For study purpose a small piece of land
having total perimeter 28920.261819 meter and total area of 23403483.637573 M2 located between 190 45’ N to 200 N Latitude and 79 15’E to 79 .30’ E longitude (parts of Toposheet No.55/M-5 as shown in Fig No.4) is taken as study area where open cast coal mines are concentrated during last 10 years.
It is the parts of Ballarpur and Rajura talukas of Chandrapur district of the state of Maharashtra