JEE Main 2026: Preparation Tips & Study Plan
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Hello JEE Aspirants!
JEE main application will start soon and before that assuring that eligibility of exam is important. The major factors to check the eligibility are Qualifying exam, age limit, number of attempts and subject combination.
Along with this candidate is asked to fill a state code while applying for JEE Main Exam which means code of the state/ Union territory from where candidate has passed 12 th or equivalent examination.
Also, if a candidate has appeared for board exam from one city and improvement exam from other then he/she must fill up the state code from they have appeared for board exam.
Candidates appearing Board exams other than native states must be alert about this.
This is known JEE Main 2020 Eligibility Criteria (State code). Candidates applying from outside of India also must fill up this section.
Andaman & Nicobar Islands (UT) – 1
Foreign/ OCI/ PIO/ Nepal / Bhutan – 98
Andhra Pradesh – 2
Telangana – 36
Arunachal Pradesh -22
West Bengal – 35
Assam – 4
Uttarakhand - 34
Bihar -5
Uttar Pradesh - 33
Chandigarh (UT) -6
Tripura -32
Chhattisgarh - 7
Tamil Nadu -31
Dadra & Nagar Haveli (UT) - 8
Sikkim - 30
Daman & Diu (UT) -9
Rajasthan -29
Delhi (NCT) -10
Punjab -28
Goa -11
Puducherry (UT) -27
Gujarat -12
Odisha -26
Haryana - 13
Nagaland -25
Himachal Pradesh -14
Mizoram -24
Jammu & Kashmir -15
Meghalaya -23
Jharkhand -16
Manipur -22
Karnataka -17
Maharashtra -21
Kerala -18
Madhya Pradesh -20
Lakshadweep (UT) -19
So, candidates while applying for JEE Main exam must keep in mind about filling the right state code.
Hope this information helps in JEE Main Registration.
Thanks.
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