The area shown in the adjacent map covers two physiographic regions – the Barind in the east and the tal in the west.

The eastern part is comparatively high (up to 40 metres above mean sea level at places) and uneven.

The area lying to the west of the Mahananda River, the tal, is a flat low land and "is strewn with innumerable marshes, bils and oxbow lakes."

The total number of literate persons in Hatimari was 630 (72.22% of the population over 6 years).

[5] Hatimary High School is a Bengali-medium coeducational institution established in 1966.