"Beerappa Siddappa Doni, a youth from the Kuruba community from Amage village in neighbouring Maharashtra, got the 551st rank, as per the UPSC results that were announced on April 22, 2025.": https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/belagavi-village-erupts-in-joy-as-youth-from-shepherding-community-clears-upsc/article69482382.ece
While debates on social divides typically focus on caste and gender, the rural-urban divide is the elephant in the room that everyone ignores conveniently.
How many students in IIT BTech programs come from rural India?
"There are no recent statistics that provide a direct figure for the percentage of students in Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) who spent a substantial portion of their childhood in rural areas. Available data, such as a 2014 Joint Entrance Examination (Advanced) report, indicates that only 9.77% of qualified candidates came from villages, with 76% from urban areas. However, this refers to the place of origin at the time of the exam, not necessarily where candidates spent their childhood." -- Grok.
Note that about 65% people live in Rural India.
As someone who grew up in a village, economic hardship was not the only challenge. The real hardship was finding a role model. Most of my friends dreamed of government clerical jobs in government offices. In the tiny town where I went for my intermediate education, most of my friends dreamed of bank PO jobs. A close friend and I seriously planned to join the Indian Navy as sailors. The plan did not work out, fortunately. We got sufficient information to plan for engineering education only after the 12th exam. My friend now designs microprocessors.
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