Nandakumar railway station is a railway station on the Tamluk–Digha branch line of

South Eastern Railway zone The South Eastern Railway (abbreviated SER) is one of the 19 railway zones in India and Part of Eastern Railways. It is headquartered at Garden Reach, Kolkata, West Bengal, India. It comprises Adra railway division, Chakradharpur railway div ...

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. The railway station is situated beside Haldia– Mechada Road, Kumarara at Nandakumar in Purba Medinipur district in the Indian state of

West Bengal West Bengal (, Bengali: ''Poshchim Bongo'', , abbr. WB) is a state in the eastern portion of India. It is situated along the Bay of Bengal, along with a population of over 91 million inhabitants within an area of . West Bengal is the fou ...

. This railway station is named after

Maharaja Nandakumar Maharaja Nandakumar (also known as Nuncomar) (1705 – died 5 August 1775), was an Indian tax collector for various regions in what is modern-day West Bengal. Nanda Kumar was born at Bhadrapur, which is now in Birbhum. He was the first Indian to b ...

History

The Tamluk–Digha line was sanctioned in 1984–85 Railway Budget at an estimated cost of around Rs 74 crore. Finally this line was opened in 2004. This track including Nandakumar railway station was electrified in 2012–13.

References

Railway stations in Purba Medinipur district Kharagpur railway division Kolkata Suburban Railway stations {{WestBengal-railstation-stub