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DistributionofCoalinIndia
Gondwanacoalfields[250millionyearsold]
Tertiarycoalfields[1560millionyearsold]
GondwanaCoal
Gondwana coal makes up to98percentofthetotalreservesand99
percentoftheproductionofcoalinIndia.Satpuras, denudation
[weathering + erosion] has exposed coal bearing Gondwana strata.
The carbon content in Gondwana coal[250millionyearsold]is less
compared to the Carboniferous coal[350millionyearsold][Almost
AbsentinIndia]because of its much younger age.
Gondwana coal forms Indias metallurgical grade as well as superior
quality coal.
TheDamudaseries(i.e.LowerGondwana)possesses the best
worked coalfields accounting for 80 per cent of the total coal
production in India. 80 out of 113 Indian coalfields are located in the
rock systems of theDamudaseries[lower Gondwana Age].
Coking as well as noncoking and bituminous as well as sub
bituminous coal are obtained from Gondwana coal fields.
Anthraciteis generally not found in the Gondwana coal fields.
The volatile compounds and ash (usually 13 30 per cent) and doesnt
allow Carbon percentage to rise above55to60percent.[It requires
few million years more if the quality has to get better. Remember
Gondwana coal is 100 million years younger than Carboniferous coal].
Gondwana coal is free from moisture, but it
containsSulphurandPhosphorous.
These basins occur in the valleys of certain rivers viz., the Damodar
(JharkhandWest Bengal) the Mahanadi (ChhattisgarhOdisha) the
Son (Madhya Pradesh Jharkhand) the Godavari and the Wardha
(MaharashtraAndhra Pradesh) the Indravati, the Narmada, the Koel,
the Panch, the Kanhan and many more.
DistributionofGondwanaCoalinIndia
GondwanaCoalfieldsinChhattisgarh
Coalfield Extent
Birampur coalfield
HasdoArand
coalfield
Surguja district.
Chirmiri coalfield
Lakhanpur coalfield
Jhilmili coalfield Shandol district & Koriya
district
TatapaniRamkota
Surguja district
coalfields
GondwanaCoalfieldsinJharkhand
One of theoldest
andtherichest
coalfieldsof
Jharia
India store house
coalfield
of the
Danbad
bestmetallurgical
district
coal[cokingcoal]
inferior quality
Jayanti
and has high ash
coalfields
content
Bokaro Hazaribagh
coalfield district
It is a long but
West Bokaro
narrow strip in the
[900 m deep]
catchment area of
theBokaroriver.
East Bokaro
[600 m deep]
purposes.
Karanpura
and Ramgarh
coalfields
Auranga
coalfield
inferior quality
kilns
Deltenganj
coalfield
Devgarh Dumka
inferior quality
coalfields district
Rajmahal Rajmahal
inferior quality
coalfield hills
CoalfieldlocationscanbeaskedinPrelims.
GondwanaCoalfieldsinOdisha
Talcher Talcher town Rankssecondin
field to Rairkhol reserves(24,374
in million tonnes)
Dhenkanal afterRaniganj
and
Coal from this field
Sambalpur
is most suitable for
districts
steam and gas
production.
utilised inthermal
powerand
fertilizerplantsat
Talcher.
coalfields Sundargarh
inferior quality
Sambalpur
Ib river and Much of the coal is
GondwanaCoalfieldsinMadhyaPradesh
largest coalfield of
Madhya Pradesh
Jhingurda,
Panipahari,
Khadia, Purewa
important coal
(Waidhian) Shandol
Jhingurda with a
coalfield districts
total thickness of
131 m is the
richest coal seam
of the country.
thermal power
plants at Singrauli
and Obra
Ghoravari seam in
coal
Sohagpur Shandol
coalfield district
inferior quality
GondwanaCoalfieldsinAndhraPradesh
GondwanaCoalfieldsinWestBengal
4 % of Indias coal.
11 % of the coal reserves.
DarjeelingandJalpaiguriare the chief producing districts.
RANIGANJis the largest coalfield of West Bengal.
Raniganj == Barddhaman, Bankura and Purulia districts Small part
of this field is in Jharkhand state.
The coal here is noncoking steam coal.
Dalingkot coalfield == Darjeeling district.
GondwanaCoalfieldsinUttarPradesh
TertiaryCoal
TertiaryCoalfieldsinAssam
TertiaryCoalfieldsinArunachalPradesh
TertiaryCoalfieldsinMeghalaya
TertiaryCoalfieldsinJammuandKashmir,
HimachalPradesh
TertiaryCoalLignite
LigniteinTamilNadu
LigniteinGujaratandRajasthan
TertiaryCoalPeat
ProblemsofCoalMininginIndia
Measurestobetaken
CokingCoalvs.NonCokingCoal
ThermalCoalor
CokingCoalor
NonCokingCoal
MetallurgicalCoal
orSteamingcoal
concentration of carbon.
Coking coalis an
Thermalcoal is used
essential ingredient in
togeneratepower.
steel production.
India also imports
coking coal.
CoalReservesinIndiabyState
Reserves
%of
Nameofthe in
total
state billion
reserves
tonne
5. MADHYA
25.67 8.51
PRADESH
6. ANDHRA
22.48 7.45
PRADESH
CoalProductioninIndiabyState
All data from 20132014. For latest data you must follow newspapers
or Reports published by Ministry of Coal.
Remember top 3 positions in all data below.
CokingCoalProductionbyState
NonCokingCoalProductionByState
Chhattisgarh
Odisha
MadhyaPradesh
Jharkhand
Andhra Pradesh
TotalCoalProductionByState
Chhattisgarh
Jharkhand
Odisha
Madhya Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh
IndiasCoalImportsandExports
MajorCoalfieldsinIndia
MajorCoalfieldsinIndia
1.Singrauli
2.KaranpuraBokaro
3.Jharia
4.Raniganj
5.Ib&Talcher
6.Pench&Kanhan
7.SingareniGodavariVelley
8.Lignite:TN,GujratAndRajasthan