Who Is Devdatta Majhi? JEE Advanced Female Topper From West Bengal Board Secured AIR 16

Last Updated:June 02, 2025, 19:18 IST

Devdatta Majhi achieved an impressive 697 out of 700 marks in the Madhyamik examination of 2023, which is 99.57 per cent, thus securing the first rank.

Many students from Hindi-medium backgrounds often face language-related challenges in exams like JEE, NEET, and UPSC. However, the JEE Advanced Result 2025 dispels this notion. Devdatta Majhi from West Bengal has topped the JEE Advanced, despite attending school in the Bengali language. She has secured the number 1 position in the girls’ category in the JEE Advanced Result 2025.

Devdatta Majhi also excelled in the JEE Main 2025 exam, participating in both sessions. She achieved an All India Rank (AIR) of 15 in the January session of JEE Main. Later, she gained significant attention by scoring a perfect 300 out of 300 in the second session of JEE Main. With the release of the JEE Advanced Result 2025, Devdatta Majhi is once again in the spotlight, scoring 312 out of 360 marks.

Hailing from the village of Jambad in the Adasha block of the Purulia district in West Bengal, Devdatta Majhi has made history by topping the female category in JEE Advanced. She has consistently been a top performer throughout her academic journey, even during her school days.

Devdatta attended Durgadasi Choudhary Girls High School in Katwa. Her father, Jayant Majhi, is a Physics professor at BB College in Asansol, and her mother, Seli Devi, teaches at Durgadasi Choudhrani Girls High School in Katwa. Devdatta herself studied at the same school and achieved an impressive 697 out of 700 marks in the Madhyamik examination of 2023, which translates to 99.57 percent, securing the first rank.

The people of her village are proud and delighted with Devdatta Majhi’s JEE Advanced Result 2025. She studied up to class 5 at a school in her village Jamwad. Following her parents’ job transfers, the family moved to Katwa. According to family sources, Devdatta aspires to study Mathematics at IISC Bangalore and later pursue Astrophysics research at ISRO.

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