Nagorpur Jomidar Bari (Zamindar Bari) is located at the Nagorpur Upazila of Tangail district. This place is located in an interesting area. It has river Dhaleswari at the eastern side and the River Jamuna at the western side. It is believed that there were a naval route between the Kolkata and Nagorpur that time. Now the Jomidari system has vanished and it took that route along with that.
The Jomidari of Nagorpur was established during the 19th century by the Jodunath Chowdhury. It's right now a massive complex which is known as Choudhury Bari as well. They were very helpful towards the people of their area. One of the decedent from the family named Suresh Chandra Ray Choudhury was the founder secretary of the famous club East Bengal from this Sub-continent.
Most of the buildings from the complex are in ruin, and few are in good condition. Using those good ones the government has established Nagorpur Mohila Degree College. If you enter inside the dilapidated section of the complex, you can find a hideout for the bats. There are probably thousands of bats rest and start flying away after people's presence, which creates a sharp wind flow from the flapping of the wings of the bats.
There are several ways to come at Nagorpur from Dhaka. You can take direct bus from Mohakhali that comes to Nagorpur. Another option, come to Pakutia first through the Saturia. You can get a bus of Saturia from Gabtoli Bas Terminal. The bus fare is 60 Taka per person. It will take around 90-120 minutes to reach at Saturia. From there using CNG driven vehicle you can come to Pakutia . From Pakutia you can take CNG driven vehicles to come at Nagorpur.
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