Q. The coal mining areas of the Damodar Valley region include which of the following areas?
Answer: Raniganj, Jharia and Giridih
Notes: The Damodar valley along the Bihar–West Bengal border includes India's most important coal- and mica-mining fields and has long been an area of active industrial development. The major coalfields (Jharia, Raniganj, and Giridih) are mostly open-pit and are easily mined.

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