JEE Mains 2025: Over 40 Students From Bihar's ‘IIT Factory' Patwa Toli Clear Session 2 Exam

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21-04-2025

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Patwa Toli was known as the Manchester of Bihar before it became a village of IITians.
More than 40 students from Patwa Toli have cleared the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Mains Session 2 in 2025, garnering attention for their outstanding scholastic performance. Patwa Toli is known as the 'village of IITians" in the Gaya region of Bihar.
The results were released on April 19. These candidates are now eligible to take the May 18 JEE Advanced exam. 28 of the 40 students this year are from Vriksha Sansthan.
Vriksha Sansthan is a free tutoring institution for low-income families and children of weavers, founded by former IITians, and has been offering free test preparation to students since 2013.
With a score of 94.8, village student Sagar Kumar secured a spot selection in JEE Mains. He received support from Vriksha Sansthan after losing his father in early childhood.
Speaking with ETV Bharat, Kumar said that he found support from Vriksha Sansthan after losing his father at birth.
'I want to serve the country by becoming an engineer. I got support from Vriksha Sansthan, which works for the children of weavers in Patwa Toli. I studied there and achieved success," Kumar told the outlet.
Villager Pratik, whose father works as a gatekeeper at IIM Bodh Gaya, has scored 96.35 percentile. Asmita Kumari, who achieved the 91.82 percentile, is also from a low-income household.
Jamui native Shubham Kumar said that he came to Patwa Toli to study for the exam and managed to succeed in it through perseverance and hard work.
The top JEE Main scorers in 2025 from Patwa Toli village are:
Ketan: 96.00 percentile
Nivas: 95.7 percentile
Gaurika Yadav: 95.1 percentile
Sagar Kumar: 94.8 percentile
History of Patwa Toli's engineer
Patwa Toli, which was once mostly known for its handloom sector, is now a centre for aspiring engineers. The area is often referred to as Bihar's 'IIT factory" because it has generated dozens of IITians over the last 25 years.
Jitendra Patwa was the first villager to enrol at IIT in 1991, marking the beginning of Patwa Toli's transformation into a centre for engineers.
Mr Patwa now resides in the United States and uses his non-profit organisation, Vriksh We The Change, to help youngsters from his community. The IIT dream has since spread throughout Patwa Toli.
His success inspired many others to follow suit. Nearly every home in Patwa Toli is claimed to have at least one engineer these days.
The village, with a population of around 20,000, was once dubbed the 'Manchester of Bihar" due to its textile industry, which now generates dozens of engineers every year.
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