Constructed with technical support from the Pakistan Industrial Development Corporation and opened for crushing in 1963, this remains the largest sugar mill in the country. The 100-acre site includes the main crushing plant, staff quarters, and sugarcane reception yards that fill with heavily laden bullock carts and tractors during the crushing season between November and February. The towering brick chimney and steel-frame workshops dominate the town's northern skyline. Visitors can walk around the factory perimeter or arrange a look inside during the working season through the mill office.
- Best time
- November to February during the sugarcane crushing season
- Give it
- 1–2 hours
- Cost
- Free to view; rickshaw from the railway station about ৳30–40
How to get to Joypurhat Sugar Mills
Located in the northern part of Joypurhat town, about 2 km from the railway station. A cycle rickshaw or battery auto reaches the mill gate in 10 minutes.
Joypurhat town is about 250 km from Dhaka, around 6.5 hours by road. Every way to get there is in the Joypurhat guide.
Going inside the factory processing floors requires permission from the administration office at the main gate.
More to see in Joypurhat
Hinda-Kasba Shahi Mosque হিন্দা-কসবা শাহী জামে মসজিদ
A distinctive five-domed mosque built in 1958 with a tall minaret, delicate glass mosaics, and carved marble patterns.
- Best time
- November to February
- Give it
- 1 hour
- Cost
- Free entry; shared CNG from Joypurhat town about ৳50 each way
Nandail Dighi নান্দাইল দিঘী
A vast 59-acre reservoir stretching nearly a kilometre, excavated in 1610 and now a winter refuge for migratory waterfowl.
- Best time
- December to February for migratory bird sightings
- Give it
- 1–2 hours
- Cost
- Free; CNG from Joypurhat town about ৳60–80 each way, van about ৳20
Photo: Rangan Datta Wiki, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Lokma Rajbari (Lokma Zamindar Bari) লকমা রাজবাড়ি
The decaying brick arches and overgrown courtyards of an 18th-century zamindar estate standing right beside the Indian border.
- Best time
- November to February
- Give it
- 1–2 hours
- Cost
- Free entry; auto to Panchbibi about ৳40, van to Koria village roughly ৳100 return