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. Hili CD Block has an area of 90.78 km2.It has 1 panchayat samity, 5 gram panchayats, 55 gram sansads (village councils), 82 mouzas and 79 inhabited villages. Hili police station serves this block. Headquarters of this CD Block is at Hili. Gram panchayats of Hili block/ panchayat samiti are: Binshira, Dhalpara, Hili, Jamalpur, and Panjul. 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 numbered 21,532 (25.71%) and Scheduled Tribes numbered 15,293 (18.26%). 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. Villages in Hili CD Block included (2011 population in brackets): Hilli (2,185), Dhalpara (1,438), Binsira (2,090), Jamalpur (3,618) and Panjul (1,014). Decadal growth of population in Hili CD Block for the period 2001–2011 was 8.42%. Decadal growth of population in Dakhin Dinajpur district during the same period was 11.52% down from 22.15% in the previous decade. Decadal growth of population in West Bengal for the corresponding periods was 13.93% and 17.77% respectively. The large scale migration of the East Bengali refugees (including tribals) started with the 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 flow of people into Dakshin Dinajpur has continued over the years from erstwhile East Pakistan and subsequently from Bangladesh. 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 gender disparity (the difference between female and male literacy rates) was 12.21%. See also – List of West Bengal districts