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 220 sqmi, 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 544 sqmi and has an estimated capacity of 9,000 million tons.”

The Coalfield
Ramgarh Coalfield covers an area of 98 km2 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:

Transport
In 1927, Bengal Nagpur Railway opened the 72 mi 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.