It offers undergraduate courses in commerce, arts and sciences, and postgraduate in mathematics, history, and English.

Gokul Kumari Devi, the widow of Sri Jagannath Kishor Lal Sing Deo of the Kashipur Raj, donated a fund of one lakh rupees for the foundation of this college.

Shankarlal Singhania, an eminent businessman of that time, also donated an amount of sixteen thousand rupees for the establishment of the college.

When this district annexed with West Bengal in 1956 and renamed as Purulia, then this college came under the University of Calcutta.

Science faculty consists of the departments of Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics, Geology Computer Science, Botany, Zoology and Microbiology Arts & Commerce faculty consists of departments of Bengali, Santali, English, Economics, Sanskrit, Hindi, History, Geography, Political Science, Philosophy, Education, Urdu, and Commerce.