In the past Visva-Bharati had a unitary residential character. At present as a whole 1066male students and 1058 female students (excluding school section) reside in 13 Girls’ hostels and 12 Boys’Hostels of different capacities.
School Section
There are 3 girls' hostels and 3 boys' hostels earmarked for the school section of Visva-Bharati which accommodate 150 girls and 120 boys of PathaBhavana (Santiniketanschool - up to class X) while for +2 section i.e. 62 seats are earmarked for boys and 54 seats for girls students. Residential students are admitted at class II and also in higher classes of PathaBhavana provided vacancies arise.
Higher Institute (College & University Level)
Senior students of Visva-Bharati stay in 13 Girls’ hostels and 12 Boys’ Hostelsscattered over the twin campus (Santiniketan and Sriniketan) of Visva-Bharati with a total accommodation of 1058 girls and 1066 boys which also includes Research Scholar of different institutes.
Sl. No.
Name of the Boys’ Hostel
No. of inmates
1
Apurba Boys’ Hostel
21
2
Kala-Sangit Boys’ Hostel
75
3
Kala Bhavana Boys’ Hostel
42
4
Sripally Boys’ Hostel
112
5
NichuBunglow Boys’ Hostel
99
6
Pearsonpally Boys’ Hostel
100
7
Purbapally Senior Boys’ Hostel
260
8
Santisree Boys’ Hostel
107
9
Tan Boys’ Hostel
51
10
VinayaBhavana Boy’s Hostel
52
11
Pally SikshaBhavana Boys’ Hostel
120
12
International Boys’ Hostel
27
Total
1066
Name of the Girls’ Hostel
AnandaSadana Girls’ Hostel
Sri Sadana Girls’ Hostel
266
