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{{About|the Headquarter|its district|South Salmara-Mankachar District}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Hatsingimari
| native_name = হাটশিঙিমাৰী
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| settlement_type = Village in Assam
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| coordinates = {{coord|25.71647|N|89.89858|E|display=inline,title}}
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| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Assam]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[South Salmara-Mankachar District|South Salmara Mankachar]]
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| government_type = Democratic
| governing_body = Indian Government
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| elevation_m = 28
| population_total = 5,55,114
| population_as_of = 2011
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| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Assamese language|Assamese]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 783135
| registration_plate =AS-34
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| leader_title2 = [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]]
| leader_name2 = [[Aminul Islam (Politician)| Adv Aminul Islam]], [[All India United Democratic Front|AIUDF]]| leader_party =
| leader_title = Deputy Commissioner
| leader_name = Shri Hivare Nisarg Gautam, IAS
| leader_title1 = Superintendent of Police
| leader_name1 = Sri Subodh Kumar Sonowal, APS
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'''Hatsingimari''' is the headquarter of [[South Salmara-Mankachar District]] (Assam), [[India]]. Previously, it was the headquarter of South Salmara Mankachar Subdivision. On 26 January 2016, Assam's Chief Minister SriTarun Gogoi announced South Salmara-Mankachar as an administrative [[district]] along with other 4 districts.<ref name="5 new districts">{{cite news | url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-cm-tarun-gogoi-announces-5-new-districts-in-assam-on-independence-day-2114724 | title=CM Tarun Gogoi announces 5 new districts in Assam on Independence Day | work=[[Daily News and Analysis]] | date=15 August 2015 | agency=[[Press Trust of India|PTI]] | accessdate=15 August 2015 | location=[[Guwahati]]}}</ref> On 9 February 2016, the district was inaugurated. It has a population of 3445 people (as per the 2011 census). It also has a Higher literacy rate of 77.73% as compared to the 73.72% of Assam.

==Etymology==
The name Hatsingimari is derived from two different words ''Hat'' and ''Singimari''. The word ''Hat'' means weekly market, and every Sunday a hat is held in the place, and that's why it got the word Hat in its name. The word ''Singimari'' means, "fishing of Cat fish(''[[Heteropneustes fossilis]]'')".

==Geography==
Hatsingimari is located at the westernmost part of the south bank of [[Assam]]. To its South it is [[Mankachar]] town, to its West it is river Jinjiram a tributary of the [[Brahmaputra]]. Moreover, it shares its border with Meghalaya in the East. It is just 3 km away from [[Indo-Bangladesh border]].

==Politics==
Hatsingimari is the part of [[Dhubri (Lok Sabha constituency)]] whose present [[Member of Parliament (India)|MP]] is AIUDF chief [[Badruddin Ajmal]] (as per 2019 elections). And, Hatsingimari is included 21, Mankachar constituency of the [[Assam Legislative Assembly]], whose present [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]] is Adv.[[Aminul Islam (Politician)|Aminul Islam]] ( AIUDF ) 2021( Assembly election) Dr.[[Motiur Rohman Mondal]] (as per 2016 elections). In grassroot levels, Hatsingimari is under Fulerchar [[Gram Panchayat]] and Sukchar [[District Councils of India|Zila Parishad]].

==Education==
*[[Hatsingimari Junior College, Hatsingimari]]
*[[Hatsingimari College,Hatsingimari]]
* S. Ali HS SCHOOL, Sukchar
* Janata HS SCHOOL , Kharuabandha
* Nabadip High School , Sellakandi

==Market==
The weekly market, or "Hat" is held every Sunday from 7am to 6pm. It is held over an area of 2 km<sup>2</sup> and is recognised as one of the largest market in [[Assam]]. Each type of products has been assigned a specific place in the ''Hat'', and these places are known as ''Hatii''. For example, in ''Vegetable Hatii'', only [[vegetables]] are sold. There are about 30-40 ''Hatii'' in the ''Hat'' and each ''Hatii'' contains more than 10-15 shops and all are always adjacent to each other. [[Livestock]], Vegetables, [[Cashew]], Iron and Steel Weapons, [[Timber]] , Fruits, Poultry, [[Jute]], Rice Grain, Clothes, Toys, Pulses and Lentils, Various Spices, Fishes, Beef, [[Milk]] and Milk products, Furnitures, Clay products, Dry Fishes, [[Iron]] Items, Mechanical Items and various other products are sold and each category has a different ''Hatii''.

===Shopping Mall===
There's a newly opened shopping mall in Hatsingimari, called '''M Baazar''' opened on 28th Dec 2019.<ref>https://www.mbaazar.in/store-locater/90</ref>

==Notable People==
* [[Aminul Islam (Indian politician)|Adv.Aminul Islam]],[[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)| MLA]] - [[Mankachar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)| 21 Mankachar Constituency]],[[All India United Democratic Front| General Secretary & Chief Spokesperson (AIUDF)]], [[Politician]], [[Social Worker]]
* Dr. [[Motiur Rohman Mondal]], [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)| Ex MLA]], [[Politician]], [[Physician]]
* [[Zabed Islam]], [[Politician]],[[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)| Ex MLA]]

==References==
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*{{cite web|url=http://www.cic.nic.in/cicwebpages/Assam/fekamari/asm-fekamari/SDO.htm|title=Fekamari Development Block|publisher=cic.nic.in|access-date=24 March 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120213163721/http://www.cic.nic.in/cicwebpages/Assam/fekamari/asm-fekamari/SDO.htm|archive-date=13 February 2012|url-status=dead}}
*{{cite web|url=http://www.census2011.co.in/data/village/281669-hatsingimari-assam.html|title=Hatsingimari Facts and Census Reports|publisher=Govt. Of India}}
*{{cite web|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-cm-tarun-gogoi-announces-5-new-districts-in-assam-on-independence-day-2114724|title=New District South Salmara Mankachar Announced|publisher=DNA India}}
*{{cite web|url=http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/detailsnew.asp?id=jan0315/state051|title= Police District|publisher=Assam Tribune}}

[[Category:Dhubri]]
[[Category:Cities and towns in South Salmara-Mankachar district]]
[[Category:Villages in South Salmara-Mankachar district]]

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