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South Karanpura Coalfield

Coordinates: 23°38′17″N 85°18′22″E / 23.63806°N 85.30611°E / 23.63806; 85.30611
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South Karanpura Coalfield
Location
South Karanpura is located in Jharkhand
South Karanpura
South Karanpura
Location in Jharkhand
StateJharkhand
CountryIndia
Coordinates23°38′17″N 85°18′22″E / 23.63806°N 85.30611°E / 23.63806; 85.30611
Owner
CompanyCentral Coalfields Limited
Websitehttp://ccl.gov.in/
Year of acquisition1975

South Karanpura Coalfield is located in Ramgarh district in the Indian state of Jharkhand.

Overview

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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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The South Karanpura coalfield forms an elongated strip along the Chingara fault. Barkakana railway junction is situated at the south-east edge of the field. There are two coal beds:the upper one is 50 feet (15 m) thick and the lower one 38 feet (12 m) thick, separated by sandstone, shales and shaly coal, mixed coal and shale.[2]

South Karnpura Coalfield covers an area of 195 square kilometres (75 sq mi) and has total coal reserves of 5,757.85 million tonnes.[3]

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Damodar River
Urimari
CT
Urimari (CT)
Patratu
CT
Patratu (CT)
CCL Barka Sayal
Area Office
A
Barka Sayal Area (A)
Urimari UGP
U
Saunda D OCP
O
North Urimari OCP
O
Bhurkunda OCP
O
Bhurkunda Colliery
U
Collieries in CCL Barka Sayal Area (South Karanpura Coalfield)
U: Underground Colliery, O: Open Cast Colliery, A: Administrative headquarters, CT: census town
Owing to space constraints in the small map, the actual locations in a larger map may vary slightly
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River
Damodar
Sirka
CT
Sirka, India (CT)
Religara
CT
Religara (CT)
Gidi
CT
Gidi (CT)
CCL Argada Area Office
A
Argada Area (A)
Gidi washery
W
Argada Colliery
U
Sirka colliery
O
Religara colliery
M
Gidi colliery
O
Collieries in the CCL Argada Area (South Karanpura Colafield)
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
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Reserves

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Geological reserves in the South Karanpura Coalfield in million tonnes as on 1/4/2010:[4]

Type of Coal Proved Indicated Inferred
(exploration)
Total
Medium coking coal 513.40 296.23 809.63
Non-coking coal 2620.41 1507.42 1212.65 5340.48
Total 2620.41 2020.82 1508.88 6510.11

Projects

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CCL Operational Area Projects
Barka Sayal Area Bhurkunda underground, Central Saunda underground, Saunda D underground, Saunda underground, Sayal D underground, Urimari underground, North Urimari/ Birsa opencast, Bhurkunda opencast. The area office is at Sayal, PO Saunda.[5]
Argada Area Gidi A Open Cast, Gidi C opencast, Religara opencast/ underground, Sirka opencast, Sirka underground, Argada underground, Giddi Washery. The area office is at Sirka, PO Argada 829101.[6]
Non-CCL mines Jharkhand State Mineral Development Corporation: Patratu [7]

Transport

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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 India Railway.[8]

The Koderma–Hazaribagh–Barkakana–Ranchi line became functional between Koderma and Barkakana in 2015 and 2016.[9][10]

References

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  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. ^ "The Hazaribagh District" (PDF). Geology and Mineral Resources. Retrieved 2008-08-26.
  3. ^ 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]
  4. ^ "Inventory of Geological Resource of India Coal" (PDF). CMPDI. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
  5. ^ "Central Coalfields Limited". Areas – Barka Sayal. CCL. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  6. ^ "Central Coalfields Limited". Areas - Argada. CCL. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  7. ^ "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.
  8. ^ "Indian Railway History Timeline". Archived from the original on 2012-07-14. Retrieved 2008-08-26.
  9. ^ "Hazaribagh Town railway station opens". Retrieved 31 January 2021.
  10. ^ "Hazaribagh-Barkakana railway line opened". Retrieved 31 January 2021.