Katras Area
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| Location | |
|---|---|
  Katras Area Location in Jharkhand  Katras Area Katras Area (India) | |
| State | Jharkhand |
| Country | India |
| Coordinates | 23°47′46″N 86°19′43″E / 23.7962°N 86.3285°E |
| Production | |
| Products | Coking coal |
| Owner | |
| Company | Bharat Coking Coal Limited |
| Website | http://www.bcclweb.in/ |
| Year of acquisition | 1971-72 |
Katras Area is one of the 12 operational areas of BCCL located in Dhanbad Sadar subdivision of Dhanbad district in the state of Jharkhand, India.
Jharia coalfield first came into the picture in the 19th century. Mining in the early days was carried out through manual and semi-manual methods, causing large scale degradation of land, forests and environment, and resulting in mine fires and subsidence. In 1972, the mines of Jharia coalfield were taken over by BCCL from the erstwhile private owners and were reorganised.[1]
Geography
1.2miles
U: Underground colliery, O: Open Cast colliery, M: Mixed colliery, W: Washery, S: F: Facility, A: Administrative headquarters
Owing to space constraints in the small map, the actual locations in a larger map may vary slightly
Location
The Katras Area office is located at 23°47′46″N 86°19′43″E / 23.7962°N 86.3285°E.
The map alongside shows some of the collieries in the Area. However, as the collieries do not have individual pages, there are no links in the full screen map.
The Katras Area is located in the northern part of Jharia coalfield. National Highway 18 (old number NH 32) / (locally popular as Dhanbad-Bokaro Highway) runs 3 km to the south of the Area. National Highway 19 (old number NH 2)/ Grand Trunk Road runs 6.5 km north of the Area.[2]
Mining activity
- Salanpur colliery is a departmentally operated mixed mine having both underground and open cast mines. It has a mineable reserve of 16.310 million tonnes.[1]
- Amalgamated Angarpathra-Ramkanali colliery is a departmentally operated underground mine. It has a mineable reserve of 64.384 million tonnes.[1]
- Amalgamated West Mudidih-Keshalpur colliery is a departmentally operated mixed mine having both underground and open cast mines. It has a mineable reserve of 40.987 million tonnes.[1]
- Katras Choitudih colliery is a departmentally operated underground mine. It has a mineable reserve of 67.700 million tonnes.[1]
- Chandore, Kantapahari and Gaslitand are hired patches.[1]
