For the safety of students, teaching and non-teaching staff, state governments have instructed schools to close them in view of rains.
The downpour lashed Gurugram through Saturday night and continued well into the morning, officials in district administration said.
Around 4.50 lakh ghost students in government and private schools were detected in Assam in June during reconciliation of enrolment figures
Zero admissions for Class 1 have been recorded in 24 and 31 schools in Dakshina Kannada and Udupi, respectively.