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Ahamadpur Jn Railway Station
Place Category: Eastern Railways
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Ahmedpur is a Census town in the Suri Sadar subdivision of Birbhum district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Ahmedpur is under the jurisdiction of Sainthia police station. The census town is well known in the area for its sugar mill and as one end of the vintage narrow gauge railway. The office of the Block Development Officer, Sainthia Block is situated here, adjacent to the Ahmedpur railway station. It hosts a growing local business centre, being well connected with Kolkata and other cities of West Bengal via railway. Ahmedpur has an area of 1.3 square kilometres.
Ahmedpur has government-aided higher-secondary schools for boys and girls, as well as primary co-education schools. The Joy Durga High School is the main school for boys in the region, situated close to the station. Students from the neighbouring villages are often seen admitted to the government schools here. Proximity and good connectivity to Burdwan encourages a good many of students to attend the University of Burdwan.
Rajat Bhusan Dutta, along with Kamada Kinkar Mukherjee (father of Indian President Pranab Mukherjee) who was deported to Andaman Islands for 12 years for his involvement in the Birbhum Conspiracy Case, was born at Ahmedpur in 1908.
- Phone number of Reservation Enquiry : 138
- Phone number Train Schedule : 1310 (12 lines)
- Foreign Tourist Guide, Eastern Railway, Kolkata phone number : 22204025
- Phone number of Railway Central Enquiry, Kolkata : 1310/1331
- Centralised Railway Enquiry phone number (Recorded): 1331, 22203545
- Indian Railways toll-free No.: 1800-111-139
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