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{{Infobox mine
| name = Umaria Coalfield
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| pushpin_map = India Madhya Pradesh
| pushpin_label = Umaria 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 = [[South Eastern Coalfields Limited ]]
| official website = http://secl.gov.in/
| acquisition year = 1985
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'''Umaria Coalfield''' is located in [[Umaria district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[Madhya Pradesh]] in the valley of the Umrer River, a tributary of the [[Son River]].

==History==
In 1886, W.W. Hunter wrote, “Extensive coalfields have recently been discovered at Umaria, within the native state of Rewa…”<ref>W.W. Hunter, The Indian Empire: Its People, History and Products, first published 1886, reprint 2005, Asian Educational Services, New Delhi, {{ISBN|81-206-1581-6}}</ref>

Umaria Coalfield, which was owned by Rewa Coalfields Limited, was nationalized in 1973.{{citation needed|date=May 2018}}

==The coalfield==
Umaria Coalfield is a part of Central India Coalfields. The latter is spread over the districts of [[Surguja district|Surguja]], [[Koriya district|Koriya]] (both in Chhattisgarh), [[Shahdol district|Shahdol]] and [[Umaria district|Umaria]] (both in Madhya Pradesh). There are fourteen coalfields in this group, namely Korar, Umaria, Johilla(Nowrozabad), Sohagpur, Sonhat, Jhilimili, Chirimiri, Sendurgarh, Koreagarh, Damhamunda, Panchbahini, Hasdeo-Arand, Lakhanpur and Bishrampur. The group covers an area of about {{convert|5345|km2}} with estimated reserves of 15,613.98 million tonnes. The deposits are at a depth of 0–1200 meters. Therefore, extraction is mainly amenable to underground mining except a few blocks in eastern part of these coalfields which have opencast potential.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://secl.gov.in/ |title = Central India Coalfields| work = Coalfields| publisher = South Eastern Coalfields Ltd |access-date = 2011-09-03 }}</ref>

In Umaria Coalfield, the Lower Gondwana rocks are well developed. The coalfield has an estimated reserve of 181.29 million tonnes, spread across six coal seams. The coals are relatively high in moisture (7-10%) and high in ash (18.6-29.4%). [[South Eastern Coalfields Limited]] operates eight mines.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.geologydata.info/coal_03.htm|title =Geological and geographical distribution of Coalfields of India| publisher = geologydata.info |access-date = 2011-09-03 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.cmpdi.co.in/docfiles/coalreserve_010410.pdf |title =Inventory of Geological Resource of Indian Coal | publisher =CMPDI |access-date = 2011-09-03 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://umaria.nic.in/|title = Umaria| publisher = Umaria district administration|access-date = 2011-09-03 }}</ref>

According to [[Geological Survey of India]] reserves of non-coking coal up to a depth of 300 m in Umaria Coalfield was 181.29 million tonnes.<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 =2011-09-08| 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>
Kanchan Open Cast Mine is being expanded from 0.32 million tonnes per annum to 0.65 million tonnes per annum, with a peak capacity of 0.75 million tonnes per annum. The entire overburden would be backfilled. There is 4 km metalled road connecting the mine to Vindhya Mine and onwards to Nowrozabad Railway siding.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://mining.industry-focus.net/index.php/madhya-pradesh-coal-projects/84-south-eastern-coalfields-to-expand-kanchan-ocp.html |title = South Eastern Coalfields to expand Kanchan OCP | publisher = Mining Industry|access-date = 2011-09-03 }}</ref>

==Transport==
The {{convert|37|mi}} Katni Umaria Railways section was opened to traffic in 1886.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://irse.bravehost.com/IRHTML.htm |title = Indian Railway History Time line |publisher = irse |access-date = 2011-09-03 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120229092028/http://irse.bravehost.com/IRHTML.htm |archive-date = 2012-02-29 }}</ref> The line from Katni, {{convert|171|mi}} from Allahabad on the Jabalpur line, to Umaria, then in [[Rewa (princely state)|Rewa State]], was accorded priority in construction, in order to connect Umaria Coalfield to the railway system.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://cris-ser.cris.org.in/CRIS/general/book_rrb/bengal_nagpur_railway.htm |title =Bengal Nagpur Railway |access-date = 2011-09-08 }}</ref>
The {{convert|161|miles}} Bilaspur-Umaria branch line was opened in 1891, linking the entire area to the [[Great Indian Peninsula Railway|GIPR]] system at Katni.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.secr.indianrailways.gov.in/uploads/files/1312278598168-Tourist%20Places.pdf |title = Nagpur Division| publisher = Indian Railways|access-date = 2011-09-03 }}</ref>

==References==
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{{Son basin}}
{{Coalfields}}

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

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