Protestant work in this area has included a hospital and schools formed by the Church Mission Society in the 19th century.
The deanery holds an annual spiritual revival called Dhannya Budhbar Savha.
[3] The Rajshahi deanery has 3,000 members in 31 parishes, most of them part of the Santal people, which grew out of English Presbyterian missions.
The deanery hosts an annual spiritual revival called Helmel Sova.
[4] The moderator of the COB chairs the board of the Christian Mission Hospital Rajshahi, built by Presbyterian missionaries in 1926.