The National Testing Agency has completed the JEE Main April session exam. The number of students who have participated in the April session exam has been updated here. A total of 11.23 lakh students participated in the JEE Main 2026 April session. For paper 1, around 11.06 lakh students registered and for paper 2, around 54,953 students registered in India. Further, for the January session, a total of 13,04,653 candidates appeared for the exam. A total of 13,55,293 candidates had registered for the JEE Main 2026 session 1 exam. Read the article for more details on the number of students appearing for the JEE Main 2026 for the session 2 exam.
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JEE Mains Session 2 concluded on April 8, 2026. The total count of students appearing has been declared. The same numbers have been updated in the table below. Candidates can check the number of students who appeared in the JEE Main April 2026 session.
Aspects | All Shifts |
Registered candidates | Ppaer 1- 11.06 lakh Paper 2 - 54,953 |
Candidates Appeared | 11.23 Lakh |
Attendance (%) | Paper 1- 93% Paper 2- 73% |
Aadhaar Verified Candidates | To be Notified |
Aadhaar Verification (%) | 97% |
PwD Candidates | To be Notified |
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The total number of students registered for JEE Main 2026 April session was 1,165,452. Around 11.06 lakh domestically and 4,229 internationally registered for the BTech paper. And for the BArch, 54,953 students registered domestically and 270 internationally.
The National Testing Agency conducted the JEE Main 2026 January session from January 21 to 29, 2026. As per the report released by NTA, a total of 13,04,653 students appeared altogether for the session 1 exam for BTech. Check the statistics for the JEE Main 2026 session 1 exam.
Aspects | All Shifts |
Registered candidates | 13,55,293 |
Candidates Appeared | 13,04,653 |
Attendance (%) | 96.26% |
Aadhaar Verified Candidates | 9,96,774 |
Aadhaar Verification (%) | 96.19% |
PwD Candidates | 4314 |
Related- Total Number of JEE Main 2026 Registrations
Category | Male | Female | Total |
General | 3,08,011 | 1,65,622 | 4,73,633 |
Gen-EWS | 1,10,436 | 53,824 | 1,64,260 |
OBC-NCL | 3,47,364 | 1,86,607 | 5,33,971 |
SC | 90,767 | 46,440 | 1,37,207 |
ST | 30,898 | 15,324 | 46,222 |
Total | 8,87,476 | 4,67,817 | 13,55,293 |
Category | Male | Female | Total |
General | 2,95,078 | 1,57,747 | 4,52,825 |
Gen-EWS | 1,08,054 | 52,904 | 1,60,958 |
OBC-NCL | 3,36,860 | 1,80,476 | 5,17,336 |
SC | 85,904 | 43,998 | 1,29,902 |
ST | 29,189 | 14,443 | 43,632 |
Total | 8,55,085 | 4,49,568 | 13,04,65 |
Here, candidates can check the total number of students who have appeared for the JEE Main from 2025 to 2022. Further, candidates can also check the total registration count from 2022 to 2025.
Year | Registered Students | Appeared Students |
2025 | 15,39,848 | 14,15,110 |
2024 | 1162398 | 1113325 |
2023 | 11,62,398 | 8.22 Lakh session 1 |
2022 | 1026799 | 905590 |
Year | Session 1 – Registered Candidates | Session 2 – Registered Candidates | Total Unique Registered Candidates |
2025 | 13,11,544 | 10,61,840 | 15,39,848 |
2024 | 12,21,624 | 11,79,569 | 14,76,557 |
2023 | 8,60,064 | 9,31,334 | 11,62,398 |
2022 | 8,72,970 | 6,22,034 | 10,26,799 |
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
A total of 11.23 lakh students appeared for the JEE Main 2026 April session exam.
For the JEE Main April session, a total of 11.06 lakh students registered for paper 1 in India.
The exact number of SC candidates appearing in the JEE Main session 2 exam will be released soon.
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