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Ramgarh Coalfield
Ramgarh Coalfield are located in Ramgarh district in the Indian state of Jharkhand. OverviewIn 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 square miles (570 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 544 square miles (1,410 km2) and has an estimated capacity of 9,000 million tons.”[1] The Coalfield  
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Bhera River
Damodar River
Maa Chhinamasta Temple H 
Rajrappa Waterfall H
Chitarpur CT
CCL Rajrappa Area Office A
Rajrappa washery W
Rajrappa colliery O
Burakhap colliery O
Karma colliery O Collieries in the CCL Ramgarh Coalfield U: Underground colliery, O: Open Cast colliery, M: Mixed colliery, W: Washery, S: Facility, A: Administrative headquarters, CT: census town, H: historical, religious, tourist centre Owing to space constraints in the small map, the actual locations in a larger map may vary slightly Ramgarh Coalfield covers an area of 98 square kilometres (38 sq mi) and has total coal reserves of 1,059.20 million tonnes.[2] ReservesGeological reserves in the Ramgarh Coalfield in million tonnes as on 1/4/2010:[3]
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TransportIn 1927, Bengal Nagpur Railway opened the 72-mile (116 km) 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.[7] References
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