Jharia coalfields

GPTKB entity

Statements (28)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Field
gptkbp:affects gptkb:Dhanbad_district
Jharia town
gptkbp:area about 450 square kilometers
gptkbp:city gptkb:Jharia
gptkbp:discoveredBy late 19th century
gptkbp:district gptkb:Dhanbad
gptkbp:environmentalImpact gptkb:air_pollution
land subsidence
displacement of people
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Jharia coalfields
gptkbp:importantFor major source of prime coking coal in India
gptkbp:knownFor coal mining
underground coal fires
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:India
gptkb:Jharkhand
gptkbp:miningMethod underground mining
open cast mining
gptkbp:notableBattle Bastacola fire
Bokapahari fire
Lodna fire
gptkbp:numberOfCoalSeams over 40
gptkbp:operatedBy gptkb:Bharat_Coking_Coal_Limited
gptkbp:partOf East Indian Coalfields
gptkbp:product coking coal
gptkbp:type bituminous
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Bharat_Coking_Coal_Limited
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6