Hello Suresh,

There is no such fixed number of candidates that apply for JEE. It varies a lot. However, the data for this year is as follows:

Gender/ Category wise distribution of candidates registered in both sessions:

General- 302486(Male) | 128746(Female)

GEN-EWS- 63372(Male) | 24712(Female)

OBC-NCL- 261837(Male) | 107837(Female)

SC- 72825(Male) | 27260(Female)

ST- 26858(Male) | 10862(Female)

PWD- 2259(Male) | 545(Female)

Total- 727378(Male) | 299417(Female)

Gender/ Category wise distribution of candidates appeare d in both sessions:

General- 267982(Male) | 110224(Female)

GEN-EWS- 60052(Male) | 22990(Female)

OBC-NCL- 234798(Male) | 92411(Female)

SC- 63125(Male) | 22813(Female)

ST- 22598(Male) | 8593(Female)

PWD- 2009(Male) | 471(Female)

Total- 648555(Male) | 257031(Female)

No such information is available for ST PWD candidates. Separate data is available for both categories.

Source- https://news.careers360.com/jee-main-result-2022-live-iit-jee-mains-session-2-results-declared-jeemain-nta-nic-in-ntaresults-rank-card-toppers-cutoff-latest-updates

To use the JEE Main college predictor tool, visit:

https://engineering.careers360.com/jee-main-college-predictor?utm_source=qna&utm_medium=jee_cp