IIT Kharagpur - Indian Institute of Technology

Lal Bahadur Shastri (LBS) Hall of Residence is the largest hostel in terms of area and facilities. Lal Bahadur Shastri Hall of Residence construction completed in 2010 is a modern state-of-the-art hostel. It is a very spacious hostel and has many blocks in it. Apart from LBS Hall of Residence, there are several other hostels on the campus of IIT Kharagpur.

There are 21 halls of residence (hostels are referred to as halls of residence and hostellers as boarders at IIT Kharagpur); 16 are for boys and the remaining 5 are for girls. Here is the list of halls of residence at IIT Kharagpur:

1. Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee Hall
2. Azad Hall
3. B C Roy Hall
4. B R Ambedkar Hall
5. Gokhale Hall
6. Homi Bhabha Hall
7. J C Bose Hall
8. Lala Lajpat Rai Hall
9. Lalbahadur Sastry Hall
10. Madan Mohan Malviya Hall
11. Megnad Saha Hall
12. Mother Teresa Hall
13. Nehru Hall
14. Patel Hall
15. Radha Krishnan Hall
16. Rajendra Prasad Hall
17. Rani Laxmibai Hall
18. Sister Nivedita Hall
19. Sarojini Naidu / Indira Gandhi Hall
20. Vidyasagar Hall
21. Zakir Hussain Hall

There are five halls of residence (hostels) allocated for girls at IIT Kharagpur campus. Here is the list of girls hostel at IIT Kharagpur:

1. Mother Teresa Hall of Residence
2. Sister Nivedita Hall of Residence
3. Rani Laxmibai Hall of Residence
4. SAM Hall of Residence
5. Sarojini Naidu – Indira Gandhi Hall of Residence

Girl's hostels are located near the academic centre, playground, police station and auditorium.

Hostels at IIT Kharagpur are furnished with beds, tables, chairs, high-speed LAN ports, fans, lights and adequate electricity ports. The quantity of the aforementioned things may vary depending upon the occupancy of the room whether it’s single room, double sharing or triple occupancy sharing.

Also, some halls (hostel is referred to as hall of residence at IIT Kharagpur and hostellers as boarders) have washing machine facilities and some don’t. Laundry service is available at a reasonable price.

IIT Kharagpur has one of the largest college campuses. It is even bigger than the IIT Bombay, IIT Delhi and IIT Kanpur campuses combined. The IIT Kharagpur campus is spread across 8.5 km (2100 acres). IIT Kharagpur is located at a distance of 120 km from Kolkata. There are 21 halls or residences (hostels) at IIT Kharagpur out of which 16 are for boys and 5 are allocated for girls and approximately 10,000 students live on the campus.

The specialisation-wise seat intake for IIT Kharagpur BTech course for General, ST and SC students is as follows:

The cutoff trend for B.Tech at IIT Kharagpur - Indian Institute of Technology has been decreasing in the recent years. In 2022, the closing rank for B.Tech. under general category for all India quota was 303. In 2023, it decreased to 279. Likewise, the cut off ranks have changed from 138 to 160 for OBC, 85 to 92 for SC, 39 to 32 for ST, 52 to 54 for EWS, 17 to 30 for PWD. This trend is likely to continue in the coming years, as the demand for engineering education in India continues to grow. Similar cut off trend can be seen for female candidates under all categories however the ranks are slightly different.

Opening and Closing rank depends on the category and quota of candidates. For general category under All India, opening rank was 261 and closing rank was 279. Cut off are differant when it comes to other categories or female candidates and even domicile of home state. Admission to B.Tech. (Hons.) in Computer Science and Engineering in IIT Kharagpur - Indian Institute of Technology is based on the scores obtained in the entrance exam JEE Advanced. Applicants are advised to confirm what category are they applying while checking for cut offs.

The year 2023 cutoff ranks for B.Tech. (Hons.) in Aerospace Engineering at IIT Kharagpur other than General category are - 2297 for OBC, 1388 for SC, 748 for ST, 1032 for EWS. While the admissions are based on the scores/rank obtained in JEE Advanced, the last cut offs also change a lot depending on All India quota or Home State. It also varies if the applicant is a female.