Silda Chandra Sekhar College is a general degree college located at Silda in the Jhargram district of West Bengal, India. The college offers undergraduate courses in arts, science and commerce streams, and serves students from the surrounding rural and tribal-majority areas of the erstwhile Jangalmahal region of southern West Bengal.
| Type | Undergraduate college |
|---|---|
| Location | Silda, Jhargram district, West Bengal, India |
| Country | India |
| Affiliation | Vidyasagar University |
| Academic streams | Arts, Science, Commerce |
The college is situated at Silda, a small town in the Binpur II community development block. Silda historically lay within the larger Midnapore region, later part of Paschim Medinipur district, and from 2017 within the newly formed Jhargram district. The institution functions as one of the principal centres of higher education in this part of the Jangalmahal belt, an area characterised by Adivasi populations and a predominantly agrarian economy.
As a constituent affiliated college, Silda Chandra Sekhar College follows the academic regulations and curriculum of Vidyasagar University, headquartered at Midnapore. Students appear for university-conducted examinations leading to bachelor's degrees in honours and general (programme) courses across the humanities, sciences and commerce.
By providing accessible higher education in a region where opportunities were historically limited, the college plays a role in widening access to undergraduate study among first-generation learners, women and students from Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe communities in the Jhargram and adjoining districts.