S.G.A.Govt. Degree College, Yellamanchili

Yellamanchili has a rich historical background. During the British regime, it was one of the few important taluq headquarters. It had a prominent place during Satavahana's and Gupta's regime. During Samudragupta's period, this area is known as Devarashtra. Venugopalaswamy and Verabhadraswamy temples were constructed by Chalukyan minister in the village kokkirapilli in Yellamanchili mandal. The evidence of existence of Yellamanchili in Stone Age is preserved in the Department of archaeology, Andhra University. Dimili, a nearby village to Yellamanchili is the birth place of modern famous poets Sri Sri and Arudra.

The college is affiliated with Andhra University, Visakhapatnam. It is co-educational institute. Now the college is offering 8 UG Courses for the first and second Year students as per the NEP 2020. The programs are, namely B.A. Honors (History), B.A. Honors (Economics), B.Com Honors (Computer Applications), B.Com Honors (General), B.Sc Honors (Chemistry), B.Sc Honors (Botany), B.Sc Honors (Zoology), and B.Sc Honors (Computer Science). And also offering five (05) undergraduate courses for the final year students, namely B.A (History, Economics, Rural Industrialisation), B.Com, B.Sc (Maths, Physics, Chemistry), BSc (Maths, Physics, Computer Science) and BSc (Botany, Zoology, Chemistry). The total number of students pursuing the five undergraduate courses is 719 in Academic Year 2024-25. Also college is offering two PG courses i.e., M.Sc (Organic Chemistry) and M.Sc (Analytical Chemistry). The total number of students pursuing the both the PG courses are 74 in the present Academic Year i.e., 2024-25. Total number of students pursuing in both PG and UG Courses are 793. All the students are hailing from rural areas. More than 60% of students are female students. 70% of students are SC/ST/OBC students and they hail from economically weaker sections. At present, the college has 22 faculty members including regular and guest.

The college has a land area of 6.27 acres. There is a big playground developed by the Sports Authority of Andhra Pradesh. The college has state of the art gymnasium. It has 12 classrooms and 04 science labs, 02 Computer labs and 01 English language lab. Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Open University Study Centre is located in the campus. The college has a library with 7223 text books, reference books and Journals and e-corner.

The college was accredited with 'A' grade (CGPA-3.13) in Cycle-III accreditation in the year 2022 by NAAC, Bangalore.