The Bagula site is located in Dhanabd district in the central part of Jharkhand state. After formation of a new state Jharkhand, rapid urbanization and development in the area of study has caused increase on demand for water supply. The monitoring of the groundwater level exhibits a decreasing trend of water level. The main reason for this decline in the groundwater table is that well pumping from groundwater resource has exceeded natural recharge in the recent years. In this research the aquifer of this hard metamorphic terrain has been studied by the geo electrical method. The need for this work is studying groundwater conditions for protecting groundwater supplies as a unique source of water for this area. Electrical resistivity survey was carried out in order to study groundwater conditions in the hard metamorphic rocks and aquifer depth, thickness and location of the aquifer. Also zones with high yield potential have been determined based on the resistivity information. Thirty five (35) vertical electrical soundings by Schlumberger array were conducted at eight different localities of metamorphic rock area. The resistivity data confirm that the study area is mainly based on un-confined aquifer condition. These data were used to determine the depth and nature of the aquifer and the boundaries of the aquifer with a reasonable accuracy.
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