A state-run college offering BA, BSc, BCom and similar undergraduate programmes, affiliated to a state university.
Higher education enrolment in Dakshin Dinajpur runs at 20.8%, close to the typical district. The district has 26 colleges. The Government Degree College is often the only accessible, affordable option for local students to continue past school.
78% of registered enterprises are in services while 22% are in manufacturing. Only 3% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 63% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Dakshin Dinajpur, which ranks 15 of 23 in West Bengal for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 43.5 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 53.1%. On secondary school enrolment in classes 9 to 12 at 63.2% and youth unemployment aged 15 to 29 at 11.2%, it sits close to the national mark.