Hatsingimari

Hatsingimari is the headquarter of South Salmara-Mankachar District(Assam), India. Previously, it was the headquarter of South Salmara Mankachar Subdivision. On 15 August 2015, Assam's Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi announced South Salmara-Mankachar as an administrative district along with other 4 districts. 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.EtymologyThe 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)".GeographyHatsingimari 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 5 km away from Indo-Bangladesh border.PoliticsHatsingimari is the part of Dhubri (Lok Sabha constituency) whose present MP is AIUDF chief Badruddin Ajmal (as per 2014 elections). And, Hatsingimari falls under 21, Mankachar constituency of the Assam Legislative Assembly, whose present MLA is Congress candidate Dr.Motiur Rahman Mondal (as per 2016 elections). In grassroot levels, Hatsingimari is under Fulerchar Gram Panchayat and Sukchar Zila Parishad.