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1,928 Vacant Seats · Official Tentative Data

CSAB 2026 Female Vacant Seats: Real Data

1,928 vacant seats reserved for female candidates confirmed across NITs, IIITs, and GFTIs going into CSAB 2026 Special Rounds — extracted directly from CSAB's official tentative seat vacancy document, broken down by institute type and top colleges.

CSAB 2026 Girls Quota Vacant Seats — The Real Numbers

CSAB's official "Tentative Seat Vacancy" document lists every institute-program-quota-category row with at least one unfilled seat. We filtered and aggregated every row tagged as female-only or female-supernumerary to get a genuine, numbers-first picture of where girls-quota seats remain open heading into Special Rounds.

The headline number is 1,928 vacant seats reserved specifically for female candidates. This female supernumerary scheme adds seats over and above an institute's base sanctioned intake, aiming to push female enrolment toward roughly 20% at NITs and IIITs. Of the 1,928 vacant seats, NITs account for 1,183 (61%), IIITs for 529 (27%), and GFTIs for just 216 (11%) — a much heavier NIT skew than the overall vacancy pool, since the supernumerary female scheme is applied most uniformly and at the largest scale across all 31 NITs.

These seats can only be allotted to female candidates. If you're a female candidate whose rank didn't clear a branch cutoff in JoSAA's regular rounds, these CSAB Special Round vacancies — concentrated at NITs like Calicut, Srinagar, and Raipur — are worth checking closely, since female-quota cutoffs typically run more relaxed than general-category cutoffs for the same branch.

Vacant Seats by Institute Type

Institute TypeVacant SeatsShare of Total
NIT1,18361%
IIIT52927%
GFTI21611%
Total1,928100%
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Top Colleges by Vacant Female-Quota Seats

#InstituteTypeVacant Seats
1NIT CalicutNIT89
2NIT SrinagarNIT74
3NIT RaipurNIT67
4Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, RanchiGFTI63
5NIT AgartalaNIT61
6IIEST ShibpurNIT61
7SVNIT SuratNIT60
8IIIT VadodaraIIIT58

Counts sum every branch, category, and quota row tagged female-only/supernumerary for that institute in the official tentative vacancy list.

How to Use This Data

  • This is a tentative snapshot, not a live feed — CSAB updates the vacancy list as SR1 and SR2 progress.
  • Female-quota seats can only be allotted to female candidates — check both the female-quota and general-category cutoff for your target branch.
  • Use vacancy to calibrate expectations, not as a guaranteed cutoff predictor — run your rank through the CSAB college predictor for a personalized estimate.
  • Cross-check the live number on csab.nic.in before finalizing your choice list — figures shift as candidates report, float, or withdraw.

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CSAB 2026 Female Vacant Seats – FAQs

Common questions about girls-quota vacant seat data in CSAB 2026 Special Rounds

1
How many female/girls quota vacant seats are there in CSAB 2026?
The official CSAB 2026 tentative seat vacancy list shows 1,928 vacant seats under the female-only and supernumerary female categories going into the Special Rounds. Of these, 1,183 (61%) are at NITs, 529 (27%) at IIITs, and 216 (11%) at GFTIs. NITs dominate this pool because the female supernumerary scheme — which adds extra seats over and above the sanctioned intake to push female enrolment toward 20% — was introduced at NITs first and remains most heavily used there.
2
Why do NITs have so many more vacant female seats than IIITs and GFTIs?
NITs carry 1,183 of the 1,928 vacant female seats — more than IIITs and GFTIs combined. This is largely a function of scale and scheme design: all 31 NITs run the female supernumerary scheme uniformly across every branch, category, and quota combination, creating thousands of individual seat slots. IIITs (529 vacant) and GFTIs (216 vacant) either have smaller female supernumerary intakes or, in the case of many GFTIs, don't run an identical scheme, so their vacancy pool is naturally smaller.
3
Which college has the most vacant female-quota seats in CSAB 2026?
NIT Calicut tops the list with 89 vacant female-quota seats, followed by NIT Srinagar (74), NIT Raipur (67), Birla Institute of Technology Mesra (63), NIT Agartala and IIEST Shibpur (61 each), SVNIT Surat (60), and IIIT Vadodara (58). Six of the top eight are NITs, reinforcing that NITs are where most of the unfilled female-quota capacity sits heading into CSAB Special Rounds.
4
Is the CSAB female quota the same as the supernumerary quota?
Mostly yes, in the context of this data. "Female-only and supernumerary seats" refers to seats reserved specifically for female candidates, created as additional (supernumerary) capacity above an institute's base sanctioned intake — this is the scheme that has pushed female representation at NITs and IIITs up significantly over the past several years. These seats can only be allotted to female candidates; if they remain vacant after regular rounds, they show up in CSAB's Special Round vacancy list exactly as counted here.
5
Do female candidates get better chances in CSAB Special Rounds because of this quota?
Yes, effectively. With 1,928 vacant supernumerary/female-only seats specifically reserved for female candidates, the closing ranks for these seats in CSAB Special Rounds are typically more relaxed than the same branch's general-category cutoff, since the pool of eligible applicants (female candidates who haven't already secured a seat) is smaller relative to the number of reserved slots. Female candidates should check both general-category and female-quota cutoffs for their target branches.
6
Is this female vacant seats data official and current?
Yes — these numbers are extracted directly from CSAB's official "Tentative Seat Vacancy for CSAB Special Rounds 2026" document, filtered specifically for female-only and supernumerary female rows. CSAB itself labels this data tentative, and the list updates as SR1 and SR2 progress and candidates report, float, or withdraw. Always cross-check the live figure on csab.nic.in before finalizing your choice list.

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Total female vacant seats1,928
NIT vacant seats1,183
IIIT vacant seats529
GFTI vacant seats216
Top collegeNIT Calicut (89)

CSAB 2026 Round Dates

Registration opensJuly 28, 2026
Choice lockingAugust 5, 2026
SR1 reporting (concluded)August 6–11, 2026
SR2 reportingAugust 12–17, 2026
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Data Source & Disclaimer

Figures on this page are aggregated from CSAB's official "Tentative Seat Vacancy for CSAB Special Rounds 2026" document. CSAB explicitly labels these numbers tentative — candidates may fill choices not listed, and the list updates as rounds progress. Always verify the live figure on csab.nic.in before finalizing your choices.