Dhanbad Travel guide at Wikivoyage
Dhanbad. 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 km 2, 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.