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| name = Pench Kanhan Coalfield
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| pushpin_map = India Madhya Pradesh
| pushpin_label = Pench Kanhan Coalfield
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Madhya Pradesh
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| subdivision_type = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| state/province = [[Madhya Pradesh]]
| country = [[India]]
| owner = [[Western Coalfields Limited]]
| official website = http://westerncoal.gov.in/
| acquisition year = 1985
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'''Pench Kanhan Coalfield''' is located in [[Chhindwara District]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[Madhya Pradesh]].

==History==
In 1845, the earliest systematic exploration of India’s coal resources was initiated by D.H.Williams, Geological Surveyor of the East India Company. In 1924, Dr. Cyril Fox surveyed once again certain coal-bearing areas, including the [[Pench National Park, Madhya Pradesh|Pench]], [[Kanhan River|Kanhan]] and [[Tawa Valley]]s.<ref>Anubhuti Ranjan Prasad, Coal Industry of India, p. 65, Asish Publishing House, 8/81 Punjabi Bagh, New Delhi 110026, {{ISBN|81-7024-055-7}}</ref>

The collieries in Pench Kanhan Coalfield were owned by several companies and owners such as
Amalgamated Coalfields Limited, Pench Valley Coal Company, N.H.Ojha & Co., J.A.Trivedi Brothers, Newton Chikli Collieries (Private) Ltd., S.C.Kambata (Pvt) Ltd., Oriental Coal Co. Ltd., Sial Ghogri Group and The Jamai Majri Coal Co. Ltd. These were nationalized in 1973.{{citation needed|date=May 2018}}

==The coalfield==
Satpura Coalfields are located in northern [[Chhindwara District|Chhindwara]] and [[Betul District]]s, south of the [[Narmada River|Narmada]]. Three rivers flow through the area - Pench, Kanhan and [[Tawa River|Tawa]]. There are four coalfields in these valleys – Pench Kanhan Valley Coalfield, Mohpani Coalfield, Tawa Valley Coalfield and Pathakhera Coalfield. Outside the [[Damodar River|Damodar Valley]], Satpura Gondwana Basin is the only area where coking coal is found in India.<ref name=sharma>Shri Kamal Sharma, Spatial Framework and Economic Development, Northern Book Centre, 4221/1 Daryaganj, Ansari Road, New Delhi 110 002, 2000, p. 159, {{ISBN|81-7211-111-8}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url =http://www.geologydata.info/coal_03.htm | title =Satpura Coalfields | publisher =geologydata.info | access-date =2011-09-19 | archive-date =2012-03-31 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20120331115928/http://www.geologydata.info/coal_03.htm | url-status =dead }}</ref>

The Pench Kanhan Valley Coalfield is situated {{convert|30|km|0|abbr=on}} to the northwest of [[Chhindwara]]. While Pench Valley has five seams in a column of 50-80 m thickness, the coal belt in the Kanhan valley stretches for about {{convert|25|km|0|abbr=on}}. In the Pench valley, except for seam no I, the other seams occur in patches.<ref name=sharma/>

Important collieries in the Pench valley are: Newton, Chikli, Borkuhi, Ramanwara, Eklahera, Bamori, North Chandameta, Chandameta, East Dongar Chikli, Ambara Sukri, Datla and Shivpuri. Important coalfields in the Kanhan valley are: Rakhikhol, Danwa, Kalichappar and Nandan. There is a virgin area to the north.<ref name=sharma/>

According to the [[Geological Survey of India]], total reserves of coal (including proven, indicated and inferred) in the Pench Kanhan Coalfield is 2,411.28 million tonnes. Out this 657.39 million tonnes is medium coking coal, of which 347.06 million tonnes is available up to a depth of 300 m and another 310.33 million tonnes between 300 and 600 m. Total reserves of non-coking coal in the field is 1,753.89 million tonnes, of which 1,254.83 million tonnes is available up to a depth of 300 m, and another 499.06 million tonnes between 300 and 600 m.<ref>{{cite web| url =http://www.portal.gsi.gov.in/gsiDoc/pub/IndiaCoalResources2004.pdf| title =Coal Resources of India (As on 1.1.2004)| publisher =Coal Wing, Geological Survey of India, Kolkata| access-date =2011-09-19| url-status =dead| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20120327022156/http://www.portal.gsi.gov.in/gsiDoc/pub/IndiaCoalResources2004.pdf| archive-date =2012-03-27}}</ref>

==References==
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{{Coalfields}}
{{Godavari basin}}

[[Category:Coalfields of India]]
[[Category:Energy in Madhya Pradesh]]
[[Category:Chhindwara district]]
[[Category:Mining in Madhya Pradesh]]

Pench Kanhan Coalfield - Revision history

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