Tundla

Tundla is situated on NH19 which connects it to nearest major city of Agra, 24 km away, 17 km away from District Firozabad and 5 km away from Etmadpur. It also serves as a major railway junction in North Central Railway zone. Numerous trains ply from capital city New Delhi which is 210 km away. Tundla is very near to Taj Yamuna Expressway. Tundla is well connected to other major cities of the country via regular trains. Due to proximity to Agra and hence the borders of Uttar Pradesh with Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh states several inter state bus services also serve the city. Intra city transport typically consists of rickshaws and three wheelers.

Tundla is a railway town: before the opening of the railway, it was a mere agricultural village. That changed in 1862, when the East Indian Railway's main line was extended from Shikohabad to Tundla. This, along with the connecting branch line from Tundla to Agra, officially opened on 1 April 1862. A further extension of the main line from Tundla to Aligarh was completed in March 1863. Tundla's importance quickly grew, and it was constituted as a municipality in 1870. By the turn of the century, its bazar was one of the main commercial centres in what was then Agra district, and it was a point of export through the railway. As of 1901, the population of Tundla was 5,167, although only 1,601 people were described as living within the municipality limits. Besides the train station and market, the town had a post office, a police station, a dispensary, a sarai, and a couple of schools. There was also a "railway hospital". An Anglican church had also been built in Tundla. Tundla is a town in Tundla tahsil of Firozabad district, Uttar Pradesh. In 1901 the population of Tundla was 3044. It was a major junction on the East Indian Railway. Tundla has a rich heritage of British rule. High walled British constructions, huge barracks, a Catholic church built in 1860, an old Jain temple, Kothis (Bungalows) of officers surrounded by sprawling lawns adorn Tundla as the main center of British administration. These old and beautiful British buildings have now been converted into railway quarters. Tundla also have a very old NCR College which was also made by the british for their training purposes.

Tundla (Assembly constituency) represents the area.

Tundla Junction is an important station in Uttar Pradesh. It is located on the Delhi–Kanpur main line 25 km from Agra City. Tundla is a technical halt for changing drivers and guards for almost all of the trains on the New Delhi–Pandit Deen Dayal Junction / Lucknow sections. The station was built by the British and remains essentially unchanged. The railway station is a site in itself and takes one back to the pre independence era. Tundla Junction is important for the people of Agra and for tourists providing connections to the east of the country, i. e. Kolkata, Guwahati, Patna etc., and especially to the northern state of Uttar Pradesh. It has connections to Agra Cantonment, Etawah, Aligarh Junction, Phaphund,tundla, Kanpur Central railway station etc.

Tundla is a statutory town with a Nagar Palika Parishad (municipal council) and it also serves as a tehsil headquarters.