Ramgarh Coalfield are located in
Ramgarh district in the
India
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Jharkhand
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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 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 and has an estimated capacity of 9,000 million tons.”
The Coalfield
Ramgarh Coalfield covers an area of and has total coal reserves of 1,059.20 million tonnes.
Reserves
Geological reserves in the Ramgarh Coalfield in million tonnes as on 1/4/2010:
Projects
Transport
In 1927,
Bengal Nagpur Railway
The Bengal Nagpur Railway was one of the companies which pioneered development of the railways in eastern and central India. It was succeeded first by Eastern Railway and subsequently by South Eastern Railway.
History
The opening of the ...
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 Indian Railway.
References
See also
Ramgarh district
{{Coalfields
Coalfields of India
Mining in Jharkhand
Ramgarh district