Government Degree College Mahanpur was Established in the year 2011 vide Govt. Order No 264-Hr. Edu. of 2011 dated 29-06-2011 under centrally sponsored scheme in the Educationally Backward Districts. The Foundation stome was laid by Ch. Lal Singh (Ex Minister of Forest & Wildlife). Initially the college started functioning in the makeshift campus at the Government Higher Secondary School Mahanpur in 2012, with first batch of students having strength of 65. The College and Mahanpur area was under the Tehsil Basohli.
In 2014, Mahanpur got the Tehsil Status. The college shifted from Higher Secondary School Mahanpur to its present campus on October 17, 2017, when Ex Minister, Principal, Staff and students moved on foot toward the present campus.Presently the college falls in Panchayat B of Tehsil Mahanpur adjacent to Dhar Road near Forest Department.

Welcome to Government Degree College Mahanpur, an institution with lush green pollution free campus, gifted by nature ideally suited for the pursuit of Higher Education and Research. It gives me immense pleasure to serve as the 8th Principal of this great center of Learning.

I Encourage all students to take advantage of the opportunities provided by the college and involve themselves in Sports, Webinars, Debates, Seminars, Cultural Activities, Road Safety Week, Swatchta Abhiyan, Unnat Bharat Abhiyan, Skhishit Bharat Abhiyan, I-Stem, NSS, College Development, Alumni Interaction, IQAC, NIRF, AISHE, NAAC, Anti-Ragging, Women Empowerment, Red Cross, Red Ribbon , Phycological cum Carrer Counselling, Manodarpan, Atamnirbhar Bharat, Ek Bharat Shresht Bharat, Campus Beautification, Drug …