Vidarbha 50 is an annually published ranking of the Top 50 board exam scorers from the Vidarbha region of Maharashtra, India. It covers four boards — Maharashtra HSC (Class 12), Maharashtra SSC (Class 10), CBSE Class 12, and CBSE Class 10. Each board has its own Top 50 list, with Class 12 boards split further by stream (Science, Commerce, and Arts or Humanities). Less than 1% of Vidarbha's board exam students appear on these lists.

Vidarbha is the eastern region of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It comprises 11 districts: Nagpur, Amravati, Wardha, Akola, Chandrapur, Yavatmal, Bhandara, Gondia, Gadchiroli, Washim, and Buldhana. Vidarbha 50 ranks the top board exam scorers from schools and junior colleges across all 11 districts.

Rankings are based purely on percentage scored in the board examination, exactly as printed on the marksheet issued by the board. Where boards include sports or co-curricular extra marks in the printed percentage, those are accepted as-is. Dense ranking is used: students tied at the same percentage share the same rank, and the next percentage receives the immediately following rank number. Within a tied rank, names are listed alphabetically by first name.

The Top 50 cap creates genuine scarcity. Out of tens of thousands of board exam students across Vidarbha each year, only the absolute highest scorers appear on each list. This makes inclusion an authentic mark of academic distinction — both for the student and for their school.

No. Vidarbha 50 is an independent journalistic compilation. Neither the Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education nor the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) publishes their own region-wise Top 50 lists. Vidarbha 50 fills that gap by aggregating data from school-issued press releases, official marksheets, and direct submissions, then ranking them transparently by percentage.

Rankings refresh automatically every six hours. As schools submit fresh topper data after results are declared, new entries are extracted, deduplicated, and re-ranked into each list. The countdown timer on each results page shows the time until the next refresh.

Schools and junior colleges can submit their toppers by emailing journalistbuddy@gmail.com. Acceptable formats include school press releases (PDF, Word document, or images), the official school letterhead listing students with percentages, or a structured list with student names and marks. Each submission must include the school name, branch (if applicable), city, and a contact phone number for verification.

Vidarbha 50 only accepts submissions from schools and junior colleges to maintain data integrity. Parents who believe their child should be ranked but is not yet listed should ask their school to forward the topper details to journalistbuddy@gmail.com. The school's official communication is the verification mechanism.

Most commonly, the school has not yet submitted the data. Vidarbha 50 cannot list a student until the school sends the press release or topper details. If you are a school principal or correspondent and believe your topper should be ranked, email journalistbuddy@gmail.com immediately and the entry will be added in the next refresh cycle.

SSC (Secondary School Certificate) Class 10 refers to the Maharashtra State Board examination. CBSE Class 10 is the national board examination conducted by the Central Board of Secondary Education. Both are Class 10 exams but are administered by different boards, follow different syllabi, and are graded on different scales — so Vidarbha 50 publishes them as two separate Top 50 lists.

From 2026 onwards, CBSE has introduced a two-exam format for Class 10 — students sit for two board exam attempts and the higher of the two scores is treated as the final result. CBSE Class 10 rankings on Vidarbha 50 will use this best-of-both approach, ranking students on whichever attempt produced their higher percentage.

All entries are sourced from official school communications — press releases, letterheads, or official statements signed by school authorities. Where a contact number is provided, individual entries can be verified directly with the issuing school. Vidarbha 50 cross-references multiple submissions to detect and resolve any duplicate or conflicting entries before publication.

Yes. Vidarbha 50 is fully free for parents, students, schools, journalists, and the public. There are no paywalls, no subscriptions, and no advertising on the rankings pages. The site exists as a public service to spotlight academic excellence across the Vidarbha region.

In the 2026 cycle, Maharashtra HSC (Class 12) results were declared on 2 May 2026 and Maharashtra SSC (Class 10) on 8 May 2026. CBSE Class 12 and CBSE Class 10 results are typically declared in May each year. Vidarbha 50 begins ingesting topper data the same day each board's results go live and updates rankings continuously thereafter.

The Top 50 Maharashtra HSC (Class 12) and Maharashtra SSC (Class 10) toppers from Nagpur and across Vidarbha are listed live on Vidarbha 50, updated every six hours as schools submit results. Toppers from all 11 Vidarbha districts — Nagpur, Amravati, Wardha, Akola, Chandrapur, Yavatmal, Bhandara, Gondia, Gadchiroli, Washim, and Buldhana — appear on the same lists, ranked purely by board exam percentage.

The most reliable indicator of a Nagpur school's academic standing is how many of its students appear on Vidarbha 50's Top 50 lists. Schools with multiple toppers across Maharashtra HSC, Maharashtra SSC, CBSE Class 12, or CBSE Class 10 are typically the strongest performers in Nagpur. Visit each board's page to identify which Nagpur schools dominate the 2026 rankings.

Vidarbha 50 ranks individual students rather than schools, but the schools with multiple students appearing on each Top 50 list — across Amravati, Wardha, Akola, Chandrapur, Yavatmal, Bhandara, Gondia, Gadchiroli, Washim, and Buldhana — are the highest-performing institutions in their respective districts. Browse each board's ranking page to see which schools recur most often.

Yes. Vidarbha 50 covers all 11 districts of the Vidarbha region: Nagpur, Amravati, Wardha, Akola, Chandrapur, Yavatmal, Bhandara, Gondia, Gadchiroli, Washim, and Buldhana. A topper from any school or junior college in any of these districts can appear on the rankings, provided their school submits the data.

The rank-1 topper for each board appears at the top of the corresponding list on Vidarbha 50, displayed in a gold gradient row. For Maharashtra HSC (Class 12), rank-1 is shown separately for Science, Commerce, and Arts streams. For Maharashtra SSC (Class 10), there is a single rank-1 topper across the region. CBSE Class 12 and Class 10 will publish their rank-1 toppers once those board results are declared.