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Abstract Kolar Gold Fields is in Bangarpet Taluk, Kolar District of Karnataka state, India, gold was first mined preceding the second and third century AD by digging little pits. The Champion reef at the Kolar gold fields was mined to a profundity of 50 meters (160 ft) during the Gupta time frame in the fifth century AD. During the Chola time frame in the ninth and tenth century AD, the size of the activity grew. The metal kept on being mined by the 11th century lords of South India, the Vijayanagara Empire from 1336 to 1560, and later by Tippu Sultan, the ruler of Mysore state and the British. The oldest mineral industry Pre-historic to present day there was so much interest on gold mining persisted. Old workings for gold are found in different parts of the State. But large scale development of mining persisted only in two places that is Kolar Gold fields and Hutti. The Kolar Gold fields operated 120 years and provided employment for thousands of people and it was closed in 2000. The objective of the study, is socio-economic conditions of the post closure of gold mining. The present study carried by both primary and secondary data and sample size is 100 households of employees and non-employees of Bharth Gold Mines Limited. And the finding includes there is lot of socio-economic and environmental problems, there is also potential for knowledge economy contributed by the mining company by establishment of educational institutions. There is also more income and consumption because of people traveling towards Bangalore and earning income for their livelihood. The present needs of KGF are good sanitation, employment opportunities and good governance.