The Jharkhand Combined Entrance Competitive Examination Board (JCECEB) published the provisional first-round seat allotment for NEET UG 2026 state quota seats on 27 August 2026. The list covers 912 seats: 785 in MBBS and 127 in BDS, across 15 colleges. It follows the round 1 state merit list published on 14 August.
That is the largest first round Jharkhand has run in four years. The state allotted 674 seats in round 1 of 2023, 694 in 2024 and 762 in 2025. MBBS alone rose from 613 seats last year to 785 this year, an increase of 172.
Most of that came from two existing government colleges filling more seats in the first round than they did last year. RIMS Ranchi allotted 208 MBBS seats against 148 in round 1 of 2025, and MGM Jamshedpur allotted 125 against 83. Three colleges that did not feature in last year’s first round added another 60 between them.
What the round 1 cutoffs look like
Jharkhand ranks candidates on its own Combined Merit List (CML), so an allotment letter shows a state rank, not a NEET All India Rank. Both are given below, because the two answer different questions: the state rank tells you where you stand in the Jharkhand queue, and the All India Rank tells you what score that queue position corresponds to nationally.
Across all government MBBS colleges, the general (UR) category closed at state rank 394, which works out to a NEET All India Rank of about 32,300. Private MBBS colleges went much deeper, closing at state rank 2,926 (All India Rank about 8.73 lakh). In BDS, the general category closed at state rank 3,078.
| College | Type | Seats in R1 | UR closes at state rank | Equivalent NEET AIR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS), Ranchi | Government | 208 | 105 | 11,575 |
| MGM Medical College, Jamshedpur | Government | 125 | 192 | 16,805 |
| Shaheed Nirmal Mahto Medical College, Dhanbad | Government | 83 | 245 | 21,345 |
| Sheikh Bhikhari Medical College & Hospital, Hazaribagh | Government | 83 | 297 | 25,336 |
| Phulo Jhano Medical College, Dumka | Government | 83 | 351 | 29,474 |
| Medinirai Medical College, Palamu | Government | 83 | 394 | 32,346 |
| Manipal TATA Medical College, Jamshedpur | Private | 25 | 552 | 42,321 |
| Laxmi Chandravansi Medical College & Hospital, Palamu | Private | 35 | 2,020 | 4,55,521 |
| Birsa Institute of Medical Sciences & Research, Khunti | Private | 18 | 2,308 | 5,67,444 |
| Sido Kanhu Medical College & Hospital, Dumka | Private | 15 | 2,669 | 7,24,334 |
| Netaji Subhas Medical College and Hospital, Seraikela-Kharsawan | Private | 27 | 2,926 | 8,73,239 |
These are round 1 closing ranks for the general category under the state quota. Reserved-category ranks close later, and every one of these numbers will move in rounds 2 and 3 as candidates upgrade or drop out. Treat them as a snapshot of where the queue stood on 27 August, not as a prediction of where it will finish. Round-wise closing ranks for every Jharkhand college are on our Jharkhand cutoffs page.
Two colleges join state counselling
Sido Kanhu Medical College & Hospital, Dumka took 15 MBBS seats in this round, and Birsa Institute of Medical Sciences & Research, Khunti took 18. Both are private colleges and neither appeared in a Jharkhand allotment list before this year. The National Medical Commission’s seat matrix for 2026-27 lists Sido Kanhu as a new establishment with 100 MBBS seats. Netaji Subhas Medical College, which took 27 seats, is also appearing in a first round for the first time, having entered counselling only in later rounds last year.
Because these colleges are filling early for the first time, their round 1 closing ranks are unusually deep, and candidates should expect them to move a lot across later rounds.
Awadh Dental College is back in the list
Awadh Dental College & Hospital, Jamshedpur received 10 BDS allotments in this round. Its seats returned to counselling after a Jharkhand High Court judgment of 13 August 2026 set aside the earlier decision that had stopped admissions there. We covered the board’s advisory on this college separately.
JCECEB’s own advisory of 24 August 2026 asks candidates to weigh that position carefully before locking a choice. The court left the legality of an earlier batch of 68 BDS admissions open for the National Dental Commission to determine through an independent inquiry. The board also warned that once a candidate locks a choice and is allotted a seat, the usual counselling consequences follow. If you are considering this college, read the board’s advisory in full and verify its recognition for your academic session yourself.
What allotted candidates do next
JCECEB has revised the round 1 schedule twice, most recently through Advertisement No. 66 dated 21 August 2026, issued after the Medical Counselling Committee directed states to extend round 1. The dates that now apply:
- Download the provisional allotment letter: 27 August to 5 September 2026.
- Document verification and admission at the allotted institute: 28 August to 5 September 2026.
The allotment is provisional. A seat is only confirmed once the college verifies your documents and admits you. Given how often this schedule has changed, check the JCECEB portal before you travel.
One number worth reading carefully
The gap between the last government seat and the first private one is wide this year. A Jharkhand candidate at state rank 394 got a government seat in round 1. A candidate at state rank 552 got Manipal TATA, and after that the list runs into the thousands. If you are between those numbers, rounds 2 and 3 are where your decision actually gets made, not this one.
Source: JCECEB provisional seat allotment list for round 1, NEET UG 2026 state quota MBBS and BDS, dated 27 August 2026; JCECEB Advertisement No. 66 dated 21 August 2026; JCECEB advisory on Awadh Dental College dated 24 August 2026; NMC UG seat matrix 2026-27. All India Rank equivalents are derived from the JCECEB state merit list for round 1 dated 14 August 2026, which maps every state rank to that candidate’s NEET All India Rank.