Coal dump sites offer useful perspectives to understand stability of artificial slopes. Such studies require geotechnical research, which can be aided by numerical simulation model-based stability evaluations. Anthropogenic geomorphology can be well studied at the coal dump sites. Four coal dump sites close to Durgapur and Dhanbad (eastern India) have been examined in this study in order to better understand the different aspects of slopes and their instability risk. The studied anthropogenic landforms have clearly demonstrated the different slope segments e.g. free face, convex and concave. The majority of slumping occurs with >50˚ slopes. Natural vegetation partly stabilised the studied slopes. Improved management of the dump slope will contribute to the accomplishment of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), which include safeguarding land life and providing clean water and sanitation.