For decades after partition, residents of the Bangladeshi enclave of Dahagram-Angarpota were cut off from the mainland by Indian territory until the Tin Bigha corridor was leased in 1992 and opened for round-the-clock passage in 2011. Visitors can travel along this unusual road strip, flanked by international border fences and watchtowers, directly into Dahagram union. Inside the enclave, rural village life, schools and markets thrive in a calm agricultural landscape along the Teesta bank. Carry personal photo identification when visiting.
- Best time
- November to February
- Give it
- Half a day
- Cost
- Free; bus from Lalmonirhat town to Patgram about ৳120–150; CNG from Patgram to the corridor round trip roughly ৳400–600
How to get to Tin Bigha Corridor and Dahagram
About 85 km north-west of Lalmonirhat town in Patgram upazila. Take a bus or train to Patgram, then hire a CNG auto-rickshaw for the remaining 10 km to the corridor.
Lalmonirhat town is about 342 km from Dhaka, around 8 hours by road. Every way to get there is in the Lalmonirhat guide.
Bring a national ID card or passport as border guard posts monitor traffic along the corridor road.
More to see in Lalmonirhat
Teesta Barrage তিস্তা ব্যারেজ
Bangladesh's largest irrigation barrage, stretching over six hundred metres across the Teesta with forty-four sluice gates.
- Best time
- October to March
- Give it
- 2–3 hours
- Cost
- Free to visit; local bus from Lalmonirhat to Hatibandha about ৳80–100, then easy-bike to the barrage ৳30–50
Photo: Nahid Sultan This work was made by Nahid Sultan and released under the, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Tushbhandar Zamindar Bari তুষভাণ্ডার জমিদার বাড়ি
A four-century-old zamindar mansion in Kaliganj with crumbling brick portals, courtyards and large ancient bathing ponds.
- Best time
- November to February
- Give it
- 1–2 hours
- Cost
- Free; bus from Lalmonirhat town about ৳40–60 each way; rickshaw to the ruins ৳20
Photo: Nahid Sultan This work was made by Nahid Sultan and released under the, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Harano Masjid হারানো মসজিদ
Archaeological brick foundations of an ancient mosque in Panchagram, discovered in 1986 under jungle overgrowth.
- Best time
- November to February
- Give it
- 1 hour
- Cost
- Free; easy-bike or auto-rickshaw from Lalmonirhat town roughly ৳150–250 round trip