Are rooms at IIT Kharagpur Hostel alloted branch-wise?

No, rooms at IIT Kharagpur Hostel are not alloted branch-wise. The availability of room at IIT Kharagpur Hostel does not depend on the branch that a student has opted for.

IIT Kharagpur Hostel (Halls of Residence) - Fees, Facilities, Residences, & Infrastructure

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IIT Kharagpur Hostel Residences

IIT Kharagpur campus comprises 21 hostels in total, of which 16 are for boys and 5 are for girls. Below is the list of residences at IIT Kharagpur.

IIT Kharagpur Hostel Residences
Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee Hall	Azad Hall	B C Roy Hall
B R Ambedkar Hall	Gokhale Hall	Homi Bhabha Hall
J C Bose Hall	Lala Lajpat Rai Hall	Lalbahadur Sastry Hall
Madan Mohan Malviya Hall	Megnad Saha Hall	Mother Teresa Hall
Nehru Hall	Patel Hall	Radha Krishnan Hall
Rajendra Prasad Hall	Rani Laxmibai Hall	Sister Nivedita Hall
Sarojini Naidu / Indira Gandhi Hall	Vidyasagar Hall	Zakir Hussain Hall

IIT Kharagpur Hostel Facilities

The IIT Kharagpur campus is among the largest, even when compared to other IIT colleges. It has separate hostels for boys and girls students admitted to IIT Kharagpur. The hostels offer several facilities available to the students such as uninterrupted and high-speed Wi-FI, canteens, stationery shop, juice centers, night canteens, tea shops, common room TV, a swimming pool, a bank, a market, gym facilities, etc. Each room has a bed, table, chair, high-speed LAN ports, fans, lights, and electricity ports. The number of these things depends on whether it is a single room, double sharing room, or triple sharing room. Also, some hostels have washing machine facilities.

Some of the other hostel facilities are mentioned in the table below.

IIT Kharagpur: Hostel Facilities
Mess food	Common playgrounds	Swimming pool	Gym
Canteen	Night canteens	Bank	Water purifiers
Cafeteria	Tea shops	Market	Common library

IIT Kharagpur Hostel Fees

Here is a detailed breakdown of the IIT Kharagpur Hostel Fees for all the courses and specialisations:

BTech Hons (for all specialisations):
Course Name	Hostel Fee
BTech Hons	INR 1.32 lakh
BTech + MTech (for all specialisations):
Course Name	Hostel Fee
BTech + MTech	INR 1.64 lakh
MTech (For all specialisations):
Course Name	Hostel Fee
MTech	INR 1.18 lakh
BSc (for all specialisations):
Course Name	Hostel Fee
BSc	INR 1.32 lakh

IIT Kharagpur Hostel Life

The hostel life at IIT Kharagpur Hostel is exciting and gives students memorable experiences. High-speed Wi-Fi is available throughout the campus. The central library has a large collection of books and the students get the chance to participate in various extra-curricular and co-curricular activities.

Latest Updates on IIT Kharagpur Hostel: The following are the latest updates about IIT Kharagpur Hostel.

Three new hostels have been added to the residence list of IIT Kharagpur Hostel. The inauguration of these three hostels was done by PM Narendra Modi.
Two of these three hostels are for girls and are named - Savitri Bai Phule Halls of Residence. The other hostel is for boys, named Atal Bihari Vajpayee Hall of Residence.
These hostels will be specifically residing PhD research scholars along with undergraduate and postgraduate students.
These hostels will allow the suspended PhD admissions to begin again for the autumn semester starting from July 2024.

IIT Kharagpur Hostel Comparison

Here is a tabular comparison of IIT Kharagpur Hostel with other IITs in India.

College Name	Hostel Fee (BTech)	Number of Hostel Buildings available
IIT Kharagpur	INR 30,000	21
IIT Bombay	INR 40,750	17
IIT Delhi	INR 8,000 - INR 10,500	18

IIT Kharagpur is among the top IIT colleges in India. Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (IIT Kharagpur) was established by the Government of India in the year 1951 at Kharagpur in West Bengal. The National Institution Ranking Framework (NIRF) has ranked it in the list of top ten engineering colleges in India for the last three years. The National Institutional Ranking Framework has ranked IIT Kharagpur in the 7th position for the overall category, the 6th position for the engineering category, the 3rd position for the architecture category, and the 14th position for the management institutes category in the year 2023. It secured the 59th position under QS Asia University Rankings 2023 and the 5th position under QS South Asia University Rankings 2023.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the average fee at IIT Kharagpur Hostel?

The average hostel fee at IIT Kharagpur Hostel is INR 30,000 including the mess charges per year.

Is it possible to get a single room at IIT Kharagpur Hostel?

The postgraduate students get single occupancy rooms at IIT Kharagpur Hostel.

Which is the largest hall of residence at IIT Kharagpur Hostel?

Lal Bahadur Shastri Hall of Residence which is also known as LBS Hall is the largest hall of residence at IIT Kharagpur Hostel.

What are the facilities available at IIT Kharagpur Hostel?

IIT Kharagpur Hostel offers several facilities available to the students such as uninterrupted and high-speed Wi-Fi, canteens, stationery shop, juice centers, night canteens, tea shops, common room TV, a swimming pool, a bank, a market, gym facilities, et

Are there separate halls of residences for girls and boys at IIT Kharagpur Hostel?

IIT Kharagpur has separate halls of residences for girls and boys.