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Colleges in West Bengal · ShikshaSphere

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Colleges
in India

Every institution on AISHE's register — what it is, who runs it, which university it answers to, and its NAAC grade where it has one.

68,747Institutions36States & UTs51,520Affiliation known7,973NAAC assessed

What this list covers. All 68,747 institutions on AISHE's register — 51,831 colleges that sit under a university and 16,916 standalone institutions (polytechnics, nursing, teacher training, paramedical and the rest). Of these, 7,973 have been assessed by NAAC — so a college with no grade shown is one NAAC has not assessed, not one we are missing a grade for.

Kind of institution

Under a university 1,602 Standalone 847

Affiliated College1,565 Technical/Polytechnic324 Teacher Training Institute250 Nursing (Diploma) Institute179 Paramedical Institute46 PGDM Institute17

Standalone Institution Under Ministry

Recognized Center13

Pharmacy Institution11

PG Center / Off-Campus Center8

Hotel Management and Catering Institute3

Autonomous College1

Institution under Rehabilitation Council of India1

Who runs it

Private Un-Aided1,442 State Government476 Private Aided (Government Aided)386 Local Body60 University35 Central Government33

Education loan available PM Vidyalakshmi

Accreditation

Assessed by NAAC 7,973

A++ 4 A+ 18 A 42 B++ 58 B+ 107 B 143 C 40 D 1

Current Lapsed

State

Uttar Pradesh13,065 Maharashtra8,314 Karnataka6,975 Rajasthan5,697 Tamil Nadu3,918 Madhya Pradesh3,912 Andhra Pradesh3,331 Gujarat3,225 Telangana2,711 Odisha2,519 West Bengal2,449 Kerala2,209 Bihar1,654 Haryana1,594 Punjab1,379 Chhattisgarh1,120 Assam857 Jharkhand778 Uttarakhand754 Jammu and Kashmir531 Himachal Pradesh460 Delhi309 Manipur162 Meghalaya124 Mizoram123 Goa101 Nagaland99 Puducherry92 Tripura92 Arunachal Pradesh71 Chandigarh35 Sikkim29 Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu25 Ladakh14 Andaman and Nicobar Islands11 Lakshadweep8

District

Kolkata260 North 24 Parganas254 Murshidabad243 South 24 Parganas161 Birbhum155 Purba Bardhaman153 Nadia144 Hooghly137 Paschim Medinipur121 Purba Medinipur111 Bankura97 Paschim Bardhaman96 Howrah86 Malda81 Darjeeling66 Purulia55 Jalpaiguri48 Uttar Dinajpur46 Dakshin Dinajpur43 Cooch Behar36 Jhargram20 Alipurduar17 Kalimpong7 Darjeeling Darjeeling1 BIRBHUM1 BANKURA Bankura1 murshidabad BERHAMPORE1 PURULIA PURULIA1

2,449 colleges foundWest Bengal ✕Clear allAccreditation Name Newest assessment