Sundargarh District is also spelled as Sundergarh District and this district is located in the north-western part of the state of Orissa. This district has the town of Sundargarh as its headquarters. The district holds the pride of being the second largest district in the state covering 6.23% of the total area of the state.

This district was constituted in the year 1948 out of two former states being Bonai and Gangapur. The district has a number of arts and science colleges and there are both government-run and private-run colleges in the district. The list of government-run colleges offering education in the district of Sundargarh is given below:

Arts & Science College:

• Government College, Rourkela

• Government College, Sundargarh

• Government Rourkela Evening College, Rourkela

• Government Women’s College, Sundargarh

• Sushilavati Government Women’s College, Rourkela

Some of the details regarding these government colleges are given below:

Government College, Rourkela:

Government College, Rourkela came into existence in the year 2000 and the college is offering arts and science education with affiliation from the Sambalpur University of Orissa. The college has recently earned autonomous status and the college is offering Bachelor of arts in different subjects like

• Sociology

• Psychology

• political science

• philosophy

• Oriya

• Mathematics

• History

• Hindi

• English

• Economics.

Bachelor of Science subjects offered by the college are

• Zoology

• Statistics

• Physics

• Mathematics

• Computer science

• Chemistry

• Botany

The college is also offering Bachelor of Commerce and Master’s degree courses in Oriya, Botany and English.

Government College, Sundargarh:

This college came into existence in the year 1958 and it is offering arts, science and commerce education with affiliation from Sambalpur University.

Government Rourkela Evening College, Rourkela:

This college is popularly known as Rourkela College and the college holds the pride of being the second largest college in the district of Sundargarh. The college began its operations in the year 1966 in the name of Rourkela Night College and subsequently was given the name as Rourkela Evening College. The Government of Orissa took over the college in the year 1989. The college is offering Bachelor of Arts (pass and honors) and Bachelor of Commerce (pass and honors) with affiliation from Sambalpur University.

Government Women’s College, Sundargarh:

This college came into existence in the year 1980 and it is meant for offering arts, science and commerce education to women students with affiliation from the Sambalpur University.

Sushilavati Government Women’s College, Rourkela:

Sushilavati Government Women’s College, Rourkela came into existence in the year 1982. The college offers honors course in arts discipline and the subjects offered are

• Education

• Hindi

• Oriya

• English

• Political Science

• Economics

• Home science

• Psychology

The honors courses offered by the college under science stream are

• Zoology

• Botany

• Chemistry

• Physics

Thus, the district of Sundargarh gets educational development through these government-run colleges and the district also acts as the home for the popular Sundargarh Engineering College, which offers the best engineering education with affiliation from the Biju Patnaik University of Technology.