{{About|the neighbouhood in Dhanbad| its namesake operational area of BCCL|Bastacola Area}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2018}} {{Use Indian English|date=April 2018}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Bastacola | native_name = | native_name_lang = | other_name = | nickname = | settlement_type = Neighbourhood | image_skyline = | image_alt = | image_caption = | pushpin_map = India Jharkhand#India | pushpin_label_position = right | pushpin_map_alt = | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Jharkhand, India | coordinates = {{coord|23.7686|N|86.4109|E|display=inline,title}} | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{flag|India}} | subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]] | subdivision_name1 = [[Jharkhand]] | subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]] | subdivision_name2 = [[Dhanbad district|Dhanbad]] | established_title = <!-- Established --> | established_date = | founder = | named_for = | government_type = | governing_body = | unit_pref = Metric | area_footnotes = | area_rank = | area_total_km2 = | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = 194 | population_total = | population_as_of = | population_rank = | population_density_km2 = auto | population_demonym = | population_footnotes = | demographics_type1 = Languages | demographics1_title1 = Official | demographics1_info1 = [[Hindi language|Hindi]], [[Urdu language|Urdu]] | timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]] | utc_offset1 = +5:30 | postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]] | postal_code = | area_code_type = Telephone/ STD code | area_code = 0326 | registration_plate = | website = {{URL|dhanbad.nic.in/}} | footnotes = }} '''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 | archive-date= 27 June 2017 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170627140558/http://www.bcclweb.in/?page_id=1713 | url-status= dead }}</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]]