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{{About|the neighbouhood in Dhanbad| its namesake operational area of BCCL|Bastacola Area}}
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'''Bastacola''' is a [[neighbourhood]] in [[Dhanbad]] in [[Dhanbad Sadar subdivision]] of [[Dhanbad district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[Jharkhand]].

==Geography==
Bastacola was combined with other urban units to form [[Dhanbad Municipal Corporation]] in 2006.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://166.62.42.155/dmc/citizen/ | title = Dhanbad Municipal Corporation | publisher = DMC | accessdate = 15 October 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171015150926/http://166.62.42.155/dmc/citizen/ | archive-date = 15 October 2017 | url-status = dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://dhanbad.nic.in/maps.html | title = Dhanbad Dsitrict Map | work = Physical Map of Dhanbad | publisher = Jharkhand Government | accessdate = 15 October 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171005161335/http://dhanbad.nic.in/maps.html | archive-date = 5 October 2017 | url-status = dead }}</ref>Bastacola is part of Ward No. 34 of Dhanbad Municipal Corporation.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://dhanbad.nic.in/dhanbad_dmc.html | title = Dhanbad Municipal Corporation | work = प्रादेशिक निर्वाचन क्षेत्रों की सूची (in Hindi) | publisher = Jharkhand Government | accessdate = 19 October 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171028073630/http://dhanbad.nic.in/dhanbad_dmc.html | archive-date = 28 October 2017 | url-status = dead }}</ref>

It is located 8 km east of [[Dhanbad railway station]].<ref name=bastacola>{{cite web| url = http://www.bcclweb.in/?page_id=1713 | title= Bharat Coking Coal Limited | work= Bastacola Area |publisher= BCCL | accessdate = 25 October 2017}}</ref>

==Economy==
The [[Bastacola Area]] of [[Bharat Coking Coal|BCCL]] is amalgamation of thirty-three private collieries of the pre-nationalisation era. After reorganisation, the Area has 4 [[Coal mining#Underground mining|underground mines]] - Bastacola, Bera, Dobari and Kuya, 2 departmentally operated [[Open-pit mining|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.<ref name=bastacola/>

==Healthcare==
Bastacola Area has a 50-bedded Regional Hospital at [[Tisra]], and dispensaries/ mini-dispensaries at Ghanoodih, Bera, Duburi, Kuya, Bastacola, Kujama.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.bcclweb.in/?page_id=2637 | title= Bharat Coking Coal Limited | work= Bastacola Area - Welfare |publisher= BCCL| accessdate = 25 October 2017}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Dhanbad District}}
[[Category:Neighbourhoods in Dhanbad]]

Bastacola - Revision history

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