Our Journey Through Time

Chanchal is a Sub-Division of Malda District in West Bengal. It is the second largest sub-division town in Malda. It is located at 25.39o N & 87.99o E. Chanchal College is a premier College in North Malda. It was established on 26th August, 1969 with an aim to imparting higher education to the students of North Malda which is most backward minority concentrated region. It is presently affiliated to the University of Gour Banga. It is housed in the heritage building of Chanchal Palace. It was the home of Raja Saratchandra Rai Bahadur, who built the Chanchal Palace. One part of the palace was transformed into a Govt. aided College in 1976. The kind hearted Chanchal Raj Sri Sisir Kumar Mukherjee donated a part of the palace amounting 5.13 acres of the land for educational progress of this region. The College has Arts, Science and Commerce departments. As of now, it imparts 11 (eleven) Honours & 15 (fifteen) General subjects. It accommodates NSS and NSOU study centre. It also is to accommodate Physics, Chemistry, Math & Geography laboratories for both Honours and General categories which require large space to run them in a decent manner. Also, there are plans as well as demand to open new subjects.