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The SSC CHSL 2026 notification has been released for approximately 2,536 tentative vacancies for Lower Divisional Clerk (LDC)/Junior Secretariat Assistant (JSA) and Data Entry Operator (DEO) posts. The online application process has started from 07 September 2026 and candidates can apply online till 07 October 2026. The last date to pay the application fee is 08 October 2026. The SSC CHSL 2026 exam will be conducted in Tier-I and Tier-II, with the Tier-II exam dates to be notified later and Tier I will be conducted from 30 September 2026 to 30 October 2026. Candidates should check the eligibility criteria, vacancy details, exam pattern, syllabus, and selection process before applying.
SSC CHSL Notification 2026 Overview
The important details regarding the latest Combined Higher Secondary Level (CHSL, 10+2) Exam notification released by SSC are listed in the table below.
| SSC CHSL Recruitment 2026 Overview | |
|---|---|
| Hiring Organization | Staff Selection Commission |
| Official Website | SSC |
| Post Name | LDC/JSA, DEO, DEO Grade A |
| Vacancy | Approx. 2,536 (tentative) |
| Application Start Date | 07 September 2026 |
| Application Close Date | 07 October 2026 |
| Last Date for Application Fee Payment | 08 October 2026 |
| Educational Qualification | 12th pass |
| Tier-I Exam Date | 30 September 2026 – 30 October 2026 |
| Tier-II Exam Date | To be notified later |
The vacancies are tentative and the final post-wise and category-wise vacancies will be updated by SSC later.
SSC CHSL 2026 Important Dates
SSC CHSL 2026 Important Dates are as listed in the table below.
| SSC CHSL 2026 Dates | Dates |
|---|---|
| SSC CHSL Notification 2026 | 07 September 2026 |
| SSC CHSL Registration Process | 07 September 2026 |
| Last Date to Apply for SSC CHSL | 07 October 2026 |
| Last Date to Pay Application Fee | 08 October 2026 |
| SSC CHSL Form Correction | 14 to 16 October 2026 |
| SSC CHSL Tier-I Admit Card | To be updated |
| SSC CHSL Tier-I Exam Date | 30 September 2026 – 30 October 2026 |
| SSC CHSL Answer Key | To be updated |
| SSC CHSL Tier-I Result | To be updated |
| SSC CHSL Tier-II Exam Date | To be notified later |
The correction window will remain open from 14 October to 16 October 2026, with the correction charges payable online during this period.
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SSC CHSL 2026 Notification PDF Download Link
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SSC CHSL 2026 Vacancy
SSC has announced approximately 2,536 tentative vacancies for the SSC CHSL 2026 examination. The vacancies are subject to change as the final vacancies will be determined after scrutiny of the requirements received from the User Departments.
The updated vacancies, including post-wise and category-wise details, will be made available on the official SSC website. SSC does not collect state-wise or zone-wise vacancy details.
| Year | Total Vacancies |
|---|---|
| 2026 | Approx. 2,536 (tentative) |
| 2025 | 3,131 |
| 2024 | 3,712 |
| 2023 | 1,600 |
| 2022 | 4,726 |
| 2021 | 4,893 |
| 2020 | 5,789 |
| 2019 | 6,789 |
| 2018 | 3,259 |
Note: The SSC CHSL 2026 vacancy figure is tentative and may increase or decrease.
SSC CHSL 2026 Salary Scale
The salary scale of SSC CHSL 2026 posts is listed below.
| SSC CHSL Posts | SSC CHSL Pay Scales |
| Lower Divisional Clerk (LDC) | Rs. 19,900 – 63,200/- |
| Junior Secretariat Assistant (JSA) | Rs. 19,900 – 63,200/- |
| Postal Assistant (PA) | Rs. 25,500 – 81,100/- |
| Sorting Assistant (SA) | Rs. 25,500 – 81,100/- |
| Data Entry Operator (DEO): Pay Level-4 | Rs. 25,500 – 81,100/- |
| Data Entry Operator (DEO): Pay Level-5 | Rs. 29,200 – 92,300/- |
| DEO (Grade A) | Rs. 25,500 – 81,100/- |
SSC CHSL 2026 Eligibility Criteria
Candidates applying for SSC CHSL 2026 must satisfy the nationality, age and educational qualification requirements mentioned in the notification.
Nationality
A candidate must be:
- A citizen of India, or
- A subject of Nepal, or
- A subject of Bhutan, or
- A person of Indian origin who has migrated from the specified countries with the intention of permanently settling in India.
Candidates belonging to the specified categories may require an eligibility certificate issued by the Government of India.
Age
The age limit for SSC CHSL 2026 is 18 to 27 years as on 01 August 2026. Candidates born not before 02 August 1999 and not later than 01 August 2008 are eligible to apply. The age relaxation applicable to different categories is given below.
| Category | Allowed age relaxation above the upper age limit (in years) |
| SC/ ST | 5 |
| OBC | 3 |
| Persons with Disabilities (PwD-Unreserved) | 10 |
| PwD + OBC | 13 |
| PwD + SC/ ST | 15 |
| Ex-Servicemen | 3 (after deduction of the military service rendered from the actual age as on the closing date.) |
| Applicants who had generally been domiciled in the State of Jammu & Kashmir during the period from 1st January 1980 to 31st December 1989. | 5 |
| Defence Staff disabled in operation during hostilities with any foreign country or in a disturbed area and released as a consequence thereof. | 3 (8 if SC/ST) |
| Central Government Civilian Personnel: Who have rendered not less than 3 years of regular and continuous service as of the closing date for receipt of online applications | Up to 40 (45 if SC/ST) |
| Widows or Divorced Women or Women judicially separated have not remarried. | Up to 35 (40 if SC/ST) |
Educational Qualification
For LDC/JSA and DEO/DEO Grade A, except for the specified DEO posts, candidates must have passed the 12th Standard or equivalent examination from a recognised Board or University.
For DEO/DEO Grade A posts in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution, Staff Selection Commission and Ministry of Culture, candidates must have passed 12th Standard in the Science stream with Mathematics as a subject.
Candidates appearing for their 12th Standard examination can also apply, but they must obtain the required qualification by 07 October 2026.
SSC CHSL 2026 Application Form
The SSC has made the SSC CHSL 2026 Apply Online Link available on its official website. To minimize last-minute rush, candidates should complete their application form before the deadline. When applying for SSC CHSL 2026, candidates must also make sure that the files listed in the Notification PDF are uploaded. The section below contains the exact link to apply online for SSC CHSL 2026.
SSC CHSL 2026 Apply Online Link
How to Apply Online for SSC CHSL 2026?
Follow the steps given below to submit your SSC CHSL 2026 Application Form online.
- Visit https://ssc.nic.in
- Scan and upload necessary documents (like a photograph) in the prescribed format
- Give all essential details
- Proceed to the payment gateway and pay the fee
Application Fees
Application Fees for SSC CHSL 2026 exam are listed below.
| Category | Fees Amount |
| · Women
· Scheduled Castes (SC) · Scheduled Tribes (ST) · Persons with Benchmark Disabilities (PwBD) · Ex-servicemen (ESM) |
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| Other | Rs 100/- |
SSC CHSL 2026 Exam Pattern
SSC CHSL 2026 Exam Pattern was revised. Check out the latest exam patterns here.
| Exam Phase | Exam Pattern |
| SSC CHSL 2026 Tier 1 | |
| SSC CHSL 2026 tier 2 |
SSC CHSL 2026 Syllabus
The indicative Syllabus of both SSC CHSL 2026 Tier 1 and SSC CHSL 2026 Tier 2 is mentioned in the notification PDF. Check out more details here.
| Exam Phase | Exam Syllabus |
| SSC CHSL 2026 Tier 1 | |
| SSC CHSL 2026 Tier 2 |
SSC CHSL 2026 Cut Off
The SSC CHSL 2026 cut off will be released after the examination. Candidates can check the previous year cut-off marks for reference once the relevant results are available.
The minimum qualifying marks prescribed by SSC for Tier-I and Sections I, II and III of Tier-II are:
| Category | Minimum Qualifying Marks |
|---|---|
| UR | 30% |
| OBC/EWS | 25% |
| All other categories | 20% |
Candidates will be shortlisted for Tier-II based on their performance in Tier-I. SSC may prescribe separate category-wise cut-offs for different groups of posts.
SSC CHSL Syllabus 2026
Check here for the detailed SSC CHSL Syllabus 2026
English Language
- Spot the Error
- Fill in the Blanks
- Synonyms/ Homonyms, Antonyms
- Spellings/ Detecting misspelled words
- Idioms & Phrases
- One word substitution
- Improvement of Sentences
- Active/ Passive Voice of Verbs
- Conversion into Direct/ Indirect narration
- Shuffling of Sentence part
- Shuffling of Sentences in a passage
- Cloze Passages
- Comprehension Passage
General Intelligence
- Questions based on both verbal and non-verbal types
- Semantic Analogy
- Symbolic operations
- Symbolic/ Number Analogy
- Trends, Figural Analogy
- Space Orientation
- Semantic Classification
- Venn Diagrams
- Symbolic/ Number Classification
- Drawing inferences
- Figural Classification
- Punched hole/ pattern folding & unfolding
- Semantic Series
- Figural Pattern-folding and completion
- Number Series
- Embedded figures
- Figural Series
- Critical Thinking, Problem Solving
- Emotional Intelligence
- Word Building
- Social Intelligence
- Coding and de-coding
Quantitative Aptitude
- Number Systems: Computation of Whole Number, Decimal and Fractions, Relationship between numbers.
- Fundamental arithmetical operations: Percentages, Ratio, and Proportion, Square roots, Averages, Interest (Simple and Compound), Profit and Loss, Discount, Partnership Business, Mixture and Allegation, Time and distance, Time and work.
- Algebra: Basic algebraic identities of School Algebra and Elementary surds (simple problems) and Graphs of Linear Equations.
- Geometry: Familiarity with elementary geometric figures and facts: Triangle and its various kinds of centers, Congruence and similarity of triangles, Circle and its chords, tangents, angles subtended by chords of a circle, common tangents to two or more circles.
- Mensuration: Triangle, Quadrilaterals, Regular Polygons, Circle, Right Prism, Right Circular Cone, Right Circular Cylinder, Sphere, Hemispheres, Rectangular Parallelepiped, Regular Right Pyramid with triangular or square Base.
- Trigonometry: Trigonometry, Trigonometric ratios, Complementary angles, Height and distances (simple problems only) Standard Identities like sin2 𝜃 + Cos2 𝜃=1, etc.
- Statistical Charts: Use of Tables and Graphs: Histogram, Frequency polygon, Bar-diagram, Pie-chart.
General Awareness
This section of the examination includes various questions to measure the knowledge of the candidate in Static GK as well as the current affairs section. As is understood, questions may be asked from a wide set of topics. All you shall do is stay up-to-date with the current affairs topics and revise the general topics frequently.
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SSC CHSL Exam Centres 2026
| S No |
Examination Centres and Centre Code | SSC Region and States/ UTs under the jurisdiction of the Region |
Address of the Regional Offices and their websites
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| 1 | Bhagalpur(3201), Muzaffarpur(3205), Patna(3206), Purnea (3209), Agra(3001), Bareilly (3005), Gorakhpur (3007), Jhansi (3008), Kanpur(3009), Lucknow(3010), Meerut(3011), Prayagraj(3003), Varanasi(3013) |
Central Region (CR)/ Bihar and Uttar Pradesh |
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| 2 | Port Blair (4802), Bokaro(4201), Hazaribagh(4204), Jamshedpur(4207), Ranchi(4205), Balasore(Odisha) (4601), Berhampore(Odisha) (4602), Bhubaneswar(4604), Cuttack(4605), Dhenkenal(4611), Rourkela(4610), Sambalpur(4609), Gangtok(4001), Asansol(4417), Burdwan(4404), Durgapur(4426), Kalyani(4419), Kolkata(4410), Siliguri(4415) |
Eastern Region (ER)/ Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Jharkhand, Odisha, Sikkim and West Bengal |
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| 3 | Kavaratti(9401), Belagavi (9002), Bengaluru (9001), Hubballi (9011), Kalaburagi (Gulbarga) (9005), Mangaluru (9008), Mysuru (9009), Shivamogga (9010), Udupi (9012). Ernakulam (9213), Kannur (9202), Kollam (9210), Kottayam (9205), Kozhikode (9206), Thrissur (9212), Thiruvananthapuram (9211). |
Karnataka, Kerala Region (KKR)/ Lakshadweep, Karnataka and Kerala |
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| 4 | Bhopal (6001), Gwalior(6005), Indore (6006), Jabalpur (6007), Satna (6014), Sagar (6015), Ujjain (6016), Bilaspur (6202), Raipur (6204), Durg-Bhilai (6205) |
Madhya Pradesh Region (MPR)/ Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh | |
| 5 | Itanagar(5001), Dibrugarh(5102), Guwahati(Dispur)(5105), Jorhat(5107), Silchar(5111), Churachandpur(5502), Imphal(5501), Ukhrul(5503), Shillong(5401), Aizwal(5701), Dimapur (5301), Kohima(5302), Agartala(5601), | North Eastern Region (NER)/ Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland and Tripura. | |
| 6 | Dehradun(2002), Haldwani(2003), Haridwar(2005), Roorkee(2006), Delhi(2201), Ajmer(2401), Alwar(2402), Bikaner(2404), Jaipur(2405), Jodhpur(2406), Kota(2407), Sriganganagar(2408), Udaipur(2409), Sikar(2411) | Northern Region (NR)/ Delhi, Rajasthan and Uttarakhand |
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| 7 | Chandigarh/ Mohali(1601), Ambala(1801), Hamirpur(1202), Shimla(1203), Jammu(1004), Samba(1010), Srinagar(J&K)(1007), Leh(1005), Amritsar(1404), Jalandhar(1402), Ludhiana(1405), Patiala(1403), |
North Western Region (NWR)/ Chandigarh, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu |
Regional Director (NWR), Staff Selection Commission, Block No. 3, Ground Floor, Kendriya Sadan, Sector-9, Chandigarh-160009
(www.sscnwr.org) |
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and Kashmir, Ladakh and Punjab
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| 8 | Chirala(8011), Cuddapah(8013), Guntur(8001), Kakinada (8009), Kurnool(8003), Nellore (8010), Rajahmundry(8004), Tirupati(8006), Vizianagaram(8012), Vijayawada(8008), Vishakhapatnam(8007), Puducherry(8401), Chennai(8201), Coimbatore(8202), Krishnagiri(8209), Madurai(8204), Salem(8205), Tiruchirapalli(8206), Tirunelveli(8207), Vellore (8208), Hyderabad(8601), Karimnagar (8604), Warangal(8603) |
Southern Region (SR)/ Andhra Pradesh, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu and Telangana. |
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| 9 | Panaji(7801), Ahmedabad(7001), Anand(7011), Gandhinagar(7012), Mehsana(7013), Rajkot(7006), Surat(7007), Vadodara(7002), Amravati(7201), Aurangabad(7202), Jalgaon(7214), Kolhapur(7203), Mumbai(7204), Nagpur(7205), Nanded (7206), Nashik(7207), Pune(7208) | Western Region (WR)/ Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, Goa, Gujarat and Maharashtra |
SSC CHSL Selection Process 2026
- Tier 1: Objective Computer Based Test
- Tier 2: Computer Based Test + Skill test (if applicable)
SSC CHSL Admit Card 2026
As the staff selection commission will release the admit card of the SSC CHSL Exam Tier 01 2026 only through the official web portal, the candidates shall download it when its releases. However, we will update the direct link to download the admit card in this article.
SSC CHSL Answer Key 2026
SSC CHSL Answer key will be available after the exam. the candidates can check this page once the answer key is released, or click here – SSC CHSL Answer Key 2026 to get the updates regarding the answer key after the exam.
SSC CHSL Cut Off 2026
The SSC CHSL cut off 2026 will be provided after the exam. The candidates can refer to the previous cut off and get an idea regarding the cut off pattern for the CHSL exams under the SSC.
SSC CHSL Result 2026
The final result for each stage will be released by the SSC. The SSC official website will announce the result once, the final answer key for CHSL is prepared after the exam. Click here and save this page – SSC CHSL Result 2026 to get the updates faster once it is released.
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Frequently Asked Questions
When was the SSC CHSL 2026 notification released?
The SSC CHSL 2026 notification was released on 07 September 2026. The online application process is open from 07 September to 07 October 2026.
How many vacancies are announced for SSC CHSL 2026?
SSC has announced approximately 2,536 tentative vacancies for SSC CHSL 2026. The final post-wise and category-wise vacancies will be updated by the Commission later.
What is the age limit for SSC CHSL 2026?
The age limit for SSC CHSL 2026 is 18 to 27 years as on 01 August 2026. Candidates born between 02 August 1999 and 01 August 2008 are eligible, subject to the applicable age relaxations.
What is the educational qualification for SSC CHSL 2026?
Candidates must generally have passed the 12th Standard or equivalent examination from a recognised Board or University. For certain DEO posts, candidates must have passed 12th Standard in the Science stream with Mathematics as a subject.
What is the selection process for SSC CHSL 2026?
The SSC CHSL 2026 selection process includes Tier-I and Tier-II examinations. Candidates must also qualify the Computer Knowledge Test and Skill Test/Typing Test, wherever applicable. The final merit is based on performance in Tier-II Sections I and II, subject to qualifying the required tests.
