patna → Mandar Hill | 273 km | 6½ h |
| Patna → Vikramshila | 285 km | 7 h |
| Patna → Valmiki National Park | 289 km | 7 h |
| Patna → Valmikinagar & the Gandak | 296 km | 7 h |
From Gaya
Airport for Bodh Gaya
| Gaya → Barabar Caves | 32 km | 0½ h |
| Gaya → Rajgir | 65 km | 1½ h |
| Gaya → Rajgir Nature Safari & Ghora Katora | 65 km | 1½ h |
| Gaya → Nalanda | 76 km | 1½ h |
| Gaya → Deo Sun Temple | 77 km | 1½ h |
| Gaya → Pawapuri | 82 km | 2 h |
| Gaya → Kakolat Falls | 86 km | 2 h |
| Gaya → Patna | 117 km | 2½ h |
| Gaya → Jagdishpur & Arrah | 123 km | 3 h |
| Gaya → Tutla Bhawani | 123 km | 3 h |
| Gaya → Maner Sharif | 124 km | 3 h |
| Gaya → Dhua Kund & Manjhar Kund | 129 km | 3 h |
| Gaya → Sasaram | 131 km | 3 h |
| Gaya → Sonepur Mela & Hariharnath | 134 km | 3 h |
| Gaya → Rohtasgarh Fort | 144 km | 3½ h |
| Gaya → Ashok Dham, Lakhisarai | 154 km | 3½ h |
| Gaya → Nagi & Nakti Bird Sanctuaries | 159 km | 3½ h |
| Gaya → Shergarh Fort | 165 km | 4 h |
| Gaya → Vaishali | 173 km | 4 h |
| Gaya → Buxar | 174 km | 4 h |
| Gaya → Bhimbandh Wildlife Sanctuary | 189 km | 4½ h |
| Gaya → Kanwar Lake | 190 km | 4½ h |
| Gaya → Mundeshwari Temple | 190 km | 4½ h |
| Gaya → Bakhtiyar Khan's Tomb, Chainpur | 198 km | 4½ h |
| Gaya → Simultala | 201 km | 5 h |
| Gaya → Telhar Kund & Karkatgarh | 201 km | 5 h |
| Gaya → Kusheshwar Asthan | 206 km | 5 h |
| Gaya → Munger | 210 km | 5 h |
| Gaya → Kesaria Stupa | 223 km | 5½ h |
| Gaya → Darbhanga | 228 km | 5½ h |
| Gaya → Sultanganj | 237 km | 5½ h |
| Gaya → Ugratara, Mahishi | 245 km | 6 h |
| Gaya → Thawe Mandir | 247 km | 6 h |
| Gaya → Madhubani | 265 km | 6½ h |
| Gaya → Bhagalpur | 268 km | 6½ h |
| Gaya → Sitamarhi | 268 km | 6½ h |
| Gaya → Mandar Hill | 269 km | 6½ h |
| Gaya → Vikramshila | 310 km | 7½ h |
| Gaya → Lauriya Nandangarh | 326 km | 8 h |
| Gaya → Valmiki National Park | 392 km | 9½ h |
| Gaya → Valmikinagar & the Gandak | 394 km | 9½ h |
From Bhagalpur
Rail; the east
| Bhagalpur → Sultanganj | 32 km | 0½ h |
| Bhagalpur → Vikramshila | 42 km | 1 h |
| Bhagalpur → Mandar Hill | 59 km | 1 h |
| Bhagalpur → Munger | 69 km | 1½ h |
| Bhagalpur → Bhimbandh Wildlife Sanctuary | 79 km | 1½ h |
| Bhagalpur → Simultala | 95 km | 2 h |
| Bhagalpur → Ugratara, Mahishi | 110 km | 2½ h |
| Bhagalpur → Ashok Dham, Lakhisarai | 117 km | 2½ h |
| Bhagalpur → Kusheshwar Asthan | 119 km | 2½ h |
| Bhagalpur → Nagi & Nakti Bird Sanctuaries | 123 km | 3 h |
| Bhagalpur → Kanwar Lake | 124 km | 3 h |
| Bhagalpur → Pawapuri | 191 km | 4½ h |
| Bhagalpur → Darbhanga | 194 km | 4½ h |
| Bhagalpur → Kakolat Falls | 196 km | 4½ h |
| Bhagalpur → Madhubani | 200 km | 5 h |
| Bhagalpur → Nalanda | 202 km | 5 h |
| Bhagalpur → Rajgir Nature Safari & Ghora Katora | 205 km | 5 h |
| Bhagalpur → Rajgir | 207 km | 5 h |
| Bhagalpur → Sonepur Mela & Hariharnath | 245 km | 6 h |
| Bhagalpur → Patna | 246 km | 6 h |
| Bhagalpur → Barabar Caves | 254 km | 6 h |
| Bhagalpur → Vaishali | 265 km | 6½ h |
| Bhagalpur → Gaya | 268 km | 6½ h |
| Bhagalpur → Bodh Gaya | 273 km | 6½ h |
| Bhagalpur → Sitamarhi | 276 km | 6½ h |
| Bhagalpur → Maner Sharif | 282 km | 7 h |
| Bhagalpur → Kesaria Stupa | 319 km | 7½ h |
| Bhagalpur → Jagdishpur & Arrah | 337 km | 8 h |
| Bhagalpur → Deo Sun Temple | 345 km | 8½ h |
| Bhagalpur → Thawe Mandir | 377 km | 9 h |
| Bhagalpur → Tutla Bhawani | 388 km | 9½ h |
| Bhagalpur → Sasaram | 391 km | 9½ h |
| Bhagalpur → Dhua Kund & Manjhar Kund | 394 km | 9½ h |
| Bhagalpur → Buxar | 395 km | 9½ h |
| Bhagalpur → Rohtasgarh Fort | 412 km | 10 h |
| Bhagalpur → Lauriya Nandangarh | 419 km | 10 h |
| Bhagalpur → Shergarh Fort | 425 km | 10½ h |
| Bhagalpur → Mundeshwari Temple | 447 km | 11 h |
| Bhagalpur → Bakhtiyar Khan's Tomb, Chainpur | 455 km | 11 h |
| Bhagalpur → Telhar Kund & Karkatgarh | 467 km | 11½ h |
| Bhagalpur → Valmiki National Park | 485 km | 12 h |
| Bhagalpur → Valmikinagar & the Gandak | 500 km | 12½ h |
From Muzaffarpur
Rail; the north
| Muzaffarpur → Vaishali | 36 km | 0½ h |
| Muzaffarpur → Sonepur Mela & Hariharnath | 65 km | 1½ h |
| Muzaffarpur → Darbhanga | 69 km | 1½ h |
| Muzaffarpur → Sitamarhi | 70 km | 1½ h |
| Muzaffarpur → Kesaria Stupa | 73 km | 1½ h |
| Muzaffarpur → Patna | 82 km | 2 h |
| Muzaffarpur → Maner Sharif | 94 km | 2 h |
| Muzaffarpur → Madhubani | 98 km | 2 h |
| Muzaffarpur → Kanwar Lake | 124 km | 3 h |
| Muzaffarpur → Kusheshwar Asthan | 128 km | 3 h |
| Muzaffarpur → Thawe Mandir | 133 km | 3 h |
| Muzaffarpur → Nalanda | 143 km | 3½ h |
| Muzaffarpur → Ugratara, Mahishi | 149 km | 3½ h |
| Muzaffarpur → Pawapuri | 151 km | 3½ h |
| Muzaffarpur → Jagdishpur & Arrah | 155 km | 3½ h |
| Muzaffarpur → Rajgir | 158 km | 3½ h |
| Muzaffarpur → Rajgir Nature Safari & Ghora Katora | 162 km | 4 h |
| Muzaffarpur → Barabar Caves | 166 km | 4 h |
| Muzaffarpur → Ashok Dham, Lakhisarai | 167 km | 4 h |
| Muzaffarpur → Lauriya Nandangarh | 176 km | 4 h |
| Muzaffarpur → Munger | 180 km | 4½ h |
| Muzaffarpur → Gaya | 197 km | 4½ h |
| Muzaffarpur → Buxar | 198 km | 4½ h |
| Muzaffarpur → Bhimbandh Wildlife Sanctuary | 205 km | 5 h |
| Muzaffarpur → Bodh Gaya | 212 km | 5 h |
| Muzaffarpur → Kakolat Falls | 215 km | 5 h |
| Muzaffarpur → Sultanganj | 219 km | 5 h |
| Muzaffarpur → Nagi & Nakti Bird Sanctuaries | 225 km | 5½ h |
| Muzaffarpur → Sasaram | 244 km | 6 h |
| Muzaffarpur → Deo Sun Temple | 244 km | 6 h |
| Muzaffarpur → Valmiki National Park | 245 km | 6 h |
| Muzaffarpur → Bhagalpur | 246 km | 6 h |
| Muzaffarpur → Simultala | 251 km | 6 h |
| Muzaffarpur → Tutla Bhawani | 256 km | 6 h |
| Muzaffarpur → Dhua Kund & Manjhar Kund | 257 km | 6 h |
| Muzaffarpur → Valmikinagar & the Gandak | 257 km | 6 h |
| Muzaffarpur → Shergarh Fort | 269 km | 6½ h |
| Muzaffarpur → Vikramshila | 277 km | 6½ h |
| Muzaffarpur → Mundeshwari Temple | 281 km | 7 h |
| Muzaffarpur → Mandar Hill | 287 km | 7 h |
| Muzaffarpur → Rohtasgarh Fort | 288 km | 7 h |
| Muzaffarpur → Bakhtiyar Khan's Tomb, Chainpur | 288 km | 7 h |
| Muzaffarpur → Telhar Kund & Karkatgarh | 321 km | 8 h |
From Darbhanga
Airport for Mithila
| Darbhanga → Madhubani | 37 km | 0½ h |
| Darbhanga → Kusheshwar Asthan | 79 km | 1½ h |
| Darbhanga → Sitamarhi | 83 km | 2 h |
| Darbhanga → Kanwar Lake | 84 km | 2 h |
| Darbhanga → Ugratara, Mahishi | 87 km | 2 h |
| Darbhanga → Vaishali | 102 km | 2½ h |
| Darbhanga → Sonepur Mela & Hariharnath | 113 km | 2½ h |
| Darbhanga → Patna | 127 km | 3 h |
| Darbhanga → Munger | 136 km | 3 h |
| Darbhanga → Kesaria Stupa | 137 km | 3 h |
| Darbhanga → Ashok Dham, Lakhisarai | 144 km | 3½ h |
| Darbhanga → Maner Sharif | 152 km | 3½ h |
| Darbhanga → Nalanda | 158 km | 3½ h |
| Darbhanga → Pawapuri | 161 km | 4 h |
| Darbhanga → Sultanganj | 171 km | 4 h |
| Darbhanga → Bhimbandh Wildlife Sanctuary | 171 km | 4 h |
| Darbhanga → Rajgir | 174 km | 4 h |
| Darbhanga → Rajgir Nature Safari & Ghora Katora | 177 km | 4 h |
| Darbhanga → Bhagalpur | 194 km | 4½ h |
| Darbhanga → Thawe Mandir | 197 km | 4½ h |
| Darbhanga → Barabar Caves | 198 km | 4½ h |
| Darbhanga → Nagi & Nakti Bird Sanctuaries | 205 km | 5 h |
| Darbhanga → Jagdishpur & Arrah | 216 km | 5 h |
| Darbhanga → Vikramshila | 219 km | 5 h |
| Darbhanga → Kakolat Falls | 219 km | 5 h |
| Darbhanga → Simultala | 221 km | 5½ h |
| Darbhanga → Lauriya Nandangarh | 227 km | 5½ h |
| Darbhanga → Gaya | 228 km | 5½ h |
| Darbhanga → Bodh Gaya | 242 km | 6 h |
| Darbhanga → Mandar Hill | 243 km | 6 h |
| Darbhanga → Buxar | 263 km | 6½ h |
| Darbhanga → Deo Sun Temple | 288 km | 7 h |
| Darbhanga → Valmiki National Park | 292 km | 7 h |
| Darbhanga → Sasaram | 300 km | 7½ h |
| Darbhanga → Valmikinagar & the Gandak | 307 km | 7½ h |
| Darbhanga → Tutla Bhawani | 309 km | 7½ h |
| Darbhanga → Dhua Kund & Manjhar Kund | 311 km | 7½ h |
| Darbhanga → Shergarh Fort | 328 km | 8 h |
| Darbhanga → Rohtasgarh Fort | 340 km | 8½ h |
| Darbhanga → Mundeshwari Temple | 342 km | 8½ h |
| Darbhanga → Bakhtiyar Khan's Tomb, Chainpur | 350 km | 8½ h |
| Darbhanga → Telhar Kund & Karkatgarh | 379 km | 9 h |
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