South Karanpura Coalfield is located in
Ramgarh district
Ramgarh district is one of the 24 districts in the Indian state of Jharkhand. It was also a military district during the British Regime, referred to then as Ramgarh district.
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Jharkhand
Jharkhand (; ; ) is a state in eastern India. The state shares its border with the states of West Bengal to the east, Chhattisgarh to the west, Uttar Pradesh to the northwest, Bihar to the north and Odisha to the south. It has an area of . It ...
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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
The South Karanpura coalfield forms an elongated strip along the Chingara fault. Barkakana railway junction is situated at the south-east edge of the field. There are two coal beds:the upper one is thick and the lower one thick, separated by sandstone, shales and shaly coal, mixed coal and shale.
South Karnpura Coalfield covers an area of and has total coal reserves of 5,757.85 million tonnes.
Reserves
Geological reserves in the South 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
Koderma–Hazaribagh–Barkakana–Ranchi line
The Koderma–Hazaribagh–Barkakana–Ranchi line is an Indian railway line connecting in the Asansol–Gaya section with , and . This track is under the jurisdiction of South Eastern Railway and East Central Railway.
History
This line was ...
became functional between Koderma and Barkakana in 2015 and 2016.
References
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Coalfields of India
Mining in Jharkhand
Ramgarh district