| Kankarbagh | |
| Native Name Lang: | Kankarbagh |
| Settlement Type: | Neighbourhood |
| Nickname: | King of colonies |
| Pushpin Map: | India Patna |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Patna, India |
| Coordinates: | 25.5933°N 85.1667°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  India |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Bihar |
| Subdivision Type2: | City |
| Subdivision Name2: | Patna |
| Established Date: | 1960s |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Demographics Type1: | Languages |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Spoken |
| Demographics1 Info1: | Hindi, English,Magahi |
| Timezone1: | IST |
| Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
| Postal Code Type: | PIN |
| Postal Code: | 800020 800016 800026 |
| Blank1 Name Sec1: | Parliament constituencies |
| Blank1 Info Sec1: | Patna Sahib |
| Blank2 Name Sec1: | Vidhan Sabha constituencies |
| Blank2 Info Sec1: | Kumhrar |
| Blank3 Name Sec1: | Planning agency |
| Blank3 Info Sec1: | Patna Metropolitan Area Authority |
| Blank4 Name Sec1: | Civic agency |
| Blank4 Info Sec1: | Patna Municipal Corporation |
Kankarbagh, or Kankarbagh Colony, is a neighborhood and residential area in Patna, Bihar, India.[1] It is one of the largest colonies in Asia and the second largest in terms of population.[2]
Established back in 1916, Kankarbagh is spread over an area of around 900 acres. It stretches roughly from Panch Shiv Mandir in the west to Kumhrar in the East. The word Kankarbagh means 'garden of kankar
See main article: Kumhrar.
Kumhrar, or Kumrahar, is the remains of an ancient city of Pataliputra, which is located 5 km east of Patna Junction railway station on Kankarbagh Main Road.[3]
Archaeological remains from the Mauryan period (322–185 BCE) have been discovered here, including the ruins of a hypostyle 80-pillared hall.[4] [5] The excavation finds date back to 600 BCE and marks the ancient capital of Ajatashatru, Chandragupta and Ashoka; collectively, the relics range from four continuous periods from 600 BCE to 600 CE.[6]
See main article: Patliputra Sports Complex. The Patliputra Sports Complex (formally known as Kankarbagh Sports Complex) is a sports stadium in Kankarbagh. The Patliputra Sporting Complex was also known as Rainbow Field before the construction of the sports complex.
The complex is fully equipped with facilities for both outdoor and indoor games. Football, hockey, kabaddi, table tennis, carrom, swimming, wrestling, and taekwondo are some of the games organised here.
Since the inception of the Pro Kabaddi League in 2014, the stadium has played host to the Home matches of Patna Pirates (winners of the 2016 Pro Kabaddi League season (January) and 2016 Pro Kabaddi League season (June)).
The 31st National Taekwondo Championship, the 75th Senior National Table Tennis Championship and multiple junior Basketball and Tennis competitions have been hosted by the stadium.
See also: 2012 Women's Kabaddi World Cup.
The following police stations of the Patna Police serve this area:
See also: Patna Police.
Kankarbagh is well connected to the main areas of Patna by mini buses. Auto-rickshaws and cycle rickshaws are available most of the time.
Rajendra Nagar Terminal, one of the city's important railway stations, and Patna's busiest railway station, Patna Junction, are less than a kilometer away from Kankarbagh. Patna Airport is located about 8.65 km from the Kankarbagh More. The Patliputra bus stand in Patna is located about 6.5 km from Kankarbagh.
