IIT Kharagpur Hostel Fees: Rooms, Food & Rules

There are 21 Halls of Residences (16 for boys, 5 for girls) in the campus. The Halls are provided with High speed LAN fir each student, Wi-Fi connection, 24 hour electricity, Water purifiers, Washing Machines, etc. Every day workers came in the hall and cleans bathrooms and corridors. Halls bathroom are well equipped with geyser, clean water, mirror and running tap. Every first year undergraduate student is given Lal Bahadur Shastri Hall of Residence, which is the biggest and modern state of the art hostel. It consists of 3 fans, 3 single-bed, 3 LAN port, 9 Switch boards, 3 cupboards and 1 balcony in each room for 3 students. Every hall has their own mess and cycle stands and cycle repairing shops.Read Full Review

There are total 21 hostels or 'Halls of Residences', separate for boys' & girls'. The hostel life is super cool here, the rooms might be older but the memories that you make are special. Hygiene is maintained in the mess, the taste can be subjective. On few days, it might taste good and other days, you'll find yourself eating in one of the night canteens. Basic amenities like Wi-Fi, washing machines, clean water, geysers are available.Read Full Review

There are around 21 hostels in Institute (approximately 16 hostels for boys and 5 for girls). I live in ‘Nehru Hall’. This is one of the oldest hostels in IIT Kharagpur. Sundar Pichai also stayed here. There are facilities like Wi-Fi, cooler, geyser, LAN connection, etc. The mess food quality is average as most of the hostels. They serve food 4 times a day (2 heavy meals and 2 light meals). Hostel and mess fee is usually around Rs. 40,000/- per semester. There are no timings in the hostel; you can go out at anytime.Read Full Review