CGLTyping
Hindi Typing Test
Practice Hindi typing using your computer's own Hindi keyboard — the same setup SSC and other exam computers use. Live WPM, accuracy and mistake tracking, same as every test on this site.
Before you start: switch your keyboard to Hindi
Windows: Settings → Time & Language → Language & region → add "Hindi" → choose the "Devanagari-INSCRIPT" keyboard, then switch to it with Win + Space. Mac: System Settings → Keyboard → Input Sources → add "Devanagari — QWERTY" or "Hindi". No download needed — this ships with your OS.
Before You Start
This test is ungraded practice — no fixed pass/fail line, just your real speed and accuracy. Want to pick a specific topic instead of a random passage? Browse the Hindi paragraph library.
- Make sure your Hindi keyboard is active before you click Start.
- The timer starts the moment you type your first character.
- Backspace is on by default — turn it off for stricter accuracy practice.
- Copy-paste and right-click are disabled.
Best on a desktop or laptop keyboard.
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Why This Test Uses Your Own Keyboard, Not an On-Screen One
SSC and most other exam computers use the operating system's built-in Hindi keyboard layout — usually Inscript — not a custom on-screen keyboard built into exam software. Practicing on a fake in-browser keyboard would teach you a layout you won't actually use on exam day.
Instead, this test accepts whatever Devanagari text your own computer's Hindi keyboard produces, and scores it exactly like every other test on this site: gross and net WPM, key depressions, and full/half mistake classification. If you can type Hindi on your computer, this test works — no extra setup beyond enabling the keyboard.
Mistake scoring works the same way it does for English — full mistakes for wrong, skipped or extra words, half mistakes for punctuation-only slips, such as a missing danda — just applied to Devanagari text. If your target exam specifically tests Kruti Dev rather than Unicode Hindi, use this test to build general Hindi touch-typing fluency in the meantime; the underlying rhythm and finger placement carry over once Kruti Dev support is available.
Hindi Typing Speed for Government Exams
- SSC CHSL Hindi — 30 WPM over 10 minutes.
- RRB NTPC Hindi — 25 WPM over 10 minutes, for the typist posts.
- CPCT Hindi — scored in certificate bands, commonly in the Mangal font.
- UPSSSC Junior Assistant — evaluated in Mangal (Inscript or Remington GAIL) or Kruti Dev 010, depending on the notification.
- SSC CGL DEST — typed in English, so there’s no Hindi option to practise for.
SSC CHSL and RRB NTPC let you choose Hindi instead of English for your attempt, and the Hindi figure is lower. Before you choose, take a test in each language and compare your results, because the lower requirement only helps if your Hindi speed is close to your English. Requirements change between recruitment cycles, so confirm yours in the current notification.
Unicode, Mangal or Kruti Dev: Which Hindi Typing Test You Need
Hindi typing tests come in two systems, and practising the wrong one wastes your time. Check what your notification names:
- “Unicode” or no font named, typed on Inscript — use this test.
- “Mangal”, or the Remington GAIL layout — use the Mangal font typing test. It’s the same Unicode text, displayed in Mangal, and works with Remington GAIL.
- “Kruti Dev” — use the Kruti Dev typing test. Kruti Dev is a separate legacy encoding with its own key map, and skills don’t carry over between the two.
10-Finger Hindi Typing on InScript
InScript is built for touch typing, which makes this a 10-finger Hindi typing test as soon as you stop looking at the keys. The layout follows one rule: vowel signs sit under your left hand and the most common consonants under your right.
- Home row, left hand (A S D F G): ो े ् ि ु
- Home row, right hand (H J K L ;): प र क त च
- Shift gives the pair: an unshifted key types the base consonant, and with Shift you get its aspirated partner, so क becomes ख.
Learn the home row first, then the rows above and below it. Short 1-minute sessions with backspace off show quickly which keys you still look for.
How Hindi Mistakes Are Counted in This Test
Each word you type is compared with the word in the same position in the passage:
- A wrong or missing matra, bindi or halant — a full mistake. “कीताब” for “किताब” is a different word, not a near miss.
- Only the punctuation differs, such as a missing danda (।) — a half mistake.
- A skipped or extra word — pushes every word after it out of line, and each of those counts as a full mistake. Go back and fix it as soon as you notice.
Matras are where most Hindi accuracy is lost, particularly ि, which you type after its consonant even though it appears before it. Real exams can classify some errors differently; SSC’s rules are covered in full vs half mistakes.
Frequently Asked Questions
Switch your computer's keyboard input to Hindi (Inscript) in your operating system's language settings — the same setup used on SSC exam computers — then type normally. The test box accepts whatever Devanagari text your system produces.
No. Windows, macOS and most Linux distributions include a Hindi Inscript keyboard layout built in — you only need to enable it in your system settings, no separate download required.
SSC and other exam computers use the operating system's own Hindi keyboard layout, not a website-based one. Practicing with your real OS keyboard builds the exact muscle memory you'll use on exam day.
No. Kruti Dev is a legacy non-Unicode font that maps keystrokes to visual glyphs rather than real Devanagari Unicode. Supporting it needs the actual licensed font file, and we haven't been able to confirm clear redistribution rights for any copy of it — see the Kruti Dev Typing Test page for details. This test works with standard Unicode Hindi input (Inscript keyboard, Mangal-style rendering).
Different Hindi keyboard layouts (Inscript vs. Remington/GAIL) map keys differently. This test accepts whatever your operating system produces, so make sure you're using the layout your target exam expects — usually Inscript.
Mobile Hindi input methods (transliteration, swipe keyboards) work very differently from a desktop Inscript layout and won't give a realistic exam-comparable reading. Use a desktop or laptop with Hindi enabled at the OS level.
SSC CHSL asks for 30 WPM in Hindi and RRB NTPC's typist posts for 25 WPM, both over 10 minutes. CPCT scores Hindi in certificate bands, and UPSSSC sets its figure in each notification. SSC CGL's DEST is typed in English only.
Yes. It uses your computer's Inscript keyboard, which is designed for touch typing: vowel signs under the left hand, common consonants under the right. Keep your eyes off the keys and it works as a 10-finger Hindi typing test.
Yes. A wrong or missing matra, bindi or halant changes the word, so it counts as a full mistake. Only punctuation-only differences, such as a missing danda, count as half mistakes.