 For ages the area was heavily forested and infested with plunderers and marauders.The discovery of coal led to industrialisation of the area and most of the forests have been cleared.Konardihi, Nabgram, Chak Bankola, Sankarpur, Haripur, Bahula, Chhora and Parashkol form a cluster of census towns in the southern portion of Pandabeswar CD Block.