Hyderabad, Dec. 18 -- The Union Education Ministry has revealed that 5,149 government schools across India had zero students enrolled during the 2024-25 academic year, with nearly 70 percent of these located in Telangana and West Bengal.

The ministry presented this data in a recent report submitted to Parliament.

Nalgonda district tops list in Telangana

According to the report, Telangana tops the list with 2,081 schools having no students, followed by West Bengal with 1,571 such schools. At the district level, Nalgonda in Telangana recorded the highest number, with 315 schools showing zero enrollment.

Within Telangana, Mahabubabad (167) and Warangal (135) ranked second and third, respectively. In West Bengal's capital Kolkata, 211 gov...