Local rank refers to what your position is in your group in EAMCET.All the students are given a state rank and a local rank and the latter is based on the number of candidates appearing from their respective regions. There are 4 local regions... JNTU, Andhra University, SV University & osmania.The local rank is your rank among the students of that region... If you belong to JNTU region and want to take admission in AU or SVU affiliated colleg or university, only certain number of seats are available for you