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	==Rural poverty==		==Rural poverty==
	As per the [[Human Development Report]] 2004 for West Bengal, the rural poverty ratio in erstwhile West Dinajpur district was 27.61%. Malda district on the south of West Dinajpur district had a rural poverty ratio of 35.4% and Jalpaiguri district on the north had a rural poverty ratio of 35.73%. These estimates were based on Central Sample data of NSS 55th round 1999–2000.<ref>{{cite web\| url = http://www.planningcommission.gov.in/plans/stateplan/sdr_pdf/shdr_wb04.pdf\|title = West Bengal Human Development Report 2004 \| work= Page 80: Table 4.5 Per capita consumption in rural and urban areas by district \|publisher= Development and Planning Department, Government of West Bengal \| access-date = 20 November 2018 }}</ref>		As per the [[Human Development Report]] 2004 for West Bengal, the [[rural poverty]] ratio in erstwhile West Dinajpur district was 27.61%. Malda district on the south of West Dinajpur district had a rural poverty ratio of 35.4% and Jalpaiguri district on the north had a rural poverty ratio of 35.73%. These estimates were based on Central Sample data of NSS 55th round 1999–2000.<ref>{{cite web\| url = http://www.planningcommission.gov.in/plans/stateplan/sdr_pdf/shdr_wb04.pdf\|title = West Bengal Human Development Report 2004 \| work= Page 80: Table 4.5 Per capita consumption in rural and urban areas by district \|publisher= Development and Planning Department, Government of West Bengal \| access-date = 20 November 2018 }}</ref>

	As per [[Below Poverty Line\|BPL]] Survey by the Government of West Bengal, the proportion of BPL families in Dakshin Dinajpur district was 43.54% as on 30 October 2002.<ref>{{cite web \| url = http://www.wbprd.gov.in/HtmlPage/bpl2002.aspx \| title = Report of BPL survey as on 30.10.02 \| publisher = Department of Panchayats and Rural Development \| access-date = 4 December 2018 \| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181207070715/http://www.wbprd.gov.in/HtmlPage/bpl2002.aspx \| archive-date = 7 December 2018 \| url-status = dead }}</ref>		As per [[Below Poverty Line\|BPL]] Survey by the Government of West Bengal, the proportion of BPL families in Dakshin Dinajpur district was 43.54% as on 30 October 2002.<ref>{{cite web \| url = http://www.wbprd.gov.in/HtmlPage/bpl2002.aspx \| title = Report of BPL survey as on 30.10.02 \| publisher = Department of Panchayats and Rural Development \| access-date = 4 December 2018 \| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181207070715/http://www.wbprd.gov.in/HtmlPage/bpl2002.aspx \| archive-date = 7 December 2018 \| url-status = dead }}</ref>

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'''Hili''' is a [[Community development block in India|community development block]] that forms an administrative division in [[Balurghat subdivision]] of [[Dakshin Dinajpur district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[West Bengal]].

==History==
Dinajpur district was constituted in 1786. In 1947, the [[Radcliffe Line]] placed the Sadar and Thakurgaon subdivisions of Dinajpur district in East Pakistan. The Balurghat subdivision of Dinajpur district was reconstituted as West Dinajpur district in West Bengal. The new Raiganj subdivision was formed in 1948. In order to restore territorial links between northern and southern parts of West Bengal which had been snapped during the partition of Bengal, and on the recommendations of the [[States Reorganisation Commission]] a portion of the erstwhile Kishanganj subdivision comprising Goalpokhar, Islampur and Chopra thanas (police stations) and parts of Thakurganj thana, along with the adjacent parts of the erstwhile Gopalpur thana in Katihar subdivision were transferred from Purnea district in Bihar to West Bengal in 1956, and were formally incorporated into Raiganj subdivision in West Dinajpur. The township of [[Kishanganj]] and its entire municipal boundary remained within Bihar. With the introduction of the Community Development Programme in 1960–61, community development blocks were set up in West Dinajpur district. In 1992, West Dinajpur district was bifurcated and Dakshin Dinajpur district was established.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Human%20Development%20Report |title = District Human Development Report | work= Uttar Dinajpur. Pages 2–5: Administrative History of Uttar Dinajpur |publisher= Department of Planning, Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal | access-date = 29 November 2018 }}</ref>

==Geography==
Hili is located at {{coord|25.286|N|88.994|E|}}.

Dakshin Dinajpur district is physiographically a part of the [[Barind Tract]]. The area is generally flat and slightly undulating. The elevation of the district is about 15 metres above mean sea level. However, the soil varies. CD Blocks such as Balurghat, Hili and Kumarganj have [[Alluvium|alluvial]] soil, Tapan CD Block has [[laterite]] soil. There are three main rivers. The [[Atrai River|Atreyee]] comes from Bangladesh, flows through Kumarganj and Balurghat CD Blocks and goes back to Bangladesh. The [[Punarbhaba River|Punarbhaba]] flows through Gangarampur and Tapan CD Blocks. The [[Tangon River|Tangon]] flows through Kushmandi and Bansihari CD Blocks. There is a small river named Jamuna in the Hili CD Block. All rivers, flowing from north to south, overflow during the monsoons and cause floods.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/19/1905_PART_A_DCHB_DAKSHIN%20DINAJPUR.pdf |title = District Census Handbook Dakshin Dinajpur, Series 20, Part XII A | work= Census of India 2011, Page 13: Physiography |publisher= Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal | access-date = 24 November 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.dcmsme.gov.in/dips/DAKSHIN_DINAJPUR.pdf |title = Brief Industrial Profile of Dakshin Dinajpur district | work= Pages 3–4: Topography |publisher= MSME Development Institute Kolkata | access-date = 24 November 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.ddinajpur.nic.in/River/river.html |title = Dakshin Dinajpur dsitrict | work= Rivers |publisher= District Administration | access-date = 24 November 2018}}</ref>

Hili CD Block is bounded by [[Birampur Upazila]] in Dinajpur District in Bangladesh, on the north, [[Hakimpur Upazila, Dinajpur District|Hakimpur Upazila]] in Dinajpur District, and [[Panchbibi Upazila]] in Joypurhat District, both in Bangladesh, on the east, and [[Balurghat (community development block)|Balurghat]] CD Block, on the south and the west.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/19/1905_PART_A_DCHB_DAKSHIN%20DINAJPUR.pdf |title = District Census Handbook 2011 Dakshin Dinajpur | work= Map of Dakshin Dinajpur |publisher= Directorate of Census Operations | access-date = 24 November 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Birampur_Upazila |title = Birampur Upazila|publisher= Banglapedia | access-date = 24 November 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Hakimpur_Upazila|title = Hakimpur Upazila |publisher= Banglapedia | access-date = 24 November 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Panchbibi_Upazila|title = Panchbibi Upazila |publisher= Banglapedia | access-date = 24 November 2018}}</ref>

Six out of the eight CD Blocks in the district are on the [[Bangladesh–India border|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.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.telegraphindia.com/7-days/living-on-the-edge/cid/1313943 |title = Living on the Edge |publisher= The Telegraph, 14 June 2015 | access-date = 29 November 2018 }}</ref> Approximately 252 km of the international border is in Dakshin Dinajpur district.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://ddinajpur.nic.in/rsvy/background/background.htm |title = Chapter:Background |publisher= District authorities| access-date = 29 November 2018 }}</ref>

Hili CD Block has an area of 90.78 km2.It has 1 [[Panchayat Samiti (Block)|panchayat samity]], 5 [[gram panchayat]]s, 55 gram sansads (village councils), 82 [[mouza]]s and 79 inhabited villages. [[Hili, Dakshin Dinajpur#Police station|Hili]] police station serves this block.<ref name=statisticalhandbook1>{{cite web |url = http://wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Statistical%20Handbook |title = District Statistical Handbook 2014 Dakshin Dinajpur|work= Tables 2.1, 2.2 |publisher = Department of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal |access-date = 24 November 2018 }}</ref> Headquarters of this CD Block is at Hili.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/19/1905_PART_A_DCHB_DAKSHIN%20DINAJPUR.pdf |title = District Census Handbook: Dakshin Dinajpur, Series 20 Part XII A | work= Map of Dakshin Dinajpur with CD Block HQs and Police Stations (on the fourth page) |publisher= Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal, 2011 | access-date = 24 November 2018 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://wbpublibnet.gov.in/node/2101 | title = BDO Offices under Dakshin Dinajpur District | work = Department of Mass Education Extension & Library Services, Government of West Bengal | publisher = West Bengal Public Library Network | access-date = 24 November 2018 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181102024551/http://wbpublibnet.gov.in/node/2101 | archive-date = 2 November 2018 | url-status = dead }}</ref>

[[Gram panchayat]]s of Hili block/ panchayat samiti are: Binshira, Dhalpara, Hili, Jamalpur, and Panjul.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://wbprd.gov.in/HtmlPage/PANCHAYATS.aspx |title = Directory of District, Subdivision, Panchayat Samiti/ Block and Gram Panchayats in West Bengal |work = Dakshin Dinajpur district – Revised in March 2008 | publisher= Panchayats and Rural Development Department, Government of West Bengal | access-date = 30 November 2018}}</ref>

==Demographics==


===Population===
As per [[2011 Census of India]], Hili CD Block had a total population of 83,754, all of which were rural. There were 42,981 (51%) males and 40,773 (49%) females. Population below 6 years was 8,262. [[Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes|Scheduled Castes]] numbered 21,532 (25.71%) and [[Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes|Scheduled Tribes]] numbered 15,293 (18.26%).<ref name=census2011>{{cite web| url = http://censusindia.gov.in/pca/cdb_pca_census/Houselisting-housing-WB.html |title = C.D. Block Wise Primary Census Abstract Data(PCA) | work= West Bengal – District-wise CD Blocks|publisher= Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India | access-date = 20 November 2018}}</ref>

As per 2001 census, Hili block has a total population of 77,246, out of which 39,532 were males and 37714 were females. Hili block registered a population growth of 24.98 per cent during the 1991–2001 decade. Decadal growth for the district was 22.11 per cent.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://web.cmc.net.in/wbcensus/DataTables/02/Table4_5.htm |title=Provisional Population Totals, West Bengal , Table 4 |publisher=Census Commissioner of India |work=Census of India 2001, Dakshin Dinajpur district (05) |access-date= 30 November 2018 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719040835/http://web.cmc.net.in/wbcensus/DataTables/02/Table4_5.htm |archive-date=2011-07-19 }}</ref>

Villages in Hili CD Block included (2011 population in brackets): [[Hili, Dakshin Dinajpur|Hilli]] (2,185), Dhalpara (1,438), Binsira (2,090), Jamalpur (3,618) and Panjul (1,014).<ref name=census2011/>

Decadal growth of population in Hili CD Block for the period 2001–2011 was 8.42%.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/19/1905_PART_A_DCHB_DAKSHIN%20DINAJPUR.pdf |title = District Census Handbook: Dakshin Dinajpur, Series 20 Part XII A | work= page 46: Brief Analysis of Inset Tables based on Primary Census Abstract, 2011 (Inset Tables 1–35) Table 1 : Decadal change in population of Tahsils (Sub-Districts) by Residence, 2001–2011 |publisher= Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal | access-date = 27 November 2018 }}</ref> Decadal growth of population in Dakhin Dinajpur district during the same period was 11.52% down from 22.15% in the previous decade.<ref name=statisticalhandbook1/> Decadal growth of population in West Bengal for the corresponding periods was 13.93% and 17.77% respectively.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://censusindia.gov.in/2011-prov-results/prov_data_products_wb.html | title = Provisional population totals Paper I: West Bengal | publisher = Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India |access-date = 27 November 2018}}</ref>

The large scale migration of the [[East Bengali refugees]] (including tribals) started with the [[Partition of Bengal (1947)|partition of Bengal]] in 1947. Up to around 1951, two-fifths of the refugees settled in South Bengal, the balance settled in the North Bengal districts of West Dinajpur, Jalpaiguri and Cooch Behar. Erstwhile West Dinajpur alone received around 6.5% of the early entrants. The steady [[Illegal immigration to India|flow of people]] into Dakshin Dinajpur has continued over the years from erstwhile East Pakistan and subsequently from Bangladesh.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Human%20Development%20Report |title = District Human Development Report | work= Uttar Dinajpur. Pages 294–302 Migration and Long-term Population Growth, including box item Partition Migrants in West Bengal |publisher= Department of Planning, Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal | access-date = 27 November 2018 }}</ref>

===Literacy===
As per the 2011 census, the total number of literates in Hili CD Block was 57,402 (76.04% of the population over 6 years) out of which males numbered 31,789 (81.97% of the male population over 6 years) and females numbered 25,613 (69.77% of the female population over 6 years). The [[Literacy#Gender disparities|gender disparity]] (the difference between female and male literacy rates) was 12.21%.<ref name=census2011/>

See also – [[List of West Bengal districts ranked by literacy rate]]

{{Literacy in CD Blocks of Dakshin Dinajpur district|collapsible=y}}

===Language and religion===
In 2001, Bengali was the mother-tongue of 82.2% of the population of Dakshin Dinajpur district, followed by Santali (10.3%), Hindi (1.8%), Kurukh/ Oraon (1.7%), Munda (0.5%), Sadan/Sadri (0.5%), Kurmali Thar (0.4%), Telugu (0.3%), Mundari 0.3%), Bhojpuri (0.1%), Kortha/ Khotta (0.1%) and Koda/ Kora (0.1%). The proportion of Bengali speakers has increased from 72.2% in 1961 to 82.2% to 2001 and that of Santali has increased from 9.3% in 1961 to 10.3% in 2001, but the proportion of Hindi speakers has declined from 5.4% in 1961 to 1.8% in 2001.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/19/1905_PART_A_DCHB_DAKSHIN%20DINAJPUR.pdf |title = District Census Handbook Dakshin Dinajpur, Series 20, Part XII A | work= Census of India 2011, Pages 43: Mother tongue |publisher= Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal | access-date = 27 November 2018}}</ref> Information about mother-tongue is available only at the district level and above.

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As per 2014 District Statistical Handbook: Dakshin Dinajpur (quoting census figures), in the 2001 census, in Hili CD Block, Hindus numbered 68,190 and formed 88.27% of the population. Muslims numbered 7,439 and formed 9.63% of the population. Christians numbered 1,339 and formed 1.73% of the population. Others numbered 282 and formed 0.37% of the population.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Statistical%20Handbook| title = District Statistical Handbook Dakshin Dinajpur 2014| work= Table 2.10 (a)|publisher= Department of Planning and Statistics, Government of West Bengal| access-date = 27 November 2018}}</ref>

According to the 2011 District Census Handbook: Dakshin Dinajpur, during 2011 census, majority of the population of the district were Hindus constituting 73.5% of the population followed by Muslims with 24.6% of the population. The proportion of Hindu population of the district increased from 59.9% in 1961 to 74.0 %in 2001 and then dropped to 73.5% in 2011. The proportion of Muslim population in the district decreased from 39.4% in 1961 to 24.0% in 2001 and then increased to 24.6% in 2011.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/19/1905_PART_A_DCHB_DAKSHIN%20DINAJPUR.pdf |title = District Census Handbook Dakshin Dinajpur, Series 20, Part XII A | work= Census of India 2011, Page 43: Religion |publisher= Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal | access-date = 27 November 2018}}</ref>

==Rural poverty==
As per the [[Human Development Report]] 2004 for West Bengal, the rural poverty ratio in erstwhile West Dinajpur district was 27.61%. Malda district on the south of West Dinajpur district had a rural poverty ratio of 35.4% and Jalpaiguri district on the north had a rural poverty ratio of 35.73%. These estimates were based on Central Sample data of NSS 55th round 1999–2000.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.planningcommission.gov.in/plans/stateplan/sdr_pdf/shdr_wb04.pdf|title = West Bengal Human Development Report 2004 | work= Page 80: Table 4.5 Per capita consumption in rural and urban areas by district |publisher= Development and Planning Department, Government of West Bengal | access-date = 20 November 2018 }}</ref>

As per [[Below Poverty Line|BPL]] Survey by the Government of West Bengal, the proportion of BPL families in Dakshin Dinajpur district was 43.54% as on 30 October 2002.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.wbprd.gov.in/HtmlPage/bpl2002.aspx | title = Report of BPL survey as on 30.10.02 | publisher = Department of Panchayats and Rural Development | access-date = 4 December 2018 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181207070715/http://www.wbprd.gov.in/HtmlPage/bpl2002.aspx | archive-date = 7 December 2018 | url-status = dead }}</ref>

==Economy==
===Livelihood===
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In Hili CD Block in 2011, amongst the class of total workers, cultivators numbered 8,716 and formed 23.16%, agricultural labourers numbered 12,859 and formed 34.17%, household industry workers numbered 4,771 and formed 12.68% and other workers numbered 11,290 and formed 30.00%.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/19/1905_PART_A_DCHB_DAKSHIN%20DINAJPUR.pdf |title = District Census Handbook Dakshin Dinajpur, Census of India 2011, Series 20, Part XII A |work = Page 64, Table 33: Distribution of Workers by Sex in Four Categories of Economic Activity in Sub-district 2011 | publisher= Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal| access-date = 29 November 2018}}</ref> Total workers numbered 37,636 and formed 44.94% of the total population, and non-workers numbered 46,118 and formed 55.06% of the population.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/19/1905_PART_A_DCHB_DAKSHIN%20DINAJPUR.pdf |title = District Census Handbook Dakshin Dinajpur, Census of India 2011, Series 20, Part XII A |work = Pages 60–61, Table 30: Number and percentage of Main workers, Marginal workers and Non workers by Sex, in Sub-districts, 2011 | publisher= Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal| access-date = 29 November 2018}}</ref>

Note: In the census records a person is considered a cultivator, if the person is engaged in cultivation/ supervision of land owned by self/government/institution. When a person who works on another person's land for wages in cash or kind or share, is regarded as an agricultural labourer. Household industry is defined as an industry conducted by one or more members of the family within the household or village, and one that does not qualify for registration as a factory under the [[Factories Act,1948, India|Factories Act]]. Other workers are persons engaged in some economic activity other than cultivators, agricultural labourers and household workers. It includes factory, mining, plantation, transport and office workers, those engaged in business and commerce, teachers, entertainment artistes and so on.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/19/1905_PART_A_DCHB_DAKSHIN%20DINAJPUR.pdf|title = District Census Handbook Dakshin Dinajpur, Census of India 2011, Series 20, Part XII A |work = Census Concepts and Definitions, Page 27 | publisher= Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal| access-date = 29 November 2018}}</ref>

===Infrastructure===
There are 79 inhabited villages in Hili CD Block. All 79 villages (100%) have power supply. 78 villages (98.73%) have drinking water supply. 10 villages (12.66%) have post offices. 75 villages (94.94%) have telephones (including landlines, public call offices and mobile phones). 64 villages (81.01%) have a pucca (paved) approach road and 26 villages (32.91%) have transport communication (includes bus service, rail facility and navigable waterways). 2 villages (2.53%) have agricultural credit societies. 6 villages (7.59%) have banks.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/19/1905_PART_A_DCHB_DAKSHIN%20DINAJPUR.pdf|title = District Census Handbook Dakshin Dinajpur, Census of India 2011, Series 20, Part XII A |work = Page 68 Table 36: Distribution of villages according to availability of different amenities,2011 | publisher= Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal| access-date = 29 November 2018}}</ref>

===Agriculture===
The land is fertile for agricultural production, particularly in the southern part of the district. The rivers are flood-prone but droughts also occur occasionally. There are numerous tanks and some [[marsh]]es and [[Beel|bils]]. Multiple cropping is widely practised. The [[Tebhaga movement]] by the [[Sharecropping|share croppers]], towards the end of British rule, is widely known. There are some forests, mostly in areas bordering Bangladesh.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/19/1905_PART_A_DCHB_DAKSHIN%20DINAJPUR.pdf|title = District Census Handbook Dakshin Dinajpur, Census of India 2011, Series 20, Part XII A |work = Pages 15 – 18 | publisher= Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal| access-date = 29 November 2018}}</ref>

Hili CD Block had 118 fertiliser depots, 60 seed stores and 16 [[Public distribution system|fair price shops]] in 2013–14.<ref name=handbook2014>{{cite web | url = http://wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Statistical%20Handbook | title = District Statistical Handbook 2014 Dakshin Dinajpur | work = Tables 16.1, 18.1, 18.2, 20.1, 21.2, 4.4, 3.1, 3.3 – arranged as per use | publisher = Department of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal | access-date = 29 November 2018}}</ref>

In 2013–14, Hili CD Block produced 1,526 tonnes of [[Rice#Ecotypes and cultivars|Aman paddy]], the main winter crop from 656 hectares, 4,482 tonnes of Boro paddy (spring crop) from 1,311 hectares, 1,263 tonnes of wheat from 398 hectares, 16,729 tonnes of jute from 1,189 hectares and 4,196 tonnes of potatoes from 192 hectares. It also produced pulses and oilseeds.<ref name=handbook2014/>

In 2013–14, the total area irrigated in Hili CD Block was 1,727 hectares, out of which 341 hectares were irrigated by tank irrigation, 19 hectares by river lift irrigation, 351 hectares by deep tube wells and 1,016 hectares by shallow tube wells.<ref name=handbook2014/>

===Banking===
In 2013–14, Hili CD Block had offices of 2 commercial banks and 2 [[Regional Rural Bank|gramin banks]].<ref name=handbook2014/>

===Backward Regions Grant Fund===
Dakshin Dinajpur district is listed as a backward region and receives financial support from the [[Backward Regions Grant Fund]]. The fund, created by the Government of India, is designed to redress regional imbalances in development. As of 2012, 272 districts across the country were listed under this scheme. The list includes 11 districts of West Bengal.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.panchayat.gov.in/documents/10198/0/BRGFFINALGUIDELINES.pdf | title = Backward Regions Grant Funds: Programme Guidelines | publisher = Ministry of Panchayati Raj, Government of India | access-date = 30 November 2018 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171030225317/http://www.panchayat.gov.in/documents/10198/0/BRGFFINALGUIDELINES.pdf | archive-date = 30 October 2017 | url-status = dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=84879 | title= Backward Regions Grant Fund| work= Press Release, 14 June 2012 |publisher= Press Information Bureau, Government of India | access-date = 30 November 2018}}</ref>

==Transport==
At the time of partition in 1947, [[Hili Railway Station]] got located in Pakistan and is now in [[Hakimpur Upazila, Dinajpur District|Hakimpur Upazila]] of Bangladesh.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.telegraphindia.com/1040915/asp/siliguri/story_3753585.asp|title = Border cloud on revelry – BDR bar on puja pandals | publisher= The Telegraph, 15 September 2004 | access-date = 2011-12-16 }}</ref>

Extension of the Eklakhi-Balurghat Branch Line to Hili was announced in the Rail Budget for 2010–11.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/todays-paper/tp-logistics/article985043.ece|title = Railway projects galore for Bengal | publisher= The Hindu Business Line, 26 February 2010 | access-date = 2011-12-10 }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://nfrlyconstruction.org/Uploads/File/project-details/ProjectDetails_August.pdf | title = Brief of all projects (as of 31st August 2018) | work = Page 12: New BG line from Balurghat to Hili | publisher = Northeast Frontier Railway (Cconstruction) | access-date = 2 December 2018 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181202202616/https://nfrlyconstruction.org/Uploads/File/project-details/ProjectDetails_August.pdf | archive-date = 2 December 2018 | url-status = dead }}</ref>

Hili CD Block has 8 originating/ terminating bus routes. The nearest railway station is 25 km from the CD Block headquarters.<ref name=handbook2014/>

The eastern terminus of [[State Highway 10 (West Bengal)|State Highway 10]] is at [[Hili, Dakshin Dinajpur|Hili]].<ref name=police>{{cite web| url = http://www.wbtrafficpolice.com/state-highways.php |title = List of State Highways in West Bengal | publisher= West Bengal Traffic Police | access-date = 2 October 2018}}</ref>

==Education==
In 2013–14, Hili CD Block had 72 primary schools with 5,107 students, 4 middle schools with 220 students, 7 high schools with 8,433 students and 4 higher secondary schools with 4,337 students. Hili CD Block had 267 institutions for special and non-formal education with 4,918 students.<ref name=handbook2014/>

In Hili CD Block, amongst the 79 inhabited villages, 14 villages do not have a school, 11 villages have more than 1 primary school, 12 villages have at least 1 primary and 1 middle school and 10 villages have at least 1 middle and 1 secondary school.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/19/1905_PART_A_DCHB_DAKSHIN%20DINAJPUR.pdf | title = District Census Handbook, Dakshin Dinajpur, 2011, Series 20, Part XII A | work = Page 595, Appendix I A: Villages by number of Primary Schools and Appendix I B: Villages by Primary, Middle and Secondary Schools, 2011 | publisher = Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal. | access-date = 30 November 2018}}</ref>

[[S.B.S. Government College, Hili]] was established at [[Hili, Dakshin Dinajpur|Hili]] in 2015.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.examdrive.in/2017/02/hili-sbs-government-college-admission-merit-list.html |title = SBS Government College, Hili |publisher= Examdrive | access-date = 4 December 2018 }}</ref>

==Healthcare==
In 2014, Hili CD Block had 1 rural hospital and 2 [[Primary Health Centre (India)|primary health centres]] with total 35 beds and 8 doctors (excluding private bodies). It had 14 family welfare subcentres. 3,299 patients were treated indoor and 172,105 patients were treated outdoor in the hospitals, health centres and subcentres of the CD Block.<ref name=handbook2014/>

Hili Rural Hospital at [[Hili, Dakshin Dinajpur|Hili]] (with 25 beds) is the main medical facility in Hili CD Block. There are [[Primary Health Centre (India)|primary health centres]] at Tear (Binsira PHC) (with 10 beds) and Trimohini (with 10 beds).<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.wbhealth.gov.in/ | title = Health & Family Welfare Department | work= Health Statistics | publisher = Government of West Bengal |access-date = 7 December 2018}}</ref>

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