As Abhi mentioned, you have 2 routes, the first via Baripada, turning off NH5 at Bangariposha (Orissa-Jharkhand border) and take the direct road to Jamshedpur. From Jamshedpur, Ranchi is a great road, uncless conditions have deteriorated sharply in recent times.
The second route would be to go through Kharagpur, link up to NH2, and go via Durgapur and Dhanbad, but this is a longer route, although the NH2 (Kolkata-Durgapur expressway) is a fantastic drive, plus Dhanbad-Ranchi is also a decent road.
Have been to Ranchi on the Durgapur-Dhanbad route (not been through Jamshedpur), but am told that the Bangariposha-Jamshedpur-Ranchi roads is good.
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