Chamba is a northwestern district located in the state of Himachal Pradesh and the district has the town of Chamba as its headquarters. The districts has the towns of Khajjhiar and Dalhousie that are popular vacation spots and hill stations for the people of northern India. The temples formed by the rajas of the district more than 1000 years ago are being worshipped even today.

The district is bounded by the state of Jammu & Kashmir on the north eastern side and by the Ladakh Area of the state of Jammu & Kashmr state in the eastern side. On the eastern side, it also has the Bara-Bangal and Lahaul area of the state of Himachal Pradesh. On the southern side and south-eastern side, the district is bounded by the Gurdaspur District of the state of Punjab and Kangra District of the state of Himachal Pradesh.

Colleges and Schools in the district of Chamba:

When it comes to literacy rate in the district of Chamba, the female literacy rate of the district is 49.78% and male literacy rate is 77.22% and the overall literacy rate according to the census conducted in the year 2001 was 63.73%. The district has more than 1100 primary schools, nearly 240 middle schools, 85 high schools and 81 senior secondary schools. The district also has two polytechnic college, a B. Ed college and seven degree colleges each at Bharmour, Pangi, Tissa, Salooni, Banikhet, Chowari and Chamba. These number includes both government and private institutions and the names of government colleges along functioning from Chamba District of the state of Himachal Pradesh are given below:

Arts, Science & Commerce Colleges:

• Government College, Chowari

• Government College, Chamba

• Government College, Salooni

• Government College, Tissa

• Government College, Pangi

• Dhanbir Singh Government College, Bharmou

Polytechnic Colleges:

• Government Polytechnic, Banikhet

• Government Millennium Polytechnic, Chamba

Explore some of the details regarding these colleges functioning under the control of the government of Himachal Pradesh from the content given below:

Arts, Science & Commerce Colleges:

Almost all the government colleges functioning from the Chamba District of the state of Himachal Pradesh are affiliated to the Himachal Pradesh University. Apart from offering arts, science and commerce courses, these colleges also offers some professional courses under self-financing scheme and the list of courses offered by these institutions including aided and self-financing courses is given below:

• Bachelor of Arts

• Bachelor of Science (medical & non-medical)

• Bachelor of Commerce

• Bachelor of Business Administration

• Bachelor of Computer Applications

• Post Graduate Diploma in Computer Applications

• Master of Economics

• Master of History

• Master of English

Admissions to these government colleges are normally based on the merit secured by candidates in the qualifying examination and the minimum qualifying marks required to admission to B.A course is 33%, B. Sc in 45% and a pass for B. Com.

Polytechnic Colleges:

Both the Government Polytechnic colleges offering education from the Chamba District were established in the year 2007 and these colleges are functioning under the control of the Department of Technical Education (Vocational and Industrial Training) institute of the state of Himachal Pradesh. Government  Polytechnic at Banikhet offer three-years diploma course in civil engineering and electrical engineering with an intake capacity of 40 students per year per course, while the Government Millennium Polytechnic at Chamba offer diploma course in computer engineering and electronics & communication engineering and for both these courses, the institute is approved with an intake capacity of 40 students per year.

Thus, Chamba District of the state of Himachal Pradesh has government colleges offering education in arts, science and commerce faculties in different parts of the district and there are also private colleges in the district.