SOCIO ECONOMIC IMPACT IN COAL MINING REGION OF DURGAPUR ASANSOL A REPORT

Asansol  is the second largest city in West Bengal after Kolkata. It lies on exposed Gondwana rocks and consists mostly of undulated laterite soil. It forms the lower edge of the Chotanagpur plateau, which occupies most of Jharkhand. Raniganj Coalfields covers an area of 1530 sq km spreading over Bardhaman, Birbhum, Bankura and Purulia districts in West Bengal and Dhanbad district in Jharkhand.