Bastacola

Bastacola is a neighbourhood in Dhanbad in Dhanbad Sadar subdivision of Dhanbad district in the Indian state of Jharkhand.

This article is about the neighbouhood in Dhanbad. For its namesake operational area of BCCL, see Bastacola Area.
Bastacola
Neighbourhood in Dhanbad
Bastacola
Location in Jharkhand, India
Bastacola
Bastacola (India)
Coordinates: 23.7686°N 86.4109°E / 23.7686; 86.4109
Country India
StateJharkhand
DistrictDhanbad
Elevation
194 m (636 ft)
Languages
 • OfficialHindi, Urdu
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
Telephone/ STD code0326
Websitedhanbad.nic.in

Geography

Bastacola was combined with other urban units to form Dhanbad Municipal Corporation in 2006.[1][2]Bastacola is part of Ward No. 34 of Dhanbad Municipal Corporation.[3]

It is located 8 km east of Dhanbad railway station.[4]

Economy

The Bastacola Area of BCCL is amalgamation of thirty-three private collieries of the pre-nationalisation era. After reorganisation, the Area has 4 underground mines - Bastacola, Bera, Dobari and Kuya, 2 departmentally operated open cast mines – Bastacola OCP, Bera OCP and one out-sourced OCP – Kujama OCP. Kujama colliery is closed since 1995 because of underground fire. Ghanoodih OCP is affected by surface fire.[4]

Healthcare

Bastacola Area has a 50-bedded Regional Hospital at Tisra, and dispensaries/ mini-dispensaries at Ghanoodih, Bera, Duburi, Kuya, Bastacola, Kujama.[5]

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References
  1. "Dhanbad Municipal Corporation". DMC. Archived from the original on 15 October 2017. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
  2. "Dhanbad Dsitrict Map". Physical Map of Dhanbad. Jharkhand Government. Archived from the original on 5 October 2017. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
  3. "Dhanbad Municipal Corporation". प्रादेशिक निर्वाचन क्षेत्रों की सूची (in Hindi). Jharkhand Government. Archived from the original on 28 October 2017. Retrieved 19 October 2017.
  4. "Bharat Coking Coal Limited". Bastacola Area. BCCL. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
  5. "Bharat Coking Coal Limited". Bastacola Area - Welfare. BCCL. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
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