In 1972, the mines of Jharia coalfield were taken over by BCCL from the erstwhile private owners and were reorganised.

The Sijua Area is located 12 km from Dhanbad Junction railway station.

[1] Collieries in the Sijua Area are: Mudidih, Bansdeopur, Tetulmari, Sendra Bansjora, Kankanee and Nichitpur.

Nichitpur colliery with an open cast mine, has a normative production capacity of 0.60 million tonnes per year and a peak production capacity of 0.78 million tonnes per year.

Sendra Bansjora colliery with an open cast mine has a normative production capacity of 0.75 million tonnes per year and a peak production capacity of 0.975 million tonnes per year.

Kankanee colliery with an open cast mine has a normative production capacity of 0.48 million tonnes per year and a peak production capacity of 0.624 million tonnes per year.

Bansdeopur colliery with an open cast mine has a normative production capacity of 0.676 million tonnes per year and a peak production capacity of 0.879 million tonnes per year.