Hijli --- The place is infamous for Hijli Detention Camp. A significant moment in the struggle against British rule occurred at here in 1931 when two unarmed detainees, Santosh Kumar Mitra and Tarakeswar Sengupta, were shot dead by the British Police. Subhas Chandra Bose came to Hijli to collect their bodies. It is the only incident of police firing inside a jail/detention camp during Britisg era. The detention camp was closed in 1942. Today the camp is also known for being the birthplace of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) - Kharagpur, which stated it 1951.

Kharagpur station may still boast of having the longest railway platform in the world but it has got extremely congested, resulting in delays to trains. All trains from Odhisa that move towards Tatanagar or Midnapore, need to reverse at Kharagpur station. Every day, 12-14 trains are detained outside the Kharagpur station for 10-15 minutes each before getting to enter a locomotive changing platform. South Eastern Railway (SER) is therefore trying to develop Hijli as the second station for Kharagpur. Hijli is only a short distance away from the Kharagpur station and is nearly the same distance from the KGP town centre. The station currently have only two platforms with halts for 41 trains. Station code - HIJ.