[2] The college is recognized under section 2f and 12B of UGC and is getting financial assistance for developing infrastructure facilities.
The Sido Kanhu Murmu University was established on 10 January 1992 by an Act in the Bihar Legislative Assembly.
After the division of Bihar on 15 November 2000, Jamtara College with its parent University came under administrative jurisdiction of the state of Jharkhand.
Ultimately, when the college got its affiliation on 1 June 1967 it was shifted to its own building donated by the legal heirs of Hetampur Estate of Burdwan, West Bengal.
The proposed Examination Hall with an area of 10,000 sq ft., boys and girls common rooms, computer centre, vehicle and cycle parking shed with financial assistance of RUSA will further enrich existing facility of the college.