Percentile indicates how many students have been outperformed by you in any examination as it is calculated like -
Percentile = no. of student have marks lesser than you / total no. of students appeared in the exam X 100
Your percentile should be >= 80 or you should have have your board percentage greater than or equal to 75
Also, you can go through the below links to check previous year NIT/IIT wise top 20 percentile -
https://josaa.nic.in/webinfocms/Handler/FileHandler.ashx?i=File&ii=86&iii=Y
https://josaa.nic.in/webinfocms/Handler/FileHandler.ashx?i=File&ii=87&iii=Y
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