Bastacola is a neighbourhood in Dhanbad in Dhanbad Sadar subdivision of Dhanbad district in the Indian state of Jharkhand.
Bastacola | |
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Neighbourhood in Dhanbad | |
Bastacola Location in Jharkhand, India Show map of JharkhandBastacola Bastacola (India) Show map of India | |
| Coordinates: 23.7686°N 86.4109°E / 23.7686; 86.4109 | |
| Country | |
| State | Jharkhand |
| District | Dhanbad |
| Elevation | 194 m (636 ft) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Hindi, Urdu |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| Telephone/ STD code | 0326 |
| Website | dhanbad |
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]
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]
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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