At a glance
The facts most likely to change your decision.
- Vacancies
- Not announced WBPRB's recruitment page for this drive carries stage notices rather than a consolidated vacancy figure; use the original 2024 advertisement linked from that page for the official total.
- Education
- 10th As prescribed in the original 2024 advertisement; WBPRB's stage notices reviewed here do not restate the qualification.
- Age
- As prescribed in the original 2024 advertisement; WBPRB's stage notices reviewed here do not restate age limits. Relaxations and cut-off dates are category-specific.
- Application fee
- See the original 2024 advertisement for the category-wise application fee; applications for this cycle closed in 2024. Use the official payment instructions only.
- Pay
- West Bengal Police constable pay as fixed by the state Home & Hill Affairs Department; not restated in the notices reviewed here. Gross and in-hand pay vary by posting and allowance.
- Recruitment cycle
- 2024-26 State · West Bengal
Vacancies & reservation
What is known, what overlaps and what remains unreported.
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.
Complete timeline
One record from notification to final outcome.
- completed
Notice for written examination
6 Nov 2025
- completed
Answer key of the written examination
5 Dec 2025
- completed
Final answer key of the written examination
27 Dec 2025
- completed
Written-examination result and start of PMT and PET
29 Dec 2025
- completed
Revised written-examination result and revised PMT/PET shortlist
31 Dec 2025
- completed
PMT and PET e-admit card
2 Jan 2026
- completed
Notice for interview
20 Jan 2026
Interview call letters were released on 24 Jan 2026. - completed
Further PMT/PET shortlist under the Calcutta High Court's direction
12 Mar 2026
Issued in compliance with the direction dated 10 Mar 2026. - current
Notice regarding pendency of cases
25 May 2026
Who can apply?
A readable first check—not a legal eligibility decision.
Basic eligibility paths
- Confirm education, age, domicile, physical standards and category-certificate requirements from the original 2024 advertisement linked on WBPRB's recruitment page.
- Candidates who updated their caste or category used the windows WBPRB opened on 4 Dec and 17 Dec 2025; those windows have closed.
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.
Selection process & syllabus
Stage by stage, without mixing recruitment years.
Selection stages
- 1Written examination
- 2Physical Measurement Test and Physical Efficiency Test
- 3Interview
- 4Final result
Syllabus snapshot
- Use the official examination scheme and syllabus in WBPRB's 2024 advertisement for this recruitment.
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
Official links & source record
Go straight to the recruiting body.
- Primary source
- WBPRB dated notice list for Recruitment to the post of Constables in West Bengal Police – 2024
- Published / changed
- Latest notice dated 25 May 2026
- Last checked
- 4 Aug 2026, 19:50 IST
Official notices, corrigenda and recruiting-body pages have final authority. This page is a reading aid.