I have spent a year in Jamia Hamdard University boy’s hostel. This makes me eligible to answer your doubt.

The mess and laundry facility are nice but quite costly. During winter, there is a geyser facility at the hostel. Only the MHR hostel has an AC facility. But it costs around 1,45,000 to get a bed in this hostel, and the rooms are two-seater. 

To buy milk and milk products, you can go to the Mother Dairy booth. Grocery shops, amul corner, cafeteria, and other canteens are all located close to the hostels. 

There are much cheaper flats at the Tughlakabad extension. But flats have food-related issues. It becomes hectic to manage your studies and cooking simultaneously. But if you can manage this, then flats are a more cost-efficient choice in this case. 

The hostel facility is sufficiently good, but the cost is on the higher side. 

My brother recently passed out from IIM Visakhapatnam and was all praise for the institute. Some major praises I heard from him were

• The hostel is at a great location and his room was a beach-facing one
• Many events and festivities keep the rigor alive on campus
• Your everyday life is very dynamic and comprises activities like Sports, cultural fests, business events, and birthday celebrations.
• The guest lecture visits add to the overall exposure 
• The placement scenario is quite decent at IIM Visakhapatnam. The basic statistics are

Overall, the IIM Visakhapatnam is one of the fastest growing new IIMs and his MBA experience from there was pretty good.

No, first-year B.Tech students do not get a single occupancy hostel room. In fact, no government-funded Institute of National Importance will provide you a single occupancy room or AC room at least in the first year.

• The institute has 4 hostels, 3 boys and 1 girl, for first-year students where no senior is allowed to enter.
• All rooms in the boys hostels have to be shared by 4 students while in the girls’ hostel there are two types of rooms; one with 3 students and the other with 4 students sharing.
• The rooms are allotted on a random basis with an emphasis on giving students from the same department to share the rooms.

The rooms are very clean and if you keep them that way, then you won’t have any problem. The rooms are spacious enough as well. In the first and second year sharing rooms will eventually make your group studies more fun. In the third and fourth year, only you will get single occupancy rooms.

One of my relatives has resided in NIT Warangal hostels. Based on his experience, I can give the following information:

• NIT Warangal has Asia's biggest hostel and it is given to B.Tech, M.Tech, and BCA freshers. There are both single and double rooms. 
• On the ground floor, there is a snacks corner, Amul shop, and coffee and tea shops as well. This is a hangout place for all the students. 
• There is another big hostel which is given to 3rd and 4th-year students with single and double rooms. 
• For girls, the hostels are not as good as the boys’ hostels. 
• In the first year, you will be accommodated with 4 people in one room due to space issues. 
• You will also be restricted from moving out of the hostel at any time during 1st year. 
• For the second-year students, an old hostel is provided where the washrooms desperately need renovation and the rooms are not in good condition. 
• For 3rd and 4th year, you might get good rooms which will be spacious and comfortable. Although new hostels are being developed, the facilities might change in the coming years.

When talking about NIT Surathkal, the hostel facilities are fine. In the 1st and the 2nd year, you will have sharing rooms. From the 3rd year onwards you will get single accommodations. Internet connectivity in the hostels is not very good. The girls are provided washing machines. There is a night canteen on the hostel premises. For boys, there are no in and out timings.