Naogaon District has a literacy rate (age 7 and over) of 72.24%, compared to the national average of 74.80%, and a sex ratio of 97.58 males per 100 females.

It is in the central part of the historical Varendra region of Bengal, with an area of about 3,435.67 square kilometres (1,326.52 sq mi), about 80% of which is under cultivation.

[4] Crops grown in the district include paddy, mango, jute, wheat, maize, sugar cane, potatoes, pulses, oil seeds, brinjal, onions, and garlic.

[9] Paharpur is a small village 5  km west of Jamalganj in the Naogaon district where the remains of the Somapura Mahavihara monastery have been excavated.

The architecture of the pyramidal cruciform temple is influenced by those of South-East Asia, especially Myanmar and Java.

A site museum built recently houses the representative collection of objects recovered from the area.

The antiquities of the museum include terracotta plaques, images of different gods and goddesses, pottery, coin inscriptions, ornamental bricks, and other minor clay objects.

late 11th century-mid-12th century) was a Buddhist monastery and seat of learning in Varendra, a geographical unit in present north Bengal in Bangladesh.

It was founded by the later kings of the Pāla dynasty, probably Ramapala (c. 1077–1120),[11] likely at a site near the present village of Jagddal in Dhamoirhat Upazila in northwest Bangladesh on the border with India.

During his stay at Patisar, Tagore composed various poems, stories, novels, essays, and the verse-play Biday Abhishap.

He introduced tractors in Patisar and formed cooperative societies for the development of agriculture, handloom, and pottery.

When the poet was awarded the Nobel Prize, the tenants of Patisar gave him an address of honor (1913).

On the occasions of Tagore's birth and death anniversaries, the Government arranges and gives all facilities to make discussion meetings and cultural functions that are held at Patisar.

The rajbari is a three-story building standing on wide and long masonry slender spiral columns.

About 53 rajas have held the title, beginning with Jogotram, and ending with Haranath Ray Bahadur II in the 1940s.