Bastacola

This article is about the neighbouhood in Dhanbad. For its namesake operational area of BCCL, see Bastacola Area.

Bastacola
Neighbourhood in Dhanbad
Bastacola Location in Jharkhand, India Show map of Jharkhand Bastacola Bastacola (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 23°46′07″N86°24′39″E / 23.7686°N 86.4109°E / 23.7686; 86.4109 Coordinates: 23°46′07″N86°24′39″E / 23.7686°N 86.4109°E / 23.7686; 86.4109
Country	India
State	Jharkhand
District	Dhanbad
Elevation	194 m (636 ft)
Languages
• Official	Hindi, Urdu
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
Telephone/ STD code	0326
Website	dhanbad.nic.in

Bastacola is a neighbourhood in Dhanbad in Dhanbad Sadar subdivision of Dhanbad district in the Indian state of Jharkhand.

Geography

Bastacola was combined with other urban units to form Dhanbad Municipal Corporation in 2006. ^{[1] [2]} Bastacola is part of Ward No. 34 of Dhanbad Municipal Corporation. ^[3]

It is located 8 km east of Dhanbad railway station. ^[4]

Economy

The Bastacola Area of BCCL is amalgamation of thirty-three private collieries of the pre-nationalisation era. After reorganisation, the Area has 4 underground mines - Bastacola, Bera, Dobari and Kuya, 2 departmentally operated open cast mines – Bastacola OCP, Bera OCP and one out-sourced OCP – Kujama OCP. Kujama colliery is closed since 1995 because of underground fire. Ghanoodih OCP is affected by surface fire. ^[4]

Healthcare

Bastacola Area has a 50-bedded Regional Hospital at Tisra, and dispensaries/ mini-dispensaries at Ghanoodih, Bera, Duburi, Kuya, Bastacola, Kujama. ^[5]

References

1. "Dhanbad Municipal Corporation". DMC. Archived from the original on 15 October 2017. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
2. "Dhanbad Dsitrict Map". Physical Map of Dhanbad. Jharkhand Government. Archived from the original on 5 October 2017. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
3. "Dhanbad Municipal Corporation". प्रादेशिक निर्वाचन क्षेत्रों की सूची (in Hindi). Jharkhand Government. Archived from the original on 28 October 2017. Retrieved 19 October 2017.
4. "Bharat Coking Coal Limited". Bastacola Area. BCCL. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
5. "Bharat Coking Coal Limited". Bastacola Area - Welfare. BCCL. Retrieved 25 October 2017.