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. Transport At the time of partition in 1947, Hili Railway Station got located in Pakistan and is now in Hakimpur Upazila 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. Hili CD Block has 8 originating/ terminating bus routes. The nearest railway station is 25 km from the CD Block headquarters. The eastern terminus of State Highway 10 is at Hili. 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. 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. S.B.S. Government College, Hili was established at Hili in 2015. Healthcare In 2014, Hili CD Block had 1 rural hospital and 2 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. 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). References Community development blocks in Dakshin Dinajpur district