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'''South Karanpura Coalfield'''
The South Karanpura coalfield forms an elongated strip along the Chingara fault. Barkakana railway junction is situated at the south-east edge of the field. There are two coal beds:the upper one is 50 feet (15mtr) thick and the lower one 38 feet (12mtr) thick, separated by sandstone, shales and shaly coal, mixed coal and shale <ref name=wiki>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wwiki/index.php?title=South_Karanpura_Coalfield&action=edit Wikipedia 'South Karanpura Coalfield']; Retrieved 24 Jul 2020</ref>.
South Karnpura Coalfield covers an area of 195 km2 and has total coal reserves of 5,757.85 million tonnes<ref name=wiki/> .
