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Recruitment 2026 to the posts of Constables (Male & Female) in Himachal Pradesh Police Department, 734 Post (Male & Female), Apply Online

HPPSC has released a new notification for the recruitment of HP Police Constable (Male and Female). According to this notification total 734 Post are announced. HP Police Constable online registration form 2026 has started from 10th July 2026 to 06th August 2026 through the official portal. The eligibility criteria, fee, age limit, salary, selection criteria are provided below. Please go through the full notification of HP Police Constable recruitment 2026 and start your preparation.

Vacancies:

Constable (Male):

{(UR=140, UR WFF=09 (06+03 Backlog), UR Home Guards=38, SC UR=68, SC WFF=19 (03+16 Backlog), SC BPL=17, SC Home Guards=18, ST UR=13, ST BPL=06, ST Home Guards=04, OBC UR=54, OBC WFF=16 (03+13 Backlog), OBC BPL=17, OBC Home Guards=15, EWS=48 and EWS Home Guards=09)}.

Constable (Female):

{(UR=60, UR WFF=03 (02+01 Backlog), UR Ward of Ex-SM=22), UR Home Guards=16, SC UR=28, SC WFF=07 (02+05 Backlog), SC BPL=08, SC Ward of Ex-SM=07, SC Home Guards=08, ST UR=05, ST BPL=03, ST Ward of Ex-SM=02, ST Home Gurards=02, OBC UR=24, OBC WFF=06 (01+05 Backlog), OBC BPL=07, OBC Ward of Ex-SM=05, OBC Home Guards=06, EWS=20 and EWS Home Guards=04)}.

Notes: All the above posts shall be filled up on regular basis in the Pay Band level-3 (Rs 20200-64000) in H.P. Police Department.

Eligibility for Constable:

(1) Education qualifications and physical standards will be as follows:

Sr. No.

Category

Age  (As on 01-01-2026)

Edu. Qualification

Height

Chest for Candidate

(Only Male)

Male

Female

1.

General/EWS

18 to 25 Yrs

+2

5’-6”

5’-2”

31” ×32”

2.

SC/ST/ SC-ST Ward of Ex-SM/Gorkhas

18 to 27 Yrs

+2

5’-4”

5’-0”

29” ×30”

3.

OBC/ OBC Ward of Ex-SM

18 to 27 Yrs

+2

5’-6”

5’-2”

31” ×32”

4.

Home Guard (Gen./OBC/EWS)

20 to 28 Yrs

+2

5’-6”

5’-2”

31” ×32”

5.

Home Guard (SC/ST/Gorkhas)

20 to 28 Yrs

+2

5’-4”

5’-0”

29” ×30”

(2) A candidate shall be eligible for recruitment to the post of Constable, if he has passed Matriculation and +2 from any Institution/School/ Board situated within Himachal Pradesh. Provided that this condition shall not apply to Bonafide Himachalis.

(3) Candidates who do not meet the standards specified in E (1) above shall be summarily declared unfit and informed accordingly.

Recruitment Process:

The candidates applying for the post of Constables shall be admitted provisionally on the basis of their claims made in the online applications and the recruitment process shall consist of:

  1. Physical Test: The Physical Test consisting of Physical Standard Test (PST) and Physical Efficiency Test (PET) will be scheduled and conducted by the Himachal Pradesh Police Department which will provide the list of qualified candidates alongwith their marks awarded for Height to the Commission.
  2. Written Test: Successful candidates of Physical Test will be provisionally admitted to offline multiple choice objective type written examination of Two hours duration consisting of 90 marks having negative marking, to be conducted by the Commission.
  3. Evaluation & Document verification: Successful candidates of Physical Test and Written Examination will be shortlisted as per zone of consideration prescribed in the Rules of Business of the Commission for document verification to be carried out by the Police Department (They will also award the marks of NCC certificates to the candidates during document verification.)
  4. Medical Examination: Medical Examination will be scheduled and conducted by the Himachal Pradesh Police Department after receiving recommendations from the H.P. Public Service Commission.

Note: The final merit list shall be made on the basis of the marks of written examination, PST- Height Marks and evaluation- NCC Certificate marks, based on the following parameters: 

(i)

Objective type screening test

90 Marks 

(ii)

Height

06 Marks

(iii)

NCC Certificates

04 Marks

 

Grand Total

100 Marks

Physical Standard

Physical Standard Test (PST):

Physical Standard Test will be conducted by Himachal Pradesh Police Department. All measurements will be taken by a Medical Officer which shall be recorded in the candidates’ Sheet and signed by the Medical Officer as per Standard Operating Procedure issued for Physical Standard Test by the DGP. The marks shall be awarded only for height as per the following table:

Sr. No.

Height for Male Candidate

Height for Female Candidate

Marks

1

Less than 5’-7”

Less than 5’-3”

0 Mark

2

5’-7” but less than 5’-8”

5’-3” but less than 5’-4”

1 Mark

3

5’-8” but less than 5’-9”

5’-4” but less than 5’-5”

2 Marks 

4

5’-9” but less than 5’-10”

5’-5” but less than 5’-6”

3 Marks

5

5’-10” but less than 5’-11”

5’-6” but less than 5’-7”

4 Marks

6

5’-11” but less than 5’-12”

5’-7” but less than 5’-8”

5 Marks

7

6’-0” and above

5’-8” and above

6 Marks

Physical Efficiency of Candidates (PET): 

(1) Physical Efficiency Test will also be conducted by Himachal Pradesh Police Department and will be of qualifying nature alone as per the following details:

Male Candidates:

Sr. No.

Event

Minimum Qualifying standard of Male candidates

1

1500 Meters Race.

5 Minutes 30 Seconds (No additional attempt is allowed)

2

High Jump

1.35 Meters (Maximum three attempts are allowed)

3

100 Meters Race

14 Seconds (No additional attempt is allowed)

4

Broad Jump

4 Meters (Maximum three attempts are allowed)

Female Candidates:

Sr. No.

Event

Minimum Qualifying standard of Male candidates

1

800 Meters Race.

3 Minutes 45 Seconds (No additional attempt is allowed)

2

High Jump

Minimum 1.10 Meters (Maximum three attempts are allowed)

3

100 Meters Race

17 Seconds (No additional attempt is allowed)

4

Broad Jump

3 Meters (Maximum three attempts are allowed)

  1. The candidates who fail to qualify in any event of PET will be disqualified forthwith and will not participate in the remaining events.
  2. Videography of the outdoor Physical Efficiency Test will be done for the sake of transparency.
  3. The dope test may be carried out to by the Police Department to detect narcotics opiates at the outset of Physical Efficiency Test during the recruitment of constables.

Written Examination:

On receipt of the list of physically qualified candidates, the Commission will issue the E-admit card for the written examination which shall be conducted in the offline mode. The syllabus for the Written Examination will be of +2 standard and will be published on the official website of the Commission shortly after issuing the advertisement. The written examination will be conducted at District/ sub Division level as per availability of examination centers. Written examination will be of TWO hours duration having 90 marks consisting of 90 objective type Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ) with negative marking for incorrect/wrong answers The question paper will be bilingual i.e. in English & Hindi. If there is any difference in English and Hindi version of the question and answer option, the English version shall be treated as correct and final.

Final Result / Merit List:

  1. After document verification and awarding of marks for NCC Certificates, the Police Department shall forward the consolidated list of candidates found eligible for final selection to the Commission. Thereafter Commission shall prepare the final result/merit list and publish the same on the Commission website and also forward it to the Police Department for further action.
  2. Final order of merit shall be determined in accordance with total marks secured by the candidates {Written Test (90 marks) + Height (6 marks)+ NCC (4 marks)=100}. No candidate securing zero or negative marks in written examination shall form part of the merit list.

Examination Fees:

The detail of fees is as under:-

Sr. No.

Category

Fees

1.

A uniform fee shall be charged from all the candidates, irrespective of their category.

600.00

Syllabus:

  1. ENGLISH: (Matric standard) (20 marks)
  • Tenses,
  • Direct & Indirect Speech,
  • Change of Voice,
  • Correction of Sentences,
  • Articles and Determines,
  • Parts of Speech (Nouns, Pronouns, Adjective, Verb, Adverb, Conjunction, Interjection, Preposition).
  1. HINDI: (Matric standard) (20 marks)
  • स्वर, व्यंजन,
  • पर्यायवाची शब्द,
  • विलोमार्थी शब्द,
  • एकार्थी शब्द, अनेकार्थी शब्द,
  • संज्ञा, सर्वनाम, विषेशण, क्रिया,
  • अव्यय,
  • मुहावरे, लोकोक्तियाँ।
  1. MATHEMATICS: (Matric standard) (20 marks)
  • Rational Numbers,
  • Fraction and Decimals,
  • Mensurations,
  • Surface Area & Volumes,
  • Profit and Loss,
  • Time and Distance,
  • Triangles,
  • Statistics,
  1. REASONING: (10 marks)
  • Visual Memory,
  • Clocks & Calendars,
  • Number Series,
  • Number Ranking,
  • Arithmetical Reasoning,
  • Alphabet Series,
  • Cubes and Dice,
  • Non-Verbal Series,
  • Analogies,
  • Blood Relations.
  1. GENERAL AWARENESS: (20 marks)
  • International & National Organizations,
  • Books and Authors,
  • Science- Inventions & Discoveries,
  • Countries & Capitals,
  • Current Affairs – National & International (Current & Previous year),
  • Important Days,
  • Abbreviations,
  • Important Awards & Honors,
  • Sports,
  • Geography and Culture of Himachal.
  • Policies, Programs and Schemes of the Government.

How to Apply:

Detailed instructions for filling up Online Recruitment Application (ORA) are available on the website of the Commission i.e. “http://www.hppsc.hp.gov.in/hppsc”.

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