Ramgarh Coalfield

For disambiguation, see Ramgarh.

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

Ramgarh Coalfield

Location
Ramgarh Coalfield Location in Jharkhand
State	Jharkhand
Country	India
Coordinates	23°35′53″N 85°40′34″E
Owner
Company	Central Coalfields Limited
Website	http://ccl.gov.in/
Year of acquisition	1975

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 of (40 square miles), but the coal is believed to be of inferior quality. A still larger field in the same district is the Karanpura, which extends over 544 square miles (1,410 km²) and has an estimated capacity of 9,000 million tons.”^[1]

The Coalfield

4km
2.5miles

J

Bhera River

I

Damodar River

H

Maa Chhinamasta
Temple

H

Rajrappa
Waterfall

CT

Chitarpur

A

CCL Rajrappa Area Office

W

Rajrappa washery

O

Rajrappa colliery

O

Burakhap colliery

O

Karma colliery

   

Collieries in the CCL Ramgarh Coalfield
U: Underground 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]