Sunamganj is the land of haor-baor, boro dhan, aaul-baul. There are various types of say about the name “Sunamganj”. Some says there was a Muslim soldier came here at 13th century named “Sunamdi”. By the rotation of time by his name, the name of this area was established “Sunamganj”. Some say there was a fisherman named Shunamdi who lived in the river Surma and later a business community was built up by him. So, for his honor, the name of the area is “Sunamganj”.

In academic statics (2005): Sunamganj has Primary school-1456 , Highschool-168 , College-22 & Madrasha-67.

Sunamganj enriched in rivers as Surma, Kalni etc.

Sunamganj is enriched in Historical & sightseeing Spots such as Dulara Pawa Matir Mosque, Tekerghat Mine Project, The House Of Hason Raja etc.

Sunamganj is also famous for some great personage as Karimunnessa Khatun Choudhury, Professor Dilara Hafiz, Ray Bahadur, Amarnath Roy, Akshoy Kumar Das, Abdus Samad Azad, Humayon Rashid Choudhury, Suronjit Sen Gupta, Dewan Mohammad Azraf, Sahed Ali, and many others

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