East Bokaro Coalfield is located in Bokaro 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 , 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 and has an estimated capacity of 9,000 million tons.”L.S.S. O’Malley, Bengal, Bihar and Orissa, Sikkim, p.87, Cambridge University Press, 1917 (paper back 2011)

The Coalfield

Location The Bokaro coalfield lies between 23°45' and 23°50' North latitude and 85°30' and 86°03' East longitude. It spreads from east to west and from north to south. Bokaro West and Bokaro East are two subdivisions of the field, separated almost in the middle by Lugu Hill (height ).

Bokaro River passes through the West Bokaro and East Bokaro coalfields.

East Bokaro Coalfield covers an area of and has total coal reserves of 4,473.66 million tonnes.

Reserves Geolological reserves in East Bokaro Coalfield in million tonnes as on 1/4/2010: Type of CoalProvedIndicatedInferred(exploration)TotalMedium coking coal3247.803805.60863.327916.72Non-coking coal104.0762.500166.57Total3351.873868.10863.328083.29

Projects CCL Operational AreaProjectsB&K Area Bokaro open cast, Kargali open cast, Kargali underground, Karo opencast, Karo underground, Khas Mahal opencast, Khas Mahal underground, Karo Special underground, Kargali WasheryDhori Area Amlo opencast, Dhori open cast, Selected Dhori Quarry No. I open cast, Selected Dhori Quarry No. III open cast, New Selected Dhori underground, Dhori Khas undergroundKathara AreaKathara open cast, Jarangdih opencast, Jarangdih underground, Sawang opencast/ underground, Govindpur underground, Kathara Washery, Swang WasheryNon-CCL minesDVC Bermo colliery

Transport In 1927, the Central India Coalfields Railway opened the Barkakana–Netaji S.C.Bose Gomoh line. It was extended to Daltonganj in 1929. Later these lines were amalgamated with East Indian Railway.

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