Area of Implementation
Dakshin Dinajpur District
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At the time of partition in India in 1947, some area was taken out of the erstwhile district of Dinajpur and Paschim Dinajpur District was created. The rest of the Dinajpur district is now in Bangladesh. The Paschim Dinajpur district was enlarged in 1956 at the time of re-organisation of the State with the addition of some areas of Bihar. The district was bifurcated into Uttar Dinajpur and Dakshin Dinajpur on April 1, 1992. The erstwhile Balurghat Sub-Division along with Banshihari and Kushmandi Blocks (which were in Raigunj Sub-Division prior to the bifurcation) comprise the new district.
The district is drained by a number of North-South flowing river like Atreyee, Punarbhaba, Tangon and Brahmani. It is predominantly an agricultural district with large area of land being under cultivation.
Dakshin Dinajpur is a “Non Industry” district having no large scale industry. The first industry in medium scale sector got off to a start in the district in November, 2003. Transport and Communication facilities are not very satisfactory.New railway line has been laid between Eklakhi and Balurghat, the district headquarter. Train services has been started on 30.12.2004. There is one State Highway with only 3 KM of National Highway no. 34 falling within the district.
Geographical Area is 2162 sq km. It comprises two subdivisions: Balurghat and Gangarampur.
Model Block Hili
Hili (community development block) is an administrative division in Balurghat subdivision of Dakshin Dinajpur district. Hili police station serves this block. Headquarters of this block is at Hili. At the time of partition in 1947, Hili Railway Station got located in Pakistan and is now in Hakimpur Upazila of Bangladesh. It is a border checkpoint on the India–Bangladesh border.
Hili is located 26 Km east of Balurghat and at eastern most corner of the district with an area of 90.79 Sq. Km and drained by a small river named Jamuna. Gram panchayats of Hili block / panchayat samiti are: Binshira, Dhalpara, Hili, Jamalpur, and Panjul.
As per 2011 Census Hili CD Block had a total population of 83,754 all of which were rural. There were 42,981 males and 40,773 females. Scheduled Castes numbered 21,352 and Scheduled Tribes numbered 25,653.