Patli Union
Patli Union Parishad is a union parishad under Jagannathpur Upazila of Sunamganj District in the division of Sylhet, Bangladesh. It has an area of 32.52 square kilometres and a population of 21,383.
Geography
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.History
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 of Sunamganj. Ayub Ali Master, a member of the Patli Union Parishad, renamed his village of Achol to Hason-Fatehpur in the late 20th century.Administration
The union parishad has 9 wards, 29 mouzas and 50 villages.- Ward 1: Rameshwarpur, Lama Rasulganj Bazar, Bongaon, Noorbala, Lautola, Radhuni Kona, Rasulpur
- Ward 2: Hamidpur, Prabhakarpur
- Ward 3: Shashon, Islampur, Nondirgaon, Alipur, Shachayani
- Ward 4: Chanpur, Chokasimpur, Assampur, Parameshwarpur, Shonapur, Kabirpur
- Ward 5: East Faridpur, Minazpur, Sulemanpur, Ekabor, Shathaal
- Ward 6: Jongolgaon, Makrampur, Mogurjana, Patli, Hason-Fatehpur
- Ward 7: Chanpur Chok, Darikhunjanpur, Digharkul, Saizpur, Rasulganj Bazar
- Ward 8: Goalkuri, Kaminipur, Samat
- Ward 9: Lohargaon, Khetropasha, Srikorpur Bade, Muhammadpur Shera, Kuriyain, Dhonjoypur
Education
- 18 Govt. Primary school
- 3 Middle schools
- 1 Women College
- 2 dakhil madrasas
- 2 alim madrasas
- 1 Qawmi madrasa
RDF MATERNITY CARE
Language and culture
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.Notable people
- Abdur Raees of Bangaon, former Member of Parliament in Pakistan and Bangladesh
- Anwar Choudhury of Prabhakarpur, former Governor of the Cayman Islands and High Commissioner of the UK to Bangladesh
- Ayub Ali Master of Achol/Hason-Fatehpur, social reformer in Britain
- Luthfur Rahman of Shathal, deputy leader of Manchester, England
- Shah Abdul Majid Qureshi of Patli, social reformer in Britain