North Karanpura Coalfield is located in
Ranchi
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Hazaribagh
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Chatra
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and
Latehar
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districts in the
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Overview
In 1917, L.S.S.O’Malley described the coalfields in the upper reaches of the
Damodar as follows: "Near the western boundary of Jharia field is that of Bokaro, covering" , "with an estimated content of 1,500 million tons; close by… is the Ramgarh field (40 square miles), in which, however, coal is believed to be of inferior quality. A still larger field in the same district is that called Karanpura, which extends over" "and has an estimated capacity of 9,000 million tons."
The Coalfield
There are large numbers of seams in the North Karanpura Coalfield, some with thicknesses over 72 feet.
North Karnpura Coalfield covers an area of and has total coal reserves of 13,110.84 million tonnes.
Reserves
Geological reserves in the North Karanpura Coalfield in million tonnes as on 1/4/2010:
Projects
Transport
In 1927, Bengal Nagpur Railway opened the
Barkakana-Muri-Chandil line to traffic. In the same year the Central India Coalfields Railway opened the
Gomoh-Barkakana line. It was extended to Daltonganj in 1929. Later these lines were amalgamated with East India Railway.
The 57 km long Hazaribagh-Barkakana section of the
Koderma-Hazaribagh-Barkakana-Ranchi line was opened for passenger trains on 7 December 2016 by the railway minister
Suresh Prabhu
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in the presence of chief minister
Raghubar Das
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Coal-bed methane
ONGC's preliminary assessment of
coal-bed methane
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indicates that four Damodar Valley coalfields – Jharia, Bokaro, North Karanpura and Raniganj – to be the most prospective.
See also
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South Karanpura Coalfield
References
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