Welcome to Kanchrapara College

Kanchrapara (medieval name is 'Kanchanpalli' or the 'golden village'), which is proud as Lord Chaitanya visited the place in his lifetime (the place is one Kilometre away from the College).

It is the last part of the stretch of civilization of Bengal before British rule and also before the birth of Kolkata, situated in the banks of Ganges. Kolkata is 49 Kilometres away from Kanchrapara and the distance of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose international airport is 40 Kilometres.

After the war of Plassey (the site is 60 Kilometres away from Kanchrapara), colonial growth was finally established in this part of Bengal and Kanchrapara became the epicentre of industrial production system with particular reference to engineering industry as basic industry, jute industry in both banks of river Ganges and ultimately Kanchrapara railway workshop was established before independence, where workers' strength is 10,000 now, turning the place into a miniature colourful form of Mother India.

• After independence of India, and also during Bangladesh war of independence there was heavy refugee influx as international border with Bangladesh is only 45 Kilometres from here.
• Still there was no higher educational institutions to cater the needs of the following strata of the surrounding society:
  1. Traditional local indigenous communities of all religions.
  2. People from all over India as industrial workers.
  3. War-ravaged young boys and girls from Bangladesh as refugees (in terms of international law as accepted by both UNO and Government of India).
• So in 1972, the local MLA, who was also a teacher of adjacent high school, Shree Jagadish Chandra Das took initiative by virtually begging money or each and every articles from the local people to build college building, and land being donated by the local Municipality. Kanchrapara College was established in 13th November 1972. It was inaugurated by Chief Minister of West Bengal, Shree Siddhartha Shankar Roy. Read More >>

Principal's Desk

Dr. Pranab Kumar Bera

Situated at the cross point between Kalyani and Kanchrapara, Kanchrapara College, established in 1972, under the entrepreneurship of the then MLA of the area, Hon’ble Sri Jagdish Chandra Das, Ex-teacher, Kanchrapara High School, is still now carrying the legacy of spreading of education among the common people of the locality.

The college started its journey on 13th Nov, 1972 with a meager number of only 32 students with affiliation ... Read More >>