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	==Overview==		==Overview==
	In 1917, L.S.S.O’Malley described the coalfields in the upper reaches of the [[Damodar River\|Damodar]] as follows: “Near the western boundary of Jharia field is that of Bokaro, covering {{convert\|220\|sqmi\|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 {{convert\|544\|sqmi\|km2}} and has an estimated capacity of 9,000 million tons.”<ref>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}}</ref>		In 1917, L.S.S.O’Malley described the coalfields in the upper reaches of the [[Damodar River\|Damodar]] as follows: “Near the western boundary of Jharia field is that of Bokaro, covering {{convert\|220\|sqmi\|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 {{convert\|544\|sqmi\|km2}} and has an estimated capacity of 9,000 million tons.”<ref>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}}</ref>

	==The Coalfield==		==The Coalfield==
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{{For|disambiguation|Ramgarh (disambiguation){{!}}Ramgarh}}
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'''Ramgarh Coalfield''' are located in [[Ramgarh district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[Jharkhand]].

==Overview==
In 1917, L.S.S.O’Malley described the coalfields in the upper reaches of the [[Damodar River|Damodar]] as follows: “Near the western boundary of Jharia field is that of Bokaro, covering {{convert|220|sqmi|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 {{convert|544|sqmi|km2}} and has an estimated capacity of 9,000 million tons.”<ref>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}}</ref>

==The Coalfield==
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Ramgarh Coalfield covers an area of {{convert|98|km2}} and has total coal reserves of 1,059.20 million tonnes.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.ismenvis.nic.in/My_Webs/Digital_Library/GSingh/Critical%20evaluation%20of%20geo-environmental%20scenario....pdf | title = Critical Evaluation of Geo-Environmental Scenario of Damodar River Basin, Inia | last = Prasoon Kumar Singh, Gurdeep Singh and Brajendra Kumar Tiwary | access-date = 2008-08-26 }}{{dead link|date=April 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

===Reserves===
Geological reserves in the Ramgarh Coalfield in million tonnes as on 1/4/2010:<ref>{{cite web| url =https://www.cmpdi.co.in/docfiles/coalreserve_010410.pdf |title = Inventory of Geological Resource of India Coal |publisher= CMPDI | access-date = 10 February 2021}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Type of Coal||Proved||Indicated||Inferred<br/>(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==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! CCL Operational Area||Projects
|-
|[[Rajrappa Area]]||Rajrappa OCP and Rajrappa Washery. The area office is at [[Rajrappa#Economy|Rajrappa]] 829101.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.centralcoalfields.in/areas/rjrpa.php | title= Central Coalfields Limited| work= Areas - Rajrappa |publisher= CCL| access-date = 27 December 2020}}</ref>
|-
|[[Kuju Area]]|| Karma opencast.The area office is at Hesagarha, [[Kuju, Ramgarh|Kuju]] 825316.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.centralcoalfields.in/areas/kuju.php | title= Central Coalfields Limited| work= Areas - Kuju |publisher= CCL| access-date = 25 December 2020}}</ref>
|-
|Non-CCL mines ||Jharkhand State Mineral Development Corporation: Sugia, Rauta, Burakhap<ref>{{cite web| url =https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/20/2016_PART_A_DCHB_RAMGARH.pdf |title = District Census Handbook Series 21 Part XII A | work= Page 10: Minerals and Mining - Captive Coal Mining Blocks |publisher= Directorate of Census Operations Jharkhand | accessdate = 10 February 2021}}</ref>
|}

==Transport==
In 1927, [[South Eastern Railway Zone, India|Bengal Nagpur Railway]] opened the {{convert|72|mi|km|adj=on}} [[Barkakana-Muri-Chandil line]] to traffic. In the same year the Central India Coalfields Railway opened the [[Asansol-Gaya section|Gomoh-Barkakana line]]. It was extended to Daltonganj in 1929. Later, these lines were amalgamated with [[East Indian Railway Company|East Indian Railway]].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://irse.bravehost.com/IRHTML.htm | title = Indian Railway History Timeline | access-date = 2008-08-26 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120229092028/http://irse.bravehost.com/IRHTML.htm | archive-date = 2012-02-29 }}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

== See also ==
[[Ramgarh district]]
{{North Chotanagpur Division topics}}
{{Damodar Valley}}
{{Coalfields}}

[[Category:Coalfields of India]]
[[Category:Mining in Jharkhand]]
[[Category:Ramgarh district]]

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