Kurwa railway station | |||||||||||
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| Indian Railways station | |||||||||||
.jpg) Kurwa station entrance | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | Kurwa, Dumka district, Jharkhand 814119 India | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 24°14′51″N 87°17′16″E / 24.247610°N 87.287772°E | ||||||||||
| Elevation | 162 metres (531 ft) | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Indian Railways | ||||||||||
| Operated by | Eastern Railway zone | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Jasidih–Dumka–Rampurhat line | ||||||||||
| Platforms | Side platform 1 | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||
| Connections | Rampurhat, Dumka | ||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||
| Structure type | At ground, Single-track railway | ||||||||||
| Parking | Available | ||||||||||
| Other information | |||||||||||
| Status | Functional | ||||||||||
| Station code | KURV | ||||||||||
| Zone(s) | Eastern Railway | ||||||||||
| Division(s) | Howrah | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 2014[1] | ||||||||||
| Electrified | 2021 | ||||||||||
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Jasidih–Dumka–Rampurhat line | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Kurwa railway station (station code KURV) is at Kurwa village city in Dumka district in the Indian state of Jharkhand on the Jasidih–Rampurhat section. It is in the Howrah Division of the Eastern Railway zone of the Indian Railways. It has an average elevation of 162 metres (531 ft).
The railway line has single 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge track from Jasidih junction in Deoghar district in Santhal Pargana division of Jharkhand to Rampurhat in Birbhum district of West Bengal. This railway track to Dumka is a boon for Santhal Pargana Division.
The Kurwa railway station provides rail connectivity to the nearby villages Ramidinda, Khayerbani, Rampur, Andipur, Guhiajori.