Mahatma Gandhi College, Purulia

Mahatma Gandhi College, Purulia was founded in 1981 as a affiliated college at Daldali, Lalpur, Purulia, West Bengal, India. This institution is spread over a campus of 10 acres, offering a number of undergraduate programs. The NAAC-accredited college had 3,914 students in the institution, with a balanced sex ratio of 53% male and 47% female.

It has strength of 51 faculty members and 19 courses under five degree programs that are specialised in arts, commerce, and science disciplines. Mahatma Gandhi College has numerous facilities to support the students. Several of these facilities include separate hostels for boys and girls, providing comfortable accommodation to students from the different regions.

The institution keeps a well-equipped library with KOHA software and online facilities, which will help the students to get access to books, journals, and research materials. In order to help the students keep fit, the institution provides a gymnasium and facilities for sports. The college has a Wi-Fi campus so as to support the necessary IT infrastructure for modern education.

The working of the health centre with first aid facilities ensures basic medical care for the students. There are also laboratories for practical purposes, an auditorium for events and seminars, as well as a canteen meant for refreshments. Mahatma Gandhi College offers a total of 19 undergraduate courses and all of these courses are full-time.

This college draws the complete strength of the local student population, with 100% of students being from within the state of West Bengal. Course Name Total Number of Seats BA 720 B. Com 171 BA Bengali Hons 72 BA History Hons 72 BA Political Science Hons 63 B.

Com Hons 56 BA English Hons 56 BA Education Hons 56 BA Sanskrit Hons 47 BA Philosophy Hons 40 The admission procedure in Mahatma Gandhi College is mainly based on merit. Admissions to Honours courses are through the marks obtained in Higher Secondary Examination or its equivalent. The college follows university guidelines for publishing merit lists.