Patli Union

Patli Union shares borders with the Kolkolia Union in the west, Mirpur Union in the east, Bhatgaon, Chhatak in the north, and Jagannathpur Pourashava in the south. It has an area of 32.52 square kilometres.[2]

The union is named after the village of Patli in the Union. There was a time when its Rusulganj Bazar was nicknamed the soul centre (pran-kendro) of Sunamganj.[2] Ayub Ali Master, a member of the Patli Union Parishad, renamed his village of Achol to Hason-Fatehpur in the late 20th century.[3]

The union parishad has 9 wards, 29 mouzas and 50 villages.[4]

1. Ward 1: Rameshwarpur, Lama Rasulganj Bazar, Bongaon, Noorbala, Lautola, Radhuni Kona, Rasulpur
2. Ward 2: Hamidpur, Prabhakarpur
3. Ward 3: Shashon, Islampur, Nondirgaon, Alipur, Shachayani
4. Ward 4: Chanpur, Chokasimpur, Assampur, Parameshwarpur, Shonapur, Kabirpur
5. Ward 5: East Faridpur, Minazpur, Sulemanpur, Ekabor, Shathaal
6. Ward 6: Jongolgaon, Makrampur, Mogurjana, Patli, Hason-Fatehpur
7. Ward 7: Chanpur Chok, Darikhunjanpur, Digharkul, Saizpur, Rasulganj Bazar
8. Ward 8: Goalkuri, Kaminipur, Samat
9. Ward 9: Lohargaon, Khetropasha, Srikorpur Bade, Muhammadpur Shera, Kuriyain, Dhonjoypur

Patli Union Parishad has

• 18 Govt. Primary school
• 3 Middle schools
• 1 Women College
• 2 dakhil madrasas
• 2 alim madrasas
• 1 Qaumi Madrasa[5]

HEALTH CENTRE

RDF MATERNITY CARE

The native population converse in their native Sylheti dialect but can also converse in Standard Bengali. Languages such as Arabic and English are also taught in schools. The union has 44 masjids.

• Abdur Raees of Bangaon (1931-1988), former Member of Parliament in Pakistan and Bangladesh
• Anwar Choudhury of Prabhakarpur (born 1959), former Governor of the Cayman Islands and High Commissioner of the UK to Bangladesh
• Ayub Ali Master of Achol/Hason-Fatehpur (1880-1980), social reformer in Britain
• Luthfur Rahman of Shathal (born 1976), deputy leader of Manchester, England
• Shah Abdul Majid Qureshi of Patli (1915-2003), social reformer in Britain