Koppal District is an administrative district located in the state of Karnataka and the administrative headquarters of the district is the city of Koppal. Koppal was previously called as Kopana Nagara and the district has the famous travel destination of Anegundi under its purview.

How to reach Koppal District of the State of Karnataka:

The town of Koppal, which is the headquarters of Koppal District is well-connected by road from other cities of the state. When it comes to road-wise connection to Koppal, it is well connected to cities like Raichur, Bellary, Hospet, Hubli and Bangalore through National Highways and the city of Koppal is located at a distance of about 120 kms from Hubli and about 380 kms from Bangalore. State Transport Corporation buses are being operated from almost all important cities of the state being Mangalore, Bijapur, Bagalkot, Belgaum, Devanagare, Dhawrad, Bellary, Raichur, Bidar, Gulbarga, Hyderabad, etc… When it comes to travel to Koppal through rail transportion, it is connected by rail to Miraj, Hyderabad, Guntkal, Guntur, Vijayawada, Thirupathi, Goa, Belgaum, Hubli and Bangalore and the nearest airport to Koppal is the airport at Hubli.

Government colleges in Koppal District:

Government Colleges in Koppal are offering education under arts, science and commerce faculties and there are also government-run polytechnic colleges in the district. The names of these colleges functioning under the control of state government of Karnataka are given below:

Arts, Science and Commerce Colleges:

• Government First Grade College, Alavandi

• Government First Grade College, Gangavathi

• Government First Grade College, Hitnal

• Government First Grade College, Hosabandi

• Government First Grade College, Irkalgada

• Government First Grade College, Kanakagiri

• Government First Grade College, Yelaburga

• Government College of Arts, Koppal

• Government First Grade College Arts Science and Community, Kushtagi

• Government First Grade College, Yelburga

• Sri Kolli Nageshwara Rao Gangaiah Government First Grade College, Gangavathi

Polytechnic Colleges:

• Government Polytechnic, Koppal

• Government Polytechnic, Kushtagi

Details about Arts, Science and Commerce Colleges:

Almost all the afore-mentioned government arts, science and commerce colleges are functioning with affiliation from the Gulbarga University and they offer UG courses along in the faculties of arts, science and commerce. Some of the subjects offered in the UG stream of arts and science by these colleges are:

• Mathematics

• Chemistry

• Physics

• Political science

• Economics

• History

• Kannada

• Computer science

• Sociology

In addition to these courses, some of the colleges also offer Bachelor of Business Management as a vocational course/professional course.

Polytechnic Colleges:

Both the polytechnic colleges offering education from the Koppal District are co-education colleges offering education with approval from the All India Council for Technical Education. Both colleges were established in the year 1996 and diploma courses in the following subjects are offered by these colleges:

• Mechanical engineering

• Electronics & communication engineering

• Computer science and engineering

• Automobile engineering

Admissions to the polytechnic college are done based on merit secured by candidates in class 10 examination.

Thus, the government colleges in Koppal offer the basic education of UG courses and diploma courses, however, private colleges in the district offer courses at the PG level.