The Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Paschim Medinipur was established in July 2006 and started functioning from March 2007 in a temporary site of TCPC, Govt. of West Bengal. The Vidyalaya shifted to its permanent site at Muradanga on 12th August 2013. In the session 2014-15 the anticipated students strength is approximately 270 and has 19 staff in total (both teaching and non-teaching).

The vidyalaya has been working under Ministry of Human Resource Development in the Department of Higher Education & School Education, Govt. of India. The vidyalaya is co-educational residential school fully financed by the Govt. of India through an autonomous organization, Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti.

The vidyalaya is basically to encourage and promote talent predominantly from rural areas and weaker sections of the district and to provide them with quality modern education for their all – round development.