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Kanke is a place in Ranchi District, Jharkhand, India.

Kanke city in Jharkhand, India

Kanke is a census town in Ranchi district in the Indian state of Jharkhand. Kanke has a large water reservoir called Kanke Dam, which is used to supply water to Ranchi city. The Kanke Mental Asylum and Central Institute of Psychiatry was started by the British who thought that the cooler climate of Ranchi would be salubrious to mental health. Birsa Agricultural University, Institute for Coal Management, Birsa Veterinary Institute, and few other institutions are also located in Kanke.

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Kanke is an assembly constituency in the Indian state of Jharkhand.

Kanke block Community development block in Jharkhand, India

Kanke block is a community development block of Ranchi district, Jharkhand, India. The population of the block is 244,072, spread across 103 villages and two towns: Kanke and Arsande.

Kanke is a Local Government Area in Plateau State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Kwal.

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Suraj Singh Memorial College is a graduate-level college in Kanke Road. It is a constituent college of Ranchi University in Ranchi, Jharkhand, India.

Birsa Agricultural University Birsa Agricultural University is an agricultural university at Kanke, Ranchi in the Indian state of Jharkhand.

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