Bokapahari

{{Short description|Village in Jharkhand, India}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2018}} {{Use Indian English|date=September 2018}} '''Bokapahari''' is a village in [[Dhanbad district]], [[Jharkhand]] State, [[India]]. It is located over subsurface [[coal fire]]s, and residents make a living gathering and selling [[coal]]. The [[Government of India]] is trying to relocate them elsewhere, but most of the residents have refused to move, saying they would be unable to make a living elsewhere.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2485712/posts | title=Fire and Fumes Can't Drive Indians From Hellish Village | date=31 March 2010 | first=Geeta | last=Anand | newspaper=Wall Street Journal | accessdate=12 September 2018 | via=Free Republis }}</ref>

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== External links == * [https://web.archive.org/web/20110709013512/http://blogs.denverpost.com/captured/2011/02/16/in-focus-coal-scavengers/ In Focus: The Coal Scavengers], photos at the [[Denver Post]]

[[Category:Neighbourhoods in Dhanbad]]