How many students appeared for JEE Main 2024?
IITs are some of the top technical institutions in the country. It is not easy to achieve a seat in an engineering course at IITs. Every year lakhs of aspirants appear in IIT-JEE to secure a seat in these top technical institutions of the country. It is one of the most important and popular exams for students who aspire to have a career in engineering. Although IIT-JEE is conducted in two phases, JEE Main and JEE Advanced. Students who are in class 12th or have passed class 12th with PCM as subjects can appear for JEE Main examination. For JEE Main 2024, there was no age criteria, however only those candidates who have cleared class 12th in 2021, 2022, or are studying in class 12th in the year 2023 were eligible for JEE Main 2024. After clearing JEE Main, students can appear for JEE Advanced.
But in this blog, we’ll keep our discussion around JEE Main only.
JEE Main 2024
JEE Main is an engineering entrance exam for the students aspiring to have a career in the field of engineering and technology. Those who clear JEE Main are eligible for JEE Advanced. JEE Main is conducted twice in a year. It is conducted by the National Testing Agency (NTA), whereas IITs conduct JEE Advanced. Generally, session 1 is conducted in January, and session 2 is conducted in the month of April. In the year 2024, session 1 is conducted from 27th January 2024 to 1st February 2024 (not on 28th January 2024), whereas session 2 is conducted from 4th to 9th April (not on 7th April 2024). It is conducted in online mode. In 2024, JEE Main was conducted in 13 languages (Assamese, Bengali, English, Urdu, Gujrati, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Odia, Punjabi, Telugu, and Tamil).
Paper 1 of session 1 of JEE Main 2024 was conducted in 544 centers in 291 cities (including 21 cities outside India), whereas paper 1 of session 2 was conducted at 571 centers in 319 cities, including 22 outside India.
Students can get admission into various NITs, IIITs, GFTIs, and other technical institutes for B.E. and B.Tech. through paper 1 of JEE Main; therefore, a lot of aspirants appear in paper 1 of JEE Main.
In order to achieve good marks in JEE Main, it is important that students have an idea of the competition level in JEE Main. This blog by MENIIT will provide information about the total number of candidates who appeared in session 1 and session 2 of JEE Main 2024.
Let us look at the data of paper 1 (B.E./B.Tech) of session 1.
The gender-wise distribution of the candidates for Paper 1 is given below:
| Gender | Female | Male | Third Gender | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of candidates registered | 400937 | 820768 | 9 | 1221624 |
| Number of candidates appeared | 381808 | 788234 | 6 |
1170048 (95.8% of total registered candidates) |
The category-wise distribution of the candidates for paper 1 is:
| Category | General | EWS | OBC-NCL | SC | ST | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of candidates registered | 412012 | 154415 | 493864 | 120390 | 40943 | 1221624 |
| Number of candidates appeared | 392640 | 150693 | 474986 | 113509 | 38220 | 1170048 |
The gender-wise/category-wise distribution for the candidates registered for paper 1 is:
| Gender | General | EWS | SC | ST | OBC | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Female | 137097 | 48397 | 38517 | 13062 | 163863 | 400936 |
| Male | 274910 | 106018 | 81872 | 27881 | 329998 | 820679 |
| Third Gender | 05 | 0 | 01 | 0 | 03 | 09 |
| Total | 412012 | 154415 | 120390 | 40943 | 493864 | 1221624 |
The gender-wise/category-wise distribution for the candidates appeared for paper 1 is:
| Gender | General | EWS | SC | ST | OBC | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Female | 129611 | 47296 | 36116 | 12048 | 156736 | 381807 |
| Male | 263025 | 103397 | 77392 | 26172 | 318249 | 788235 |
| Third Gender | 04 | 0 | 01 | 0 | 01 | 05 |
| Total | 392640 | 150693 | 113509 | 38220 | 474986 | 1170048 |
The shift-wise data for paper 1 is:
| Date | Shift | Total candidates registered |
|---|---|---|
| 27 Jan 2024 | Shift 1 | 1,22,187 |
| Shift 2 | 1,25,272 | |
| 29 Jan 2024 | Shift 1 | 1,22,323 |
| Shift 2 | 1,24,848 | |
| 30 Jan 2024 | Shift 1 | 1,21,798 |
| Shift 2 | 1,21,028 | |
| 31 Jan 2024 | Shift 1 | 1,25,094 |
| Shift 2 | 1,20,917 | |
| 1 Feb, 2024 | Shift 1 | 1,21,205 |
| Shift 2 | 1,16,952 |
Those students who want to enrol in Bachelor of Architecture/Bachelor of Planning courses have to appear in Paper 2 of JEE Main. Paper 2A is for admission into B.Arch, and Paper 2B is for admission into B.Planning. Generally, the students in Paper 2 are smaller in numbers in comparison to the number of candidates in Paper 1.
In the year 2024, paper 2 was conducted on 24th January 2024 and 12th April 2024.
Let us look at the data of Paper 2 of Session 1 of JEE Main 2024.
Gender and category-wise details of the registered candidates for paper 2A of JEE Main 2024:
| Gender | General | EWS | OBC-NCL | SC | ST | Total | PwD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male | 11622 | 2491 | 11423 | 3070 | 1290 | 29982 | 86 |
| Female | 13376 | 4396 | 13603 | 4770 | 2106 | 38410 | 159 |
| Total | 24998 | 6887 | 25026 | 7840 | 3396 | 68392 | 245 |
Gender and category-wise details of the registered candidates for paper 2B of JEE Main 2024:
| Gender | General | EWS | OBC-NCL | SC | ST | Total | PwD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male | 5457 | 947 | 5180 | 1624 | 692 | 13900 | 48 |
| Female | 8219 | 2363 | 7973 | 3061 | 1156 | 22772 | 104 |
| Total | 13676 | 3310 | 13153 | 4685 | 1848 | 36672 | 152 |
Gender and category-wise details of the appeared candidates for paper 2A of JEE Main 2024:
| Gender | General | EWS | OBC-NCL | SC | ST | Total | PwD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male | 8514 | 2152 | 9148 | 2410 | 1023 | 23247 | 67 |
| Female | 9041 | 3719 | 10580 | 3372 | 1611 | 28323 | 115 |
| Total | 17555 | 5871 | 19728 | 5782 | 2634 | 51570 | 182 |
Gender and category-wise details of the appeared candidates for paper 2B of JEE Main 2024:
| Gender | General | EWS | OBC-NCL | SC | ST | Total | PwD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male | 3423 | 735 | 3774 | 1151 | 511 | 9594 | 34 |
| Female | 4950 | 1884 | 5673 | 1986 | 789 | 15282 | 71 |
| Total | 8373 | 2619 | 9447 | 3137 | 1300 | 24876 | 105 |
JEE Main 2024 session 2
Let us look at the data of paper 1 (B.E./B.Tech) of session 2.
The gender-wise/category-wise distribution for the candidates registered for paper 1 of session 2:
| Gender | General | EWS | OBC-NCL | SC | ST | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Female | 137839 | 42022 | 145433 | 35474 | 12747 | 373515 |
| Male | 281268 | 100541 | 313348 | 82304 | 25584 | 806045 |
| Third Gender | 07 | 1 | 01 | 0 | 00 | 09 |
| Total | 419114 | 142564 | 458782 | 117778 | 41331 | 1179569 |
The gender-wise/category-wise distribution for the candidates appeared for paper 1 of session 2:
| Gender | General | EWS | OBC-NCL | SC | ST | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Female | 121669 | 39052 | 128157 | 30062 | 10660 | 329600 |
| Male | 256246 | 95412 | 288282 | 73360 | 25051 | 738351 |
| Third Gender | 06 | 1 | 01 | 0 | 00 | 08 |
| Total | 377921 | 134465 | 416440 | 103422 | 35711 | 1067959 |
Details of PwD candidates in JEE Main 2024 are:
| Gender | Pwd (Registered) | PwD (Appeared) |
|---|---|---|
| Male | 849 | 744 |
| Female | 2930 | 2625 |
| Third Gender | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 3779 | 3369 |
The shift-wise attendance for session 2 is:
| Date | Shift | Total candidates registered | Total candidates appeared | Percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 April 2024 | Shift 1 | 118246 | 105288 | 89.04 |
| Shift 2 | 118160 | 105795 | 89.54 | |
| 5 April 2024 | Shift 1 | 118255 | 106970 | 90.46 |
| Shift 2 | 118161 | 107160 | 90.69 | |
| 6 April 2024 | Shift 1 | 118378 | 107635 | 90.92 |
| Shift 2 | 118084 | 107494 | 91.03 | |
| 8 April 2024 | Shift 1 | 117867 | 106992 | 90.77 |
| Shift 2 | 117437 | 106952 | 91.07 | |
| 9 April 2024 | Shift 1 | 118169 | 107254 | 90.76 |
| Shift 2 | 116812 | 106419 | 91.10 | |
| Total | 1179569 | 1067959 | ||
After having all the shift-wise data, let us look at the consolidated data of JEE Main 2024.
| Total number of Unique Candidates Registered in both Sessions (January/April) | 1,476,557 |
| Total Number of Unique Candidates Appeared in both Sessions (January/April) | 1,415,110 |
| Number of common candidates Registered in both sessions (January/April) | 924,636 |
| Number of common candidates Appeared in both sessions (January/April) | 822,899 |
| Number of candidates registered in January 2024 (Session 1) Examination | 1,221,624 |
| Number of candidates who appeared in the January 2024 (Session 1) Examination | 1,170,048 |
| Number of candidates registered in April 2024 (Session 2) Examination | 1,179,569 |
| Number of candidates who appeared in the April 2024 (Session 2) Examination | 1,067,959 |
This was all the data about JEE Main 2024. One thing that might bother the readers is that do they really have to compete with nearly 12 lakh aspirants in each session? The answer is no. In general not every student is serious about JEE Main. Nearly 50% of the candidates are from class 12th and they have to focus on the board exams as well. Out of remaining 50% some have done preparation but that would not be up to the mark. Due to which the real competition remains in between nearly 20-25% students. So if you prepare well, there are very large chance that you might get selected in JEE Main at a good rank.
FAQs:
What is the cut-off for JEE Mains 2024?
Answer:| Category | Percentile | |
|---|---|---|
| From | To | |
| UR-ALL | 100.0000000 | 93.2362181 |
| UR-PwD | 93.2041331 | 0.0018700 |
| ESW-ALL | 93.2312696 | 81.3266412 |
| OBC-ALL | 93.2312696 | 79.6757881 |
| SC-ALL | 93.2312696 | 60.0923182 |
| ST-ALL | 93.2312696 | 46.6975840 |
Can I get NIT with 90 percentile?
Answer: The college depends upon the rank of the candidate.
How many students appeared for JEE Main 2024 Session 1?
Answer: Total 1170048 appeared for session 1 of JEE Main 2024.
How many students appeared for JEE Main 2024 Session 2?
Answer: Total 1067959 candidates appeared for session 2 of JEE Main 2024.
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