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Dhanbad is a city in Jharkhand, it is considered the coal capital of India. The coalfields around Dhanbad are known as the Jharia coalfields. They cover an area of around 448 km2, and the total reserve of coal is estimated at 5,000 million tonnes. Jharia coalfields are the only major source of coking or metallurgical coal in the country. There are 112 coal mines in the district. Jharia town adjacent to Dhanbad is considered a separate town administratively. Munidih Colliery is the largest colliery in India. ONGC is using CBM (Coal Beded Methane) for producing electricity at many places in Dhanbad. Tata Power along with DVC is setting up a 1050 MW thermal power plant in Dhanbad. It has chemical plants, and other industries, and produces mica and many different minerals.
Dhanbad is the second-most populated city in the Indian state of Jharkhand after Jamshedpur. It ranks as the 42nd largest city in India and is the 34th largest million-plus urban agglomeration in India. It is the 96th fastest growing city in the world to the City Mayors Foundation. Dhanbad shares its land borders with Paschim Bardhaman district, West Bengal.
The city is called the 'Coal Capital of India' for housing one of the largest coal mines in India. The prestigious institute, Indian School of Mines (now IIT Dhanbad) is situated in Dhanbad. Apart from coal, it has also grown in information technology,
Dhanbad is the 56th cleanest city in India, according to the 2019 Swachh Survekshan cleanliness survey. It showed a great change in the city which was considered the dirtiest city in the 2018 Swachh Survekshan. Dhanbad Municipal Corporation works for increasing green cover in the city. Among the rail divisions of the Indian Railway, Dhanbad Rail Division is the second-largest in revenue generation after the Mumbai division. Dhanbad ranked as the top city in India with the highest 4G mobile phone network availability in India by a survey of Opensignal.