Its etymology is rumored to be that at one time there was a large reed forest in the vicinity of the area.

During the Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971, 28 Bengalis were murdered in the village of Dhubajura and 3 in Telikhai on 1 November.

Mithamain had a literacy rate (age 7 and over) of 30.92%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 974 females per 1000 males.

[9] The Bangladesh Army planned to form a riverine engineer battalion there.

[10] Bir Muktijoddha Abdul Hamid Cantonment, built on 275 acres of land along the Ghorauta River, was inaugurated in February 2023.