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At a glance
The facts most likely to change your decision.
- Vacancies
- Not announced Vacancies will be added only after an official notice publishes them.
- Education
- 12th In the most recent Beat Forest Officer notification, Category 431/2025-434/2025: a pass in the Plus Two examination conducted by the Board of Higher Secondary Education, Government of Kerala, or an equivalent examination recognised by the Government of India or the Government of Kerala. Male candidates additionally needed a minimum height of 168 cm and a minimum chest of 81 cm with 5 cm expansion, and had to qualify in five of the eight events of the National Physical Efficiency One Star Standard Test (100 m in 14 seconds, high jump 132.2 cm, long jump 457.2 cm, shot put with a 7,264 g shot 609.6 cm, cricket-ball throw 6,096 cm, rope climbing with hands only 365.80 cm, 8 pull-ups, and 1,500 m in 5 minutes 44 seconds), plus an endurance test. The current cycle's qualification is not published yet.
- Age
- 19-33 in the most recent Beat Forest Officer notification, Category 431/2025-434/2025 (candidates born between 2 Jan 1992 and 1 Jan 2006, including the relaxation in Para 2(i) of the General Conditions). The next cycle's age band and cut-off dates are not published yet. Relaxations and cut-off dates are category-specific.
- Application fee
- No application fee was charged in the most recent Beat Forest Officer notification, Category 431/2025-434/2025; the current cycle's fee is not published yet. Use the official payment instructions only.
- Pay
- Rs 27,900-63,700 in the most recent Beat Forest Officer notification, Category 431/2025-434/2025; the current cycle's scale is not published yet. Gross and in-hand pay vary by posting and allowance.
- Recruitment cycle
- Next cycle State · Kerala
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Vacancies & reservation
What is known, what overlaps and what remains unreported.
Current published countNot announced
Check source ↗Category table not available here
Check the latest official notice for the post- and category-wise distribution.
How to read reservation: UR, EWS, OBC, SC and ST are vertical categories. PwBD, women, ex-servicemen and similar horizontal reservations can overlap them and must not be added again to the total.
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Complete timeline
One record from notification to final outcome.
No current-cycle dates announced
This timeline will be dated only after the recruiting body publishes a schedule.
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Who can apply?
A readable first check—not a legal eligibility decision.
Basic eligibility paths
- Kerala PSC notifies Beat Forest Officer separately for each district and for separate streams — Part I direct recruitment, Part II recruitment by transfer, and NCA (non-joining category) vacancies for specific communities — so check which category number applies to you.
- Differently abled candidates were not eligible in the most recent Beat Forest Officer notification, Category 431/2025-434/2025.
- The name, age limit and qualifications of the post are prescribed under G.O.(P) No.60/2010/F&WLD dated 30.08.2010 (SRO No.861/2010) and G.O.(P) No.84/2014/F&WLD dated 20.09.2014 (SRO No.574/2014).
- Candidates may apply for one district only, and a candidate already in Government service holding the same post in any district cannot apply again for it.
- Confirm education, age, nationality, physical standards and category rules in the official current-cycle notification.
Relaxations & certificates
- SC/ST, OBC-NCL, PwBD and ex-servicemen relaxations follow the applicable notification.
- Always check the certificate format and cut-off date in the official notice.
If your degree title, age, domicile or category certificate is unusual, mark yourself “check required” and read the official wording.
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Selection process & syllabus
Stage by stage, without mixing recruitment years.
Selection stages
- 1Common OMR examination conducted by Kerala PSC for the notified category numbers
- 2Physical measurement and physical efficiency test, and medical examination, as prescribed for the post
- 3Short list, certificate verification and district ranked list
Syllabus snapshot
- Kerala PSC's standing detailed syllabus for Beat Forest Officer (Forest Department) sets a 100-mark main examination: General Knowledge 45 marks (History 5, Geography 5, Economics 5, Indian Constitution 8, Kerala administration 3, Life Science and Public Health 4, Physics 3, Chemistry 3, Arts/Sports/Literature/Culture 4); Current Affairs 10; Simple Arithmetic, Mental Ability and Observation Skill 10; General English 10; Regional Languages — Malayalam, Kannada, Tamil 10; and Special Topics related to the nature of the post 20.
- Use the current-cycle notification's scheme of examination if it differs from the standing syllabus.
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Application document checklist
Prepare before the portal gets busy.
Recent passport-size photograph and scanned signature
Government photo ID with the same name used in the application
Education certificates and marksheets
Category, EWS, PwBD or ex-serviceman certificate, if claimed
Domicile or language proof where the notification requires it
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Official links & source record
Go straight to the recruiting body.
noticeBeat Forest Officer detailed syllabusnoticePrevious cycle — Category 431/2025-434/2025 (First NCA) notificationwebsiteKerala PSC postwise syllabuswebsiteKerala PSC notifications
- Primary source
- Kerala PSC — Detailed Syllabus for the post of Beat Forest Officer (Forest Department)
- Published / changed
- Standing syllabus on the Kerala PSC postwise syllabus page; previous-cycle terms from Category 431/2025-434/2025, gazetted 30 Oct 2025; notification index checked 4 Aug 2026
- Last checked
- 4 Aug 2026, 21:30 IST
Official notices, corrigenda and recruiting-body pages have final authority. This page is a reading aid.