Hili is a village in Hili CD Block in Balurghat subdivision of

Dakshin Dinajpur district Dakshin Dinajpur () or South Dinajpur is a district in the Indian state of West Bengal, India. It was created on 1 April 1992 by the division of the erstwhile West Dinajpur District. The Headquarter (sadar) of the district is at Balurghat. It ...

in the

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. It is a

border checkpoint A border checkpoint is a location on an international border where travelers or goods are inspected and allowed (or denied) passage through. Authorization often is required to enter a country through its borders. Access-controlled borders ofte ...

on the India-Bangladesh border.

History

During the

Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 The Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 was a military confrontation between India and Pakistan that occurred during the Bangladesh Liberation War in East Pakistan from 3 December 1971 until the Pakistani capitulation in Dhaka on 16 Decem ...

nearly 400 soldiers of both India and Pakistan were killed in the war that continued from 24 November to 11 December 1971 on the Hili border.

Geography

Location

Hili is located at . In the map alongside, all places marked on the map are linked in the full screen version.

Police station

Hili police station under West Bengal police has jurisdiction over Hili CD Block.

CD block HQ

The headquarters of Hili CD block is at Hili.

Border checkpoint and land port

Hili is a land port and border checkpoint, on the Bangladesh-India border, being developed (in 2018) as an integrated checkpost (ICP) for the smooth movement of goods and people. As a part of Hili is located in Bangladesh, the other side of the border is known as

Hili Land Port Hili land port is situated at Hakimpur Upazila in Dinajpur district, on the Bangladesh-India border. Land Port Hili Land Port covers an area of 10,000 acres and has a storage capacity of 10,000 MT. In 1985–86, the Hili customs station was estab ...

Hakimpur Upazila Hakimpur is an upazila of Dinajpur District in the Division of Rangpur, Bangladesh. Geography Hakimpur Upazila is located at . It has 13,769 households and total area 99.92 km2. Hakimpur Upazila is bounded by Nawabganj and Birampur Upaz ...

in Dinajpur district of Bangladesh. Sizeable trade activity is carried on with trucks traveling across the border. There is a customs office for export/import at Hili. Intergovernmental Agreement on Dry Ports is a 2013

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designed to promote the cooperation of the development of

dry port A dry port (sometimes referred to as an inland port) is an inland intermodal terminal directly connected by road or rail to a seaport, operating as a centre for the transshipment of sea cargo to inland destinations. In addition to their role in ...

s in the Asia-Pacific region. Hili is on the India-Bangladesh border, popularly identified as a porous border. 2,216 km of the 4,096 km long India-Bangladesh border falls in West Bengal. More than 11,000 people live near/ around the zero line in Dakshin Dinajpur. Approximately 252 km of the international border is in Dakshin Dinajpur district.

Demographics

As per the

2011 Census of India The 2011 Census of India or the 15th Indian Census was conducted in two phases, house listing and population enumeration. The House listing phase began on 1 April 2010 and involved the collection of information about all buildings. Information ...

, Hili had a total population of 2,185, of which 1,181 (50%) were males and 1,084 (50%) were females. Population below 6 years was 173. The total number of literates in Hili was 1,839 (91.40% of the population over 6 years).

Transport

At the time of partition in 1947, Hili railway station (now on Chilahati-Parbatipur-Santahar-Darshana line) got located in Pakistan and is now in

of Bangladesh. Extension of the Eklakhi-Balurghat Branch Line to Hili was announced in the Rail Budget for 2010–11. Initial work for the 29.6 km Balurghat-Hili railway line has been taken up by Northeast Frontier Railway. In the initial stages major expenditure is anticipated for land acquisition. The estimates are around Rs. 300 crores. 166.281 ha of land is required to be acquired. District Magistrate, Dakshin Dinajpur is also involved in the process. The project is still undone due to some political issues. State Highway 10, originating from Malda Town terminates at Hili. Hili is well connected with its neighbouring & main cities of West Bengal by means of buses. There are plenty of private buses from Hili to Balurghat departing at the interval of 15 minutes. There is also government bus service

NBSTC North Bengal State Transport Corporation (NBSTC) is a state government run transport corporation in West Bengal, India. It plies buses mainly in North Bengal but operates services to other parts of West Bengal and neighboring states like ...

from Hili to Malda, Berhampore, Siliguri, Raiganj. Every evening a huge number of buses like Shyamoli paribahan, Royal Cruiser etc. departs for Kolkata & few buses also leaves for Siliguri and Coochbehar.

Education

S.B.S. Government College, Hili was established at Hili in 2015. It is affiliated with the

University of Gour Banga University of Gour Banga is a public state university located in Malda, West Bengal, India. It is one of the newest state universities established in 2008 by the Government of West Bengal on Act XXVI 2007. History The university completed ...

and offers honours courses in Bengali, Sanskrit, English, History, Philosophy and Zoology, and general courses in arts and science. Hili Rama Nath High School, established in 1914, is a government-sponsored high school. Hili Girls’ High School, a higher secondary school, was established in 1923. Fatepur Balupara High School, a co-educational higher secondary school, established in 1985. There are 13 free primary schools across the village run by state government. Hilli Government Polytechnic

Healthcare

Hili Rural Hospital at Hili (with 25 beds) is the main medical facility in Hili CD Block. There are primary health centres at Tear (Binsira PHC) (with 10 beds) and Trimohini (with 10 beds).

External links

References

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