Ramgarh Coalfield

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 , 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.”L.S.S. O’Malley, Bengal, Bihar and Orissa, Sikkim, p.87, Cambridge University Press, 1917 (paper back 2011)

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:

Type of CoalProvedIndicatedInferred(exploration)TotalMedium coking coal267.2087.40 354.60Semi-coking coal171.94431.5553.45656.94Non-coking coal7.1326.204.6037.90Total446.27545.1558.051049.47

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

Transport In 1927, Bengal Nagpur Railway 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