Hili, Dakshin Dinajpur

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For disambiguation, see Hili.
Hili
Town
Hili is located in West Bengal
Hili
Hili
Location in West Bengal, India
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Country  India
State West Bengal
District Dakshin Dinajpur
Population (2001)
 • Total 77,250
Languages
 • Official Bengali, English
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
Lok Sabha constituency Balurghat
Vidhan Sabha constituency Balurghat
Website ddinajpur.nic.in

Hili is a town with a police station in Balurghat subdivision of Dakshin Dinajpur district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is a border checkpoint on the India–Bangladesh border.[1]

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.[2]

Geography

Hili is located at Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found..

Demographics

As of 2011 census Hili had a population of 83,754 against 77,250 in 2001.[3]

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 Hakimpur Upazila of Bangladesh.[4]

Extension of the Eklakhi-Balurghat branch line to Hili was announced in the Rail Budget for 2010-11.[5]

Border crossing

Hili has an India-Bangladesh border check point.[6][7] As part of Hili is located in Bangladesh, the other side of the border is also known as Hili in Hakimpur Upazila in Dinajpur diatrict of Bangladesh. Sizeable trade activity is carried on with trucks traveling across the border.[8]

See also

References

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