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Sodepur Area

Sodepur Area is one of the 14 operational areas of Eastern Coalfields Limited located mainly in Asansol subdivision of Paschim Bardhaman district and partly of Raghunathpur subdivision in Purulia district, both in the state of West Bengal, India.

The earliest attempts at coal mining in India by Suetonius Grant Heatly and John Sumner were at places such as Ethora, Chinakuri and others further west and not identified with modern-day places. Chinakuri is in what is now the Sodepur Area of ECL. In 1843, when Carr, Tagore and Company joined hands with Gilmore Homfray and Company to form the Bengal Coal Company, the new company had its headquarters at Sanctoria in what is now the Sodepur Area.

The Sodepur Area is located around 23°41′12″N 86°52′24″E / 23.6868°N 86.8732°E / 23.6868; 86.8732

Located primarily in Paschim Bardhaman district, the Sodepur Area extends into the coal mining areas in Purulia district, across the Damodar. It is bounded by the Salanpur Area on the north, neighbourhoods of Asansol on the east, rural areas of Purulia district on the south and the Mugma Area, in Dhanbad district of Jharkhand, across the Barakar on the west.[circular reference]

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.

As per the Shodhganga website, collieries in the Sodepur Area of Eastern Coalfields are: Sodepur, Mouthdih, Parbelia, Dubeswari, Chinakuri I, Chinakuri II, Chinakuri III, Ranipur and Poidih.

As per the Shodhganga website, collieries in the Sitarampur Area of Eastern Coalfields are: Mithani, Bejdi, Dhemomain, Narsamuda, BC Incline and Patmohana.

As per the ECL website telephone numbers, operational collieries in the Sodepur Area in 2018 are: Bejdih Colliery, Chinakuri I & II Colliery, Chinakuri III Colliery, Dhemomain Incline Colliery, Dhemomain Pit Colliery, Dubeswary Colliery, Methani Colliery, Mouthdih Colliery, Narsamuda Colliery, Parbelia Colliery, Patmohana Colliery and Sodepur Colliery. This website does not show Sitarampur as a separate Area.

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