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 College
• 2 dakhil madrasas
• 2 alim madrasas
• 1 Qaumi Madrasa[5]

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.