College History

Government Degree College,Veeraghattam was established in the Year 2008, as per G.O. Ms. No. 210 dated 8-9-2008 based on the representations of various People’s Representatives. It is located in Srikakulam District and 56 Kilometres away from the District Head quarters Srikakulam. People of Veeraghattam in and around mostly depend on Agriculture. Government Degree College, Veeraghattam is affiliated to Andhra University and gave permission to start four Conventional courses viz., B.A (History, Economics and politics), B.Com. General, and B.Sc (Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry) & B.Sc.(Botany, Zoology and Chemistry) from the academic year 2008-09 onwards. Presently our college has been affiliated to Dr. B.R.Ambedkar University, Etcherla, Srikakulam.

Srikakulam District, formerly known as Chicacole, is the extreme northeastern district of Andhra Pradesh, situated within the geographic co-ordinates of 18°-20’ and 19°-10’ N and 83°-50’ and 84°-50’ E. The district is skirted to a distance by Kandivalasagedda, Vamsadhara and Bahuda. It is the third least populous district of Andhra Pradesh after vizianagaram and Nizamabad.