[1] Sitalpati are made from cane or from murta plants, known in different places as mostak, patipata, patibet and paitara.

The murta plant grows around water bodies in Sylhet, Sunamganj, Barisal, Tangail, Comilla, Noakhali, Feni and Chittagong.

In India, Sitalpati is made in the northern Cooch Behar district of the state of West Bengal.

Among the areas of Cooch Behar where Sitalpatis are woven, Sagareswar, Ghugumari and Pashnadanga are important centres.

[2] UNESCO has recognised the Traditional Art of Shital Pati weaving of Sylhet and included it in the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.