They established a post office for the first time in the district during British Raj near Rotongonj, named after yet another member of the zamindar's family.

They introduced a football competition, with a shield given to the champions, a cup for the runners-up, and medals for all players from the early twentieth century.

One of the zamindars moved away from Narail, settled in Hatbaria, and established another large manor (Jomidarbaari).

When the Hindu landlords left for Kolkata after the partition of India, the mansion was looted and vandalised, and gradually collapsed.

Some local people initially continued the famous Durga Puja in the mansion, but this was discontinued after a few years.

His book Neelkuthi was based on the forceful cultivation of indigo in Narail by the East India Company.

His fame rests on his striking depictions of exaggeratedly muscular farmers engaged in the activities of their everyday lives.

Within the district, Zilla road Z7503 runs east to Lohagara and on to the Kalna ferry ghat on the Madhumati River.

Z7502 runs south, across the Nabaganga River at Baroipara Ghat by ferry, and on to Kalia.

Narail District had a literacy rate (age 7 and over) of 74.66%, compared to the national average of 74.80%, and a sex ratio of 1056 females per 1000 males.

The population of Hindus has been declining rapidly in the district since Partition, when the two communities were in equal numbers.