Many merchants pleaded Robert Lindsay, the Collector of Sylhet, to build a small brick fort to protect them from further attacks from the Khasi.

Willes also told the government that he really had little control over northern Sylhet as the Khasi chiefs refused every order, would behead the messenger and then continue raiding Sylheti villages as they had done even during the Mughal Empire period.

The reason for the creation of a thana was because there were no main roads leading to the town and the only access was through rivers during the rainy season.

During the Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971, Companiganj was part of the Bholaganj sub-sector in Sector 5 under the charge of Lieutenant Taheruddin Akhunji.

[4] Companiganj Upazila (Sylhet district) area 278.55 square kilometres (107.55 sq mi), located in between 24°58' and 25°11' north latitudes and in between 91°41' and 91°53' east longitudes.

Companiganj had a literacy rate (age 7 and over) of 28.77%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 941 females per 1000 males.