Piparwar | |
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Village | |
  Piparwar Location in Jharkhand, India  Piparwar Piparwar (India) | |
| Coordinates: 23°41′28″N 85°04′00″E / 23.6911°N 85.0668°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Jharkhand |
| District | Chatra |
| Languages (*For language details see Tandwa block#Language and religion) | |
| • Official | Hindi, Urdu |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 825321 |
| Telephone/ STD code | 06551 |
| Vehicle registration | JH 13 |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Chatra |
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | Simaria |
| Website | chatra |
Piparwar is a village in the Tandwa CD block in the Simaria subdivision of the Chatra district in the Indian state of Jharkhand.
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Geography
M: municipality, CT: census town, R: rural/ urban centre, H: historical/ religious centre, P: power plant, T: tourist centre
Abbreviation used - TPS: thermal power station
Owing to space constraints in the small map, the actual locations in a larger map may vary slightly
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River
River
River
River
& Chandragupta Area
Sanghamitra Area
Wildlife
Sanctuary
Temple
Location
Piparwar is located at 23°41′28″N 85°04′00″E / 23.6911°N 85.0668°E.
Area overview
The map alongside shows that the forests (mark the light shading), covering around 60% of Chatra district, are evenly spread across the district. It is a plateau area with an elevation of about 450 metres (1,476 ft) above mean sea level.[1] Efforts are on to get the first unit of the NTPC Limited’s North Karanpura Thermal Power Station (3x660 MW), ready in 2021.[2]North Karanpura Coalfield of Central Coalfields Limited, spread over 1,230 square kilometres (470 sq mi) in the southern part of the district, with spill over to neighbouring districts, and having coal reserves of 14 billion tonnes is among the biggest in India. The map provides links to three CCL operational areas.[3]
Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the district. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.
Civic administration
Police station
Piparwar police station serves Tandwa CD block.[4]
Economy
Coal mining
The North Karanpura Coalfield is spread across parts of Ranchi, Hazaribagh, Chatra and Latehar districts of Jharkhand covering an area of 1,230 km2. This coalfield in the upper reaches of the Damodar Valley, has reserves of around 14 billion tonnes of coal, very little of which has been exploited. Karkatta, KD Hesalong, Manki, Churi, Bachara UG, Bachara OC, and Dakara are long established collieries south of the Damodar. North of the Damodar lies comparatively new major mines such as Piparwar Mine and Ashoka Project. 23 mines are planned in the northern sector. Those in an advanced stage of planning are: Dhadu, Purnadih, Magadh, and Amrapali. This happens to be the largest mining sector of Central Coalfields Limited.[5]
The projects of the Piparwar Area are: Piparwar opencast, Ray-Bachra underground, Ashoka opencast, Piparwar coal handling plant/ coal preparation plant. The Area office is at Piparwar, PO Bachra.[6]
References
- ^ "Chatra - the official website". Blocks, Circles & Panchayats – List of villages under Panchayats. Chatra district authority. Archived from the original on 27 June 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
- ^ "Pandemic delays NTPC's Karanpura mega project in Chatra". The Times of India, 9 September 2020. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
- ^ "The North Karanpura Coalfields". Jharkhand. sinclair-environmental. Archived from the original on 16 May 2015. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
- ^ "District Police Profile – Chatra". Contact Number. Jharkhand Police. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
- ^ "The North Karanpura Coalfields". Jharkhand. sinclair-environmental. Archived from the original on 16 May 2015. Retrieved 29 November 2015.
- ^ "Central Coalfields Limited". Areas – Piparwar. CCL. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
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This page was last edited on 10 June 2023, at 16:04