Damodar Valley coalfields

E657065

coal-bearing area coalfield region

The Damodar Valley coalfields are a major coal-bearing region in eastern India encompassing several important coalfields, including Jharia, that have long been central to the country’s coal mining industry.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Damodar Valley industrial region	2
Jharia–Bokaro coal belt	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	coal-bearing area ⓘ coalfield region ⓘ
associatedWith	opencast coal mining ⓘ underground coal mining ⓘ
coalType	bituminous coal ⓘ
contains	Bokaro coalfield NERFINISHED ⓘ East Bokaro coalfield NERFINISHED ⓘ Giridih coalfield NERFINISHED ⓘ Jharia coalfield NERFINISHED ⓘ Karanpura coalfield NERFINISHED ⓘ Ramgarh coalfield NERFINISHED ⓘ Raniganj coalfield NERFINISHED ⓘ West Bokaro coalfield NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	India ⓘ
economicImportance	central to India’s coal mining industry ⓘ major coal-producing region of India ⓘ
environmentalIssues	air pollution ⓘ land subsidence ⓘ mine fires ⓘ water pollution ⓘ
geologicalAge	Permian ⓘ
geologicalFormation	Gondwana coalfields NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasInfrastructure	coal handling plants ⓘ coal washeries ⓘ railway coal transport network ⓘ
historicalSignificance	among earliest developed coal mining areas in India ⓘ
locatedIn	Damodar River basin NERFINISHED ⓘ Jharkhand NERFINISHED ⓘ West Bengal ⓘ eastern India NERFINISHED ⓘ
managedBy	Bharat Coking Coal Limited NERFINISHED ⓘ Coal India Limited NERFINISHED ⓘ Eastern Coalfields Limited NERFINISHED ⓘ
near	Asansol NERFINISHED ⓘ Bokaro Steel City NERFINISHED ⓘ Dhanbad NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Damodar Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ Indian coal sector ⓘ
resource	coking coal ⓘ non-coking coal ⓘ
stratigraphicUnit	Damuda series ⓘ Raniganj formation NERFINISHED ⓘ
supportsIndustry	steel plants in eastern India ⓘ thermal power plants in eastern India ⓘ
usedFor	industrial fuel supply ⓘ power generation ⓘ steel production ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Jharia coalfield → partOf → Damodar Valley coalfields ⓘ

Durgapur-Asansol industrial belt → partOf → Damodar Valley coalfields ⓘ

this entity surface form: Damodar Valley industrial region

Raniganj coalfield → partOf → Damodar Valley coalfields ⓘ

Bokaro coalfield → partOf → Damodar Valley coalfields ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jharia–Bokaro coal belt

Bokaro coalfield → partOf → Damodar Valley coalfields ⓘ

Dhanbad → industrialBelt → Damodar Valley coalfields ⓘ

this entity surface form: Damodar Valley industrial region