Last verified: 12 November 2026. The school facts below — Balachadi’s July 1961 founding, Jamnagar location, CBSE affiliation and motto — are CONFIRMED from school profiles cited. The AISSEE pattern facts (marks, ages, quotas) follow the established AISSEE framework used across our guides; the AISSEE 2027 bulletin itself is still awaited, so 2027 specifics are EXPECTED until it appears. Fee and seat figures are labelled reported wherever they come from secondary sources.
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Parents searching for “Sainik Schools in Gujarat” usually expect a list. The honest core answer is shorter: Gujarat has one school under the Sainik Schools Society — Sainik School Balachadi, near Jamnagar. Every Gujarat family aiming for a Society school through AISSEE is, in effect, aiming at the same campus. That concentrates the competition, but it also simplifies your planning: one school to research, one campus to visit, one preference to get right.
Around it, newer partnership-mode schools have appeared under the Sainik Schools Society’s expansion. This guide separates the two layers so you do not mix them up — the partnership schools follow their own admission arrangements, while Balachadi admits through AISSEE, conducted by NTA.
| Fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Founded | July 1961, near Jamnagar |
| Location | Balachadi, Jamnagar district, Gujarat |
| Campus | 375 acres (reported) |
| Board | CBSE |
| Motto | Yogah Karmasu Kaushalam (Excellence in action) |
| Medium of instruction | English |
| Entry classes | Class 6 and Class 9, through AISSEE |
| Co-education | Boys and girls admitted to Class 6 |
| Houses | Pratap, Garuda, Nehru, Angre, Sardar Patel, Shastri, Shivaji, Tagore |
Balachadi is one of the oldest Sainik Schools in the country — founded in the first wave of the 1960s, when the Sainik Schools system was created to prepare boys for the National Defence Academy. That six-decade history is the school’s real strength for parents: a settled campus on the Jamnagar coast, a large alumni base, and a routine refined over generations of cadets.
Two small honesty notes on the campus figure. School profiles list the campus at 375 acres, while an older EducationWorld profile put it at 300 acres — the campus has likely been measured differently over the years, so treat 375 acres as reported rather than surveyed. Similarly, the founding story is sometimes told two ways: the school was established in July 1961, in the period when V. K. Krishna Menon, then Defence Minister, conceived the Sainik Schools system.
Sainik Schools reserve 67% of seats for candidates from the home state and 33% for candidates from other states. For a Gujarat-domicile child, that is a genuine advantage: most of Balachadi’s seats are contested only among Gujarat children, not against the whole country. Within each quota, the standard reservation pattern applies — 15% SC, 7.5% ST, 27% OBC (non-creamy layer) — with 25% of the remaining seats for children of serving and ex-servicemen, and a 10% girls’ quota in Class 6.
The practical consequence is worth stating plainly. A Gujarat child and an out-of-state child with the same marks are not competing for the same seats. Your child’s real competition is the Gujarat merit list for their category — which is why the domicile certificate matters so much, and why getting it right before the form opens is worth more than an extra week of revision later.
This is the section where most Gujarat guides over-claim, so here is exactly what the sources say — and where they disagree.
Seats (reported): one admission portal lists around 100 Class 6 seats at Balachadi, including about 10 seats for girls, and around 14 Class 9 seats. That is a single secondary source, not a seat matrix. Seat counts vary by year, so treat these figures as reported until the AISSEE 2027 seat matrix is published.
Fees (reported, conflicting): Careers360’s 2026 school-wise fee list puts Balachadi at Rs 1,65,600 as a lumpsum figure, while another admission portal quotes around Rs 1,54,900 and notes fees rise by up to 10% a year. The two figures cannot both be the current fee, so budget around the higher figure and confirm with the school’s own fee notice before paying anything. Scholarships and fee concessions exist for eligible categories, but the exact concession for your child depends on the school’s current notice — do not budget on a concession you have not confirmed.
How many Sainik Schools are there in Gujarat?
One school under the Sainik Schools Society: Sainik School Balachadi, near Jamnagar, founded in July 1961. Newer partnership-mode schools in Gujarat sit outside the original Society list and follow different admission arrangements.
What is the home-state quota for Sainik School Balachadi?
67% of seats are reserved for candidates from the home state, Gujarat, and 33% for candidates from other states, under the standard Sainik School reservation pattern.
What are the age limits for admission to Sainik School Balachadi?
For Class 6, age 10 to 12 years as of 31 March 2027, and for Class 9, age 13 to 15 years as of 31 March 2027, under the standard AISSEE eligibility pattern. Confirm the exact date-of-birth window in the AISSEE 2027 bulletin when it appears.
How many Class 6 seats does Sainik School Balachadi have?
One admission portal lists around 100 Class 6 seats, including about 10 seats for girls, but this is a single secondary source. Treat it as reported until the AISSEE 2027 seat matrix is published.
What is the annual fee at Sainik School Balachadi?
Careers360’s 2026 school-wise fee list puts Balachadi at Rs 1,65,600 as a lumpsum figure, while another admission portal quotes around Rs 1,54,900. The two figures conflict, so treat both as reported and check the school’s own fee notice before budgeting.
Can girls apply to Sainik School Balachadi?
Yes. Balachadi admits boys and girls to Class 6, with girls’ seats allotted under the 10% girls’ quota pattern that applies across Sainik Schools.
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