Eastern India could be miserly in sending their children to the IITs but there's one village that's sending their kids regularly to the premier engineering cradle.

Manpur Patwa Toli has once again sent students in hordes to the IITs after 14 cracked the IIT-JEE Advanced on Wednesday night.

Over and above this feat, for the second consecutive year a girl cracked the prestigious entrance test from the Toli, around 4km northeast of Gaya.

In fact, the "Mission IIT" of Manpur Patwa Toli boys has never stopped since 1999, when six students cracked the examination. Now, for the past two years, girls, too, have joined the mission.

In the past five years there has been a rising trend both in terms of number of candidates appearing for the test and those clearing it.

In 2010, 2011 and 2012 around 38, 41 and 45 students appeared for the test respectively out of which six, eight and nine cracked it.

When the IIT-Mains and the IIT-JEE Advanced format was introduced in 2013, 60 students appeared, of which 45 cleared the IIT Mains and finally 10 made it to the IIT-JEE Advanced.

The number of students appearing for IIT-Mains increased to 70 and 80 respectively in 2014 and 2015, of which 51 and 55 respectively tasted success.

Deepa Kumari has cleared the IIT-JEE Advanced this year with above 15,000 rank in general and 3,500 rank in OBC category.

Bhim Raj Prasad, the director of a school in the locality, said: "Although Deepa will not be getting admission in some of the best IITs, she can opt for any other prestigious engineering colleges, including Indian School of Mines-Dhanbad and National Institute of Technology."

The students from the Toli, who are already studying in the IITs, have formed an organisation - Nav Prayas - where fresh aspirants get help from the seniors through mentoring, books and other study material that helps them prepare for the competition.