Hili, Dakshin Dinajpur


Hili is a village in Hili CD Block in Balurghat subdivision of Dakshin Dinajpur district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is a border checkpoint on the India-Bangladesh border.

History

During the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 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.
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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 as an integrated checkpost 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 in Hakimpur Upazila 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 United Nations treaty designed to promote the cooperation of the development of dry ports 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, Hili had a total population of 2,185, of which 1,181 were males and 1,084 were females. Population below 6 years was 173. The total number of literates in Hili was 1,839.

Transport

At the time of partition in 1947, Hili railway station (now on Chilahati-Parbatipur-Santahar-Darshana line

Education

was established at Hili in 2015. It is affiliated with the University of Gour Banga 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.

Healthcare

Hili Rural Hospital at Hili is the main medical facility in Hili CD Block. There are primary health centres at Tear and Trimohini.