Which part of India has the Kalakot tertiary coal field ?

The Kalakot (or Kalakote) coalfield is a significant Tertiary coal deposit located in the Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir [4]. Unlike the Gondwana coalfields found in the Damodar river basin of Jharkhand and West Bengal, Tertiary coals in India are primarily found in the northeastern states and the Himalayan foothills [2]. Specifically, the Kalakot-Metka-Mahogala coal belt represents the only economically workable coal deposits within the Himalayan mountain region. These deposits are of Paleogene age and are associated with marine animal-bearing beds [1]. While Tertiary coal also occurs in the Brahmaputra river basin of Assam (such as the Makum and Nazira fields), Kalakot is geographically situated in the northwestern Himalayan region of Jammu and Kashmir, making option 3 the correct regional classification [2].

Sources

1. [1] INDIA PEOPLE AND ECONOMY, TEXTBOOK IN GEOGRAPHY FOR CLASS XII (NCERT 2025 ed.) > Chapter 5: Mineral and Energy Resources > Coal > p. 59
2. [2] NCERT. (2022). Contemporary India II: Textbook in Geography for Class X (Revised ed.). NCERT. > Chapter 5: Print Culture and the Modern World > Rock Minerals > p. 115