West Jhagrakhand Coal Mine

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West Jhagrakhand Coal Mine is an operating coal mine in Jhagrakhand, Korea, Chhattisgarh, India.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
West Jhagrakhand Coal Mine	Jhagrakhand, Korea, Chhattisgarh, India	23.197211, 82.161616 (exact)

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status	Status Detail	Opening Year	Closing Year
Operating	–	1951	–

Table 3: Operation details

Note: The asterisk (*) signifies that the value is a GEM estimated figure.

Capacity (Mtpa)	Production (Mtpa)	Year of Production	Mine Type	Mining Method	Mine Size (km2)	Mine Depth (m)	Workforce Size
0.33	0.12	2022	Underground	–	10.66	300.0*	283*

Table 4: Coal resources and destination

Total Reserves (Mt)	Year of Total Reserves Recorded	Total Resources (Mt)	Coalfield	Coal Type	Coal Grade	Primary Consumer/ Destination
1.0	2023	–	Jhilimili	Subbituminous	Thermal	–

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

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Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
South Eastern Coalfields Ltd [100%]	Coal India Ltd [100.0%]	India

Table 6: Historical production (unit: million tonnes per annum)

ROM or Saleable	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
ROM	–	–	–	–	0.12	0.17	–

Note: The above section was automatically generated and is based on data from the Global Coal Mine Tracker May 2025 release.

Background on Mine

The West Jhagrakand Underground Coal Mine has a designed capacity of 0.33 MTPA on a mining lease area of 1065.67 ha. It is operated by South Eastern Coalfields Limited. The project received its environment clearance for a capacity expansion from 0.27 MTPA to 0.33 MTPA on 6 September 2006.

As per the information provided by the Minister of Coal in the Parliament North Jhagrakhand mine operated by SECL in Chhattisgarh was closed in the year 2016-17. Jhagrakhand mines are also refered as JKD Colliery and are spread in Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh both.

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