This institute has been established in 2008. Government Polytechnic, Manikpur, Uttar Pradesh is an AICTE approved college for polytechnic and is affiliated to Uttar Pradesh Board of Technical Education situated at Manikpur, Uttar Pradesh. This college offers polytechnic diploma course in India, offering ITI courses for technical education. Mechanical Engineering , Electrical Engineering and Electronics Engineering have been sanctioned by government. However, out of three Branches , only Electronics Engineering Branch is running at present.

This institute is built in 10 Acre Land and is located at Manikpur Tahsil and Chitrakoot District . It was established at Manikpur Tahsil owing to need of imparting Technical education in this region . The institute lies 3Km away from Manikpur railway Junction and Manikpur Bus station . Manikpur is only 30 Km away from District headquarter Chitrakoot (Karvi). Manikpur is well connected with Train route from Allahabad , Kanpur , Lucknow , Jhansi and Satna(MP). The nearest Airport is in Allahabad . Since there are lush green jungle and Hills around this institute, so natural atmosphere here is very healthy.