 For ages the area was heavily forested and infested with plunderers and marauders.The discovery of coal in the 18th century led to industrialisation of the area and most of the forests have been cleared.Pangachhiya, Majiara, Bhanowara, Domohani, Charanpur (OG), Ratibati and Chelad form a cluster of census towns and an outgrowth on the northern and eastern sides of Asansol.