Balurghat Mahila Mahavidyalaya, Dt. Dakshin Dinajpur was established in 1970 and is affiliated to University of Gour Banga and offers Bachelor of Arts Honours course with these subjects Engish, Philosophy, Political Science, History.

Their three years degree programme. Balurghat Mahila Mahavidyalaya have a well equipped with all modern facilities library, Class and all labs are well equipped with latest equipments.

The University of Gour Banga has been established by the West Bengal Legislative Assembly vides West Bengal Act XXVI of 2007. The Appointed Date as per Kolkata Gazettee dated 14th March, 2007 is March 10, 2008. From this date all Sections of the Act except Section 1 and Section 57 have come into force.

The University Council as per Section 58(2) has come into effect from May 26, 2008 vide Kolkata Gazettee dated 28th May, 2008. The University of Gour Banga is approved by the UGC under Section 2(F) of the UGC Act, 1956. At present the University is fully funded by the Govt. of West Bengal.

The only college meant for imparting Womens Education in the District of Dakshin Dianjpur BALURGHAT MAHILA MAHAVIDYALAYA was founded on 12th August. 1970, thanks, to the honest initiatives of Educationists and local people. Mention must be made of the Late Dr. Atul Cnandra Chakraborty, the Late Nilkanta Bagchi, the late Satindra Nath Basu, the late Kamalendu Chakraborty, the Late Bomkesh Chakraborty, me Late Dhirendra Nath Banerjee and the Late Nishith Ranjan Acharya etc, he college could not come into being without the active co-operation of District and State Administration. The then District Magistrates, Mr. Jaladmdu Misra, I.A.S. and Mr. Satyendra Nath Ghosh, I.A.S. and S.D.O. (Sadar) Mr Nirmal Sen and moreover Mr. J.C. Sengupta the then Education Secretary, Govt. of West Bengal extended their helping hand.

For the purpose of affiliation, the college got help from Mr. Anandamoy Bhattacharya, a member of the University Executive Council and Dr. P.C. Mukherjee the Vice Chancellor of the North Bengal University. The local people generously contributed land and Govt. of West Bengal and University Grants Commission offered the financial assistance time to time.

Now the college emerging as a full-fledged unit with Honours affiliation in English, Philosophy, History, Political Science, Bengali, Sanskrit, Geography, Zoology, Botany and affiliation in Humanities & Science caters to the need of local people.