IIT Kharagpur Campus, Facilities, Hostel, Library & more @ Shiksha ,

IIT Kharagpur which is one of the most renowned academic institutes in the country 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. IIT Kharagpur being the mother of all IITs have always been on the list of top 10 IITs ranked by NIRF which makes IIT KGP one of the top most choice of students willing to pursue engineering and many other courses offered there.

Given below is the IIT Kharagpur students review videos:

IIT Kharagpur Campus Highlights

IIT Kharagpur campus area is over 2100 acres, over a total of 55 kilometres of roadways and approximately 10,000 students live on the campus. There are plenty of facilities and centres for extracurriculars available inside the IIT Kharagpur campus such as the Student Activity Center better known as the Technology Students' Gymkhana, Jnan Ghosh and Tata Sports Complex for various sports activities, Social and Cultural Centre, Counselling Centre, B C Roy Technology Hospital and various cafeterias.

More highlights of the IIT Kharagpur campus are as follows:

Boy’s and Girl’s Hostel: There are various hostels available with separate accommodation for boys and girls enrolled at IIT Kharagpur.

Gymkhana: Technology Students' Gymkhana acts as a centre for numerous extra-curricular and co-curricular activities ranging from sports to socio-cultural events.

Library: The Central Library of IIT Kharagpur is one of the finest and largest technical libraries in Asia which is accessed by the institute’s students of UG, PG, and research scholars. It also has the facility of the digital library.

Hospital: B C Roy Technology Hospital is located centrally within the IIT Kharagpur campus. The facility has 32 beds, including a 2-bed ICU, Cabins and Isolation Ward. 

Sports Facilities: The IIT Kharagpur campus has Jnan Ghosh Stadium and Tata Sports Complex for various games like Hockey, Football, Cricket and Athletics. Apart from these, the campus also has a fully modernized Aquatic Center for sports like Swimming and Water Polo.

The following images showcases the sports facilities at IIT Kharagpur campus:

 

IIT Kharagpur Hostel

There are 21 hostels at the IIT Kharagpur campus out of which 16 are for boys and rest 5 are for girls. Here is the list of halls of residence at IIT Kharagpur:

• 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

Lal Bahadur Shastri and Madan Mohan Malviya Hall of Residences were built in 2010 and have all the modern facilities in it. Girl's hostels are located near the academic centre, playground, police station and auditorium. Zakir Hussain Hostel provides accommodation for married students.

IIT Kharagpur Hostel Facilities

IIT Kharagpur hostels offer various facilities for its residences such as uninterrupted Wi-Fi, canteens, stationery shop, juice centres, night canteens, tea shops, common room with TV, swimming pool, bank, market, gym facilities, and many other facilities.

Almost every room in each hall of residence is furnished with a bed, table, chair, 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.

More hostel facilities available at IIT Kharagpur are as follows:

IIT Kharagpur v/s Other IITs: Hostel Comparison

The hostel comparison of various IITs is as follows:

Note: The hostel fee mentioned above is collated from unofficial sources. Hence, it is indicative.

IIT Kharagpur Hostel Life

According to the students who have studied at IIT Kharagpur the campus provides a very memorable and exciting experience with wifi available almost everywhere on the campus, a huge collection of books in the central library, and many extra-curricular and co-curricular activities to participate in, IIT Kharagpur campus always keep itself lively and vibrant.

IIT Kharagpur Library

The Central Library of IIT Kharagpur is one of the finest and largest technical libraries in Asia. It provides access to 20,664 full-text e-journals and 1,22,744 full-text e-books. In addition, it has a collection of more than 3 lakh documents and 300 print journals. The collection consists of books, archived volumes of periodicals, theses, conference proceedings, standards, reports, microforms, CD-ROM/DVD-ROM databases and audio-visual materials. Check out the image of IIT Kharagpur Central Library below:

IIT Kharagpur Sports Facilities

The IIT Kharagpur campus has Jnan Ghosh Stadium and Tata Sports Complex for various games like Hockey, Football, Cricket and Athletics. Apart from these, the campus also has a fully modernized Aquatic Center for sports like Swimming and Water Polo. Also, IIT Kharagpur organise the General Championship and the prestigious Inter-IIT Sports Meet annually and students are encouraged to participate in it.

Places to visit in & around the IIT Kharagpur campus

There are many places within the IIT Kharagpur campus where students can enjoy during their spare time such as Coffee Café Day (CCD), Amul Corner, Nescafe Shop and Netaji Auditorium where movies are screened regularly. Also, IIT Kharagpur students can visit Digha Beach, Jhargram Palace, Kurumbera Fort and can visit to Kolkata which is 120 kilometres from IIT Kharagpur.

Check out more on IIT Kharagpur Infrastructure in the video below: