Patwatoli

This is known as The Pilgrimage for Engineering students.Patwatoli is a locality in the Manpurblock of the Gaya district, Bihar, India, traditionally known for its weavers but now known for having a disproportionately high number of youths studying at Indian Institutes of Technology, National Institutes of Technology, with at least 200 of the 1,000 households in the locality having at least one engineer.

The revolution in education sector completely changed the destiny of this village.

In 2023, Gulshan Kumar, sets an example of excellence by scoring perfect 100 percentile in JEE Mains.

The progress rate of the village is drastically high but the infrastructure is still a challenge.

His success inspired others and from 1999 onwards 58 students have made it to the tech hubs.