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Regional comparison
Colleges in North-East India
Side-by-side view of states and UTs in the North-East zone — institute counts, NIRF coverage, and links to each state’s own page. 1,128 institutes across 8 states · 3 NIRF-ranked in sample.
North-East zone — key facts
Live data| States / UTs in this zone | 8 |
|---|---|
| Tracked institutes | 1,128 |
| With NIRF Engineering rank (sample) | 3 |
| States with dedicated pagesEach qualifying state still has its own dedicated page | 8 |
| Largest state share | Assam · 643 |
Regional totals from Knwdle’s live institute list, grouped by state. This page compares states; it does not replace individual state landings.
States in North-East India
Primary comparison table for this region. Open a state page for the place-level view.
| State / UT | Institutes | Share | NIRF-ranked | Best rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assam | 643 | 57% | 2 | #8 | State page → |
| Manipur | 111 | 10% | 0 | — | State page → |
| Meghalaya | 82 | 7% | 1 | #83 | State page → |
| Nagaland | 74 | 7% | 0 | — | State page → |
| Tripura | 67 | 6% | 0 | — | State page → |
| Arunachal Pradesh | 55 | 5% | 0 | — | State page → |
| Sikkim | 54 | 5% | 0 | — | State page → |
| Mizoram | 42 | 4% | 0 | — | State page → |
Overview
Knwdle's North-East zone covers Assam, Meghalaya, Manipur, Mizoram, Nagaland, Tripura, Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim — the same eight states that make up India's statutory North Eastern Council, the one zone on this site where our grouping matches the official classification exactly. Every one of these eight states has its own National Institute of Technology (Silchar in Assam, plus dedicated NITs in Meghalaya, Manipur, Mizoram, Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim, and NIT Agartala in Tripura, one of the original Regional Engineering Colleges) — a direct result of India's policy of guaranteeing at least one NIT per state. IIT Guwahati, in Assam, is the zone's sole IIT.
Because several of these states are individually small, this zone page is often the more useful entry point than a single state's own page — though every state that clears Knwdle's three-institute threshold still gets its own dedicated page, and this zone view adds the cross-state comparison on top of that, not instead of it.
Key figure
Share with a cited NIRF rank
0%
Computed from every institute currently mapped to a North-East-zone state on this page — not a fixed marketing number.
FAQ
- Does every North-East state really have its own NIT?
- Yes — all eight states in this zone have a dedicated National Institute of Technology (Silchar in Assam, Agartala in Tripura, and one each in Meghalaya, Manipur, Mizoram, Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim), part of a deliberate national policy to give every state its own NIT.
- Which IIT covers the North-East?
- IIT Guwahati, in Assam, is the only IIT located in this zone.
- Is this zone the same as the official North Eastern Council?
- Yes — this is the one zone on Knwdle where our grouping matches India's statutory North Eastern Council exactly, all eight member states included.
- Why compare states here instead of opening each state page directly?
- Several North-East states individually track fewer institutes than larger states elsewhere, so seeing them side by side — counts, NIRF coverage, best rank — is often more useful than jumping straight into one state's page. Every state that clears the threshold still has its own full page, linked from the table above.
Top NIRF ranks in North-East India
Best Engineering ranks across this zone (up to 20). Compare states above for geographic mix.
| Rank | Institute | Type | State | GO |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #8 | IIT Guwahati (IITG)Guwahati | IIT | Assam | 84.7 |
| #50 | NIT SilcharSilchar | NIT | Assam | 70.2 |
| #83 | NIT MeghalayaShillong | NIT | Meghalaya | 62.3 |
Top institutes in this zone
NIRF-sorted sample (192 of 1,128 tracked). Open a state page for the full list.
| Institute | State | Type | NIRF | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IIT Guwahati (IITG) | Assam | IIT | #8 | View → |
| NIT Silchar | Assam | NIT | #50 | View → |
| NIT Meghalaya | Meghalaya | NIT | #83 | View → |
| Abanindranath Tagore School of Creative Arts and Communication Studies, Silchar | Assam | PRIVATE | — | View → |
| Abhayapuri College, Bongaigaon | Assam | PRIVATE | — | View → |
| Abhiruchi Institute of Physical Education, Guwahati | Assam | PRIVATE | — | View → |
| ACE College, Tinsukia | Assam | PRIVATE | — | View → |
| ACME College of Nursing, Imphal East | Manipur | PRIVATE | — | View → |
| Advanced Technical Training Centre, Sikkim | Sikkim | PRIVATE | — | View → |
| Adwaita Malla Barman Smriti Mahavidyalaya, Amarpur | Tripura | PRIVATE | — | View → |
| Agartala Government Dental College and IGM Hospital, Agartala | Tripura | PRIVATE | — | View → |
| Agartala Government Medical College, Agartala | Tripura | PRIVATE | — | View → |
| Agia College, Goalpara | Assam | PRIVATE | — | View → |
| Aizawl College of Nursing, Aizawl | Mizoram | PRIVATE | — | View → |
| Ajmal Law College, Hojai | Assam | PRIVATE | — | View → |
| AL Choudhury College, Hailakandi | Assam | PRIVATE | — | View → |
| Alamganj Rangamati College, Dhubri | Assam | PRIVATE | — | View → |
| Albert Einstein School of Physical Sciences, Silchar | Assam | PRIVATE | — | View → |
| Alder College, Kohima | Nagaland | PRIVATE | — | View → |
| AIIMS Guwahati | Assam | PRIVATE | — | View → |
| Allama Tayeebur Rahman College of Pharmacy, Badarpur | Assam | PRIVATE | — | View → |
| Ambedkar College, Unakoti | Tripura | PRIVATE | — | View → |
| Amguri College, Sivasagar | Assam | PRIVATE | — | View → |
| Amiya Bharali Nursing Institute, Khetri | Assam | PRIVATE | — | View → |
How to use this page
- 1Start with the state comparison table — counts, NIRF coverage, and best rank per state.
- 2Open a state page for the place-level view, or a profile for scorecards and sourced content.
- 3Use Rankings for the national table, or Compare for a neutral side-by-side of 2–3 colleges.
Frequently asked questions
Answers use counts from this page's live institute list.
- How many institutes appear for North-East zone?
- 192 institutes currently match this page’s filter. 3 of them have a numeric NIRF Engineering rank in our database.
- Is “best” based on editorial opinion?
- No. Where we sort or headline by rank, the order follows published NIRF Engineering ranks (nirfindia.org). Unranked institutes are not given a fabricated Knwdle rank.
- What is Graduation Outcomes (GO)?
- GO is an NIRF sub-score (independent of self-reported packages). On this page, 3 institutes have a GO value; the average among those is 72.4.
- How is this different from a state page?
- This is a multi-state comparison for the geographic zone. Every state that clears the institute threshold still has its own /colleges/state page — this layer puts their counts and NIRF coverage side by side.
What we publish — and what we don't
Included when sourced
- NIRF Engineering ranks & sub-scores (nirfindia.org)
- JoSAA closing ranks already in our database
- Programmes from AICTE EOA / institute official catalogues
- Fees & admissions copy only from the institute's own site
- Campus images from Wikimedia Commons or official media
Deliberately excluded
- Star reviews and self-reported placement packages
- Fees estimated or copied from aggregator directories
- Facts that appear only on compiled third-party college directories
NIRF Graduation Outcomes (GO) is the honest substitute for placement-intent browsing — an independent metric, not a package figure.
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Zone id: /colleges/region/north-east