Patwatoli

This is known as The Pilgrimage for Engineering students.

Patwatoli Manpur
Village
Patwatoli Manpur Location in Bihar, India
Coordinates: 24.82°N 85.03°E / 24.82; 85.03
Country	India
State	Bihar
District	Gaya
Named for	Weaver, IITians
Languages
• Official	Magahi, Hindi, Patwa
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	823003
Telephone code	0631
Nearest town	Bodh Gaya
Lok Sabha constituency	Gaya Town
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Gaya Town

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.

Some students have started opting for the diverse academic course. First success had come in 2018 in BPSC.

Students qualified for Indian Institutes of Technology in 2018 was 5.

Now, girls are also taking the lead and 5-7 girls are studying in various IITs and 20-25 in NITs. 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.

Patwa Toli’s tryst with the IITs began in 1991, when Jitendra Kumar became the first person from the area to qualify for the IITs. His success inspired others and from 1999 onwards 58 students have made it to the tech hubs.