Ramgarh Coalfield

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Ramgarh Coalfield
Location
Ramgarh Coalfield is located in Jharkhand
Ramgarh Coalfield
Ramgarh Coalfield
Location in Jharkhand
StateJharkhand
CountryIndia
Coordinates23°35′53″N 85°40′34″E / 23.59806°N 85.67611°E / 23.59806; 85.67611Coordinates: 23°35′53″N 85°40′34″E / 23.59806°N 85.67611°E / 23.59806; 85.67611
Owner
CompanyCentral Coalfields Limited
Websitehttp://ccl.gov.in/
Year of acquisition1975

Ramgarh Coalfield are located in Ramgarh district in the Indian state of Jharkhand.

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 220 square miles (570 km2), 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 544 square miles (1,410 km2) and has an estimated capacity of 9,000 million tons.”[1]

The Coalfield[]

[Interactive fullscreen map]
Collieries in the CCL Ramgarh Coalfield
U: Undergroud colliery, O: Open Cast colliery, M: Mixed colliery, W: Washery, S: Facility, A: Administrative headquarters, CT: census town, H: historical, religious, tourist centre
Owing to space constraints in the small map, the actual locations in a larger map may vary slightly

Ramgarh Coalfield covers an area of 98 square kilometres (38 sq mi) and has total coal reserves of 1,059.20 million tonnes.[2]

Reserves[]

Geological reserves in the Ramgarh Coalfield in million tonnes as on 1/4/2010:[3]

Type of Coal Proved Indicated Inferred
(exploration)		 Total
Medium coking coal 267.20 87.40 354.60
Semi-coking coal 171.94 431.55 53.45 656.94
Non-coking coal 7.13 26.20 4.60 37.90
Total 446.27 545.15 58.05 1049.47

Projects[]

CCL Operational Area Projects
Rajrappa Area Rajrappa OCP and Rajrappa Washery. The area office is at Rajrappa 829101.[4]
Kuju Area Karma opencast.The area office is at Hesagarha, Kuju 825316.[5]
Non-CCL mines Jharkhand State Mineral Development Corporation: Sugia, Rauta, Burakhap[6]

Transport[]

In 1927, Bengal Nagpur Railway opened the 72-mile (116 km) 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 Indian Railway.[7]

References[]

  1. ^ L.S.S. O’Malley, Bengal, Bihar and Orissa, Sikkim, p.87, Cambridge University Press, 1917 (paper back 2011) ISBN 978-1-107-60064-5
  2. ^ Prasoon Kumar Singh, Gurdeep Singh and Brajendra Kumar Tiwary. "Critical Evaluation of Geo-Environmental Scenario of Damodar River Basin, Inia" (PDF). Retrieved 2008-08-26.[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ "Inventory of Geological Resource of India Coal" (PDF). CMPDI. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
  4. ^ "Central Coalfields Limited". Areas - Rajrappa. CCL. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  5. ^ "Central Coalfields Limited". Areas - Kuju. CCL. Retrieved 25 December 2020.
  6. ^ "District Census Handbook Series 21 Part XII A" (PDF). Page 10: Minerals and Mining - Captive Coal Mining Blocks. Directorate of Census Operations Jharkhand. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
  7. ^ "Indian Railway History Timeline". Archived from the original on 2012-02-29. Retrieved 2008-08-26.

See also[]

Ramgarh district

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