Ramgarh Coalfield

For disambiguation, see Ramgarh.

Ramgarh Coalfield

Location
Ramgarh Coalfield Location in Jharkhand
State	Jharkhand
Country	India
Coordinates	23°35′53″N85°40′34″E / 23.59806°N 85.67611°E / 23.59806; 85.67611 Coordinates: 23°35′53″N85°40′34″E / 23.59806°N 85.67611°E / 23.59806; 85.67611
Owner
Company	Central Coalfields Limited
Website	http://ccl.gov.in/
Year of acquisition	1975

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

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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	Depth (m)	Proved	Indicated	Inferred (exploration)	Total
Medium coking coal	0-300	267.20	87.40		354.60
	Total	267.20	87.40		354.60
Semi-coking coal	0-300	171.94	95.33	0.55	267.82
	300-600		336.22	52.90	389.12
	Total	171.94	431.55	53.45	656.94
Non-coking coal	0-300	7.13	26.20	4.60	37.90
	Total	7.13	26.20	4.60	37.90
	Grand 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: 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