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, 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.”

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 Coal	Proved	Indicated	Inferred	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

Transport

In 1927, South [Eastern Railway Zone, India|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 Company|East Indian Railway].