Dinhata College, with a glorious history of unparalleled academic excellence of nearly sixty years behind it, is the only institution of higher education in the whole of Dinhata sub-division in Cooch Behar. In fact, Dinhata College which was established way back in 1956, is now one of the fore-most educational institutions in the whole of North Bengal, and is now boasting of 17 departments, namely, Bengali, Botany, Chemistry, Commerce, Computer Science, English, Economics, Geography, History, Mathematics, Philosophy, Physical Education, Physics, Political Science, Sanskrit, Sociology and Zoology.