TNPSC has released the TNPSC Group 4 Hall Ticket 2025 for the exam scheduled to be held on July 12, 2025. Candidates can download their admit card by visiting the official TNPSC website and entering their registration number and date of birth. The admit card is an essential document, containing important details like the exam date, venue, and candidate information.
TNPSC Group 4 exam is one of the biggest recruitment processes conducted by Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission. TNPSC Group 2 exam is arguably one of the easiest ones of all TNPSC Group recruitment exams, and recruits candidates for the positions of Village Administrative Officer (VAO), Junior Assistant, Bill Collector, Typist, and Field Surveyor.
TNPSC Group 4 exam is conducted in offline mode, followed by document verification. TNPSC Group 4 posts are assigned to the candidates on the basis of merit, in the following services:
Here are some key points of TNPSC Group 4 Recruitment 2025.
Particulars | Details |
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Name of the Posts |
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Exam Level | State-level |
Job Sector | Government |
Application Mode | Online |
Exam Mode | Offline |
Application Fees |
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Exam Duration | 3 Hours |
Selection Process |
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Languages | Tamil & English |
Official Website | https://www.tnpsc.gov.in/English/ |
Here are TNPSC Group 4 Exam Date 2025.
Important Updates | Dates 2025 (Tentative) |
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Release of Official Notification | April 25, 2025 |
TNPSC Group 4 Application Process Starts | April 25, 2025 |
Last Date to Apply Online for TNPSC Group 4 | May 24, 2025 |
Last Date for Fees Payment | May 24, 2025 |
TNPSC Group 4 Admit Card Release Date | July 3, 2025 |
TNPSC Group 4 2025 Exam Date | July 12, 2025 |
Computer-Based Online Test Result | TBA |
Final Merit List | TBA |
Document Verification | TBA |
Counseling | TBA |
TNPSC Group IV Exam Events | TNPSC Group IV Exam Dates |
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Written Exam 2025 | Jul 12, 2025 |
The candidates applying for various posts under TNPSC Group 4 Recruitment must check the eligibility criteria before applying. The eligibility conditions for various posts under TNPSC Group 4 varies. TNPSC Group 4 Exam eligibility criteria are elaborated in detail below:
Candidates must be either of the following:
Candidates under categories II to V must obtain a certificate of eligibility provided by the Government of Tamil Nadu.
The candidates applying for TNPSC Group 4 exam must fulfil the age criteria as per the official notification as provided below:
The age relaxation offered to candidates from reserved categories for various posts is tabulated below:
Post | Category | Age Limit (Upper) |
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Village Administrative Officer | SC/ ST/ OBC/ MVC | 45 Years |
Ex-Servicemen | 48 Years | |
Ex-Servicemen (SC/SC/ST/MBC/BC/ BSM) | 53 Years | |
Other Group 4 Posts | SC/ ST/ Destitute Widows | 35 Years |
MBC/BC/Denotified Communities | 32 Years | |
Trained in ITI (For Field Surveyor & Draftsman) | 35 Years |
The post-wise educational qualification for TNPSC Group 4 recruitment is as follows:
Village Administrative Officer:
Candidates must have successfully cleared the SSLC Public Examination or its equivalent and should be eligible for admission to Higher Secondary Courses of Studies or College courses.
Candidates must have completed Minimum General Educational Qualification like successful completion of SSLC Public Examination or equivalent and should be eligible for admission to Higher Secondary Courses of Studies or to College courses.
Typist:
Candidates must have successfully passed the SSLC Public Examination or equivalent and should be eligible for admission to Secondary Courses of Studies or to College courses. Moreover, candidates should also have passed the Government Technical Examination in Typewriting:
Steno-Typist Grade III:
Candidates must have successfully cleared SSLC Public Examination or its equivalent exam with eligibility for admission to Higher Secondary Courses of Studies or to College Courses. Also, they must have successfully cleared the Government Technical Examination in Typewriting and in Shorthand, both:
Candidates should have also successfully passed the “Certificate Course in Computer on Office Automation” awarded by the Technical Education Department.
TNPSC Group 4 Recruitment 2025 registration started on April 24, 2025 and ended on May 25, 2025. The candidates have to fill out application form available on the official website through online mode.
Steps to apply for TNPSC Group 4 exam are provided below:
The applicants have to pay the application fees to complete their application process. TNPSC Group 4 2025 Application Fees for various categories are provided below.
Category | Application Fees |
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Scheduled Castes | Nil |
Scheduled Tribes | Nil |
Differently-abled Persons | Nil |
Destitute Widows of all communities | Nil |
MBC, Backward Classes | Nil |
Ex-servicemen | No examination fee till two attempts |
Others | INR 100 |
The admit card for TNPSC Group 4 exam has been released on the official website of TNPSC. The candidates who applies for TNPSC Group 4 Exam can now download the admit card from the official website using their login credentials.
TNPSC Group 4 admit card may contain the following details about the candidates:
Here at the steps to download TNPSC Group 4 Admit Card:
It is advisable to take 2 printouts of the admit card to be taken into the exam. Candidates are also advised to take one photo id proof during the examinations along with the Admit Card.
If any mismatch or errors are found in TNPSC Group 4 Admit Card details, the candidates must contact the relevant officials immediately. The candidates must also read the instructions written on the TNPSC Group 4 Admit Card and follow them during the examination.
TNPSC Group 4 Exam will be conducted in offline mode. There will be three sections in the exam- General Studies, Aptitude and Mental Ability and General Tamil.
Candidates were earlier given the option to choose either General Tamil or General from the third section apart from answering the General Studies and Aptitude & Mental Ability Test sections. However, now TNPSC has made the Tamil paper compulsory. There is no negative marking in TNPSC Group 4 exam.
TNPSC Group 4 exam pattern is tabulated below:
Subject | Number of Questions | Maximum Marks | Minimum Qualifying Marks | Exam Duration |
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General Studies | 75 | 300 | 90 | 3 Hours |
Aptitude and Mental Ability | 25 | |||
General Tamil | 100 | |||
Total | 200 |
The candidates must be well updated with the exam syllabus to score better and make a better preparation plan for the exam. The section-wise TNPSC Group 4 exam syllabus is elaborated in detail below.
The General Studies section is the most common section among all the government civil services exams in the country. The unit-wise syllabus for the same is as follows:
Section/Unit | Important Topics |
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Unit I: General Science |
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Unit II: Current Events |
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Unit III: Geography |
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Unit IV: History and Culture of India and Tamil Nadu |
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Unit V: Indian Politics |
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Unit VI: Indian Economy |
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Unit VII: Indian National Movement |
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The syllabus for the Aptitude and Mental Ability sections is as follows:
Unit | Important Topics |
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Mathematical Ability |
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Logical Reasoning |
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The syllabus for TNPSC Group 4 General Tamil and General English sections has three parts which are as follows:
Parts | Important Topics |
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Part A: Objective-Type |
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Part B |
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Part C |
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TNPSC Group 4 exam is going to be held in various exam centres across Tamil Nadu. Candidates are provided to choose their preferred examination centre. The list of cities along with the number of centres in each city is provided below. Candidates can have a look at it for future consideration while choosing their exam centres.
City | Number of centres |
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Chennai Central | 13 |
Chennai North | 5 |
Chennai South | 6 |
Coimbatore | 10 |
Cuddalore | 10 |
Dharmapuri | 7 |
Dindigul | 9 |
Erode | 9 |
Kancheepuram | 13 |
Kanyakumari | 5 |
Karur | 6 |
Krishnagiri | 7 |
Madurai | 10 |
Nagapattinam | 8 |
Namakkal | 7 |
Perambalur | 4 |
Pudukottai | 12 |
Ramanathapuram | 8 |
Salem | 13 |
Sivagangai | 8 |
Thanjavur | 9 |
Theni | 5 |
The Nilgiris | 6 |
Tirunelveli | 16 |
Thiruvallur | 12 |
Thiruvannamalai | 11 |
Thiruvarur | 7 |
Thoothukudi | 8 |
Tiruchirappalli | 11 |
Tiruppur | 9 |
Vellore | 14 |
Villupuram | 13 |
Virudhinagar | 8 |
To check the detailed information about TNPSC Group 4 exam centres, Click Here.
The number of vacancies for TNPSC Group 4 Recruitment 2025 will be announced along with the official notification. As per previous year trends, a total of 5255 vacancies were released in TNPSC Group 4 recruitment for the year 2020, and 9882 vacancies in 2021. A total of 6244 vacancies were announced for the year 2024.
TNPSC Group 4 2024 Vacancy Breakdown
Sl. No. | Name of the Post | Name of the Service / Organization | Number of vacancies* |
1. | Village Administrative Officer | Tamil Nadu Ministerial Service | 108 |
2 | Junior Assistant (Non-Security) | Tamil Nadu Ministerial /Judicial Ministerial Service | 2442 |
3 | Junior Assistant (Security) | Tamil Nadu Ministerial Service | 44 |
4 | Junior Assistant | Tamil Nadu Corporation for Development of Women Ltd., | 10 |
5 | Junior Assistant | Tamil Nadu Waqf Board | 27 |
6 | Junior Assistant | Tamil Nadu Water Supply and Drainage Board | 49 |
7 | Junior Assistant | Tamil Nadu Small Industries Corporation Ltd., | 15 |
8 | Junior Assistant | Tamil Nadu Text Book and Educational Services Corporation | 7 |
9 | Junior Assistant | Tamil Nadu Medicinal Plant Farms and Herbal Medicine Corporation | 10 |
10 | Typist | Tamil Nadu Ministerial / Judicial Ministerial / Secretariat / Legislative Assembly Secretariat Service | 1653 |
11 | Typist | Tamil Nadu Corporation for Development of Women Ltd., | 3 |
12 | Typist | Tamil Nadu Small Industries Corporation Ltd., | 3 |
13 | Typist | Tamil Nadu State Marketing Corporation Ltd., | 39 |
14 | Typist | Tamil Nadu Text Book and Educational Services Corporation | 7 |
15 | Steno-Typist (Grade - III) | Tamil Nadu Ministerial / Judicial Ministerial Service | 441 |
16 | Steno-Typist | Tamil Nadu Corporation for Development of Women Ltd., | 2 |
17 | Steno-Typist | Tamil Nadu Text Book and Educational Services Corporation | 2 |
18 | Personal Assistant to Chairman (Steno- Typist II) | Tamil Nadu Corporation for Development of Women Ltd., | 1 |
19 | Personal Clerk to Managing Director/General Manager (Steno Typist III) | Tamil Nadu Corporation for Development of Women Ltd., | 2 |
20 | Private Secretary (Grade-III) | Tamil Nadu Co-operative Milk Producers’ Federation Ltd., | 4 |
21 | Junior Executive (Office) | Tamil Nadu Co-operative Milk Producers’ Federation Ltd., | 34 |
22 | Junior Executive (Typing) | Tamil Nadu Co-operative Milk Producers’ Federation Ltd., | 7 |
23 | Receptionist cum Telephone Operator | Tamil Nadu Corporation for Development of Women Ltd., | 1 |
24 | Milk Recorder, Grade III | Tamil Nadu Co-operative Milk Producers’ Federation Ltd., | 15 |
25 | Laboratory Assistant | Tamil Nadu Forensic Science Subordinate Service | 25 |
26 | Bill Collector | Tamil Nadu Ministerial Service / Town Panchayat Department | 66 |
27 | Senior Factory Assistant | Tamil Nadu Co-operative Milk Producers’ Federation Ltd., | 49 |
28 | Forest Guard | Tamil Nadu Forest Subordinate Service | 171 |
29 | Forest Guard with Driving Licence | Tamil Nadu Forest Subordinate Service | 192 |
30 | Forest Watcher | Tamil Nadu Forest Subordinate Service | 526 |
31 | Forest Watcher (Tribal Youth) | Tamil Nadu Forest Subordinate Service | 288 |
32 | Junior Inspector of Cooperative Societies | Tamil Nadu Co- operative Subordinate Service | 1 |
Total No. of Vacancies | 6244 | ||
* Vacancies for reservation for meritorious sportspersons, are deducted wherever applicable | |||
Abbreviations: · CPS - Contributory Pension Scheme · EPF – Employees’ Provident Fund · @ - The payment of terminal benefits is as per the provisions available in the Special Bye-Laws |
TNPSC Group 4 Results 2025 will be released on the official website of TNPSC a few weeks after the exam. The commission declares the marks of the candidates as well as the minimum cutoff marks for qualifying for the exam in different categories. Once released, the candidates can check their results on the official website.
Here are the steps to check TNPSC Group 4 Results:
The result will contain the total marks obtained by the candidates along with basic details about the candidate such as name, roll number, date of birth etc.
Score more than the minimum qualifying marks does not guarantee selection due to a large number of competitions. The candidates scoring top marks are shortlisted for the further rounds of selection.
The marks of the last selected candidates in each category are termed as the cutoff marks. The candidates need to score marks equal to or more than the cutoffs for further consideration.
Given below are TNPSC Group 4 Expected Cutoff marks 2024 for the candidates to understand the trend.
TNPSC Group 4 2024 Expected Cut Off
Category | Male | Female |
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General | 145-155 | 148-158 |
OBC | 140-150 | 140-150 |
BCM | 135-145 | 135-145 |
MBC | 140-150 | 140-150 |
SC | 133-143 | 132-142 |
SC-A | 130-140 | 133-143 |
ST | 125-135 | 130-140 |
TNPSC Group 4 2023 Cut off Marks
Category | Male | Female |
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General Category | 150 | 153 |
Other Backward Class (OBC) | 145 | 148 |
Backward Class Muslim (BCM) | 142 | 140 |
Most Backward Class (MBC) | 145 | 146 |
Scheduled Caste (SC) | 138 | 140 |
Scheduled Caste (SC-A) | 135 | 137 |
Scheduled Tribe (ST) | 133 | 135 |
TNPSC Group 4 Cutoff marks 2021
Category | VAO | Typist | Junior Assistant | Steno- Typist | ||||
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Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | |
ST | 160 | 157 | 161 | 156 | 176 | 173 | 125 | 120 |
SC(A) | - | - | 155 | 153 | 175 | 174 | 123 | 122 |
SC | 161 | 159 | 159 | 158 | 178 | 177 | 124 | 121 |
BC(M) | 162 | 162 | 156 | 153 | 174 | 172 | 126 | 121 |
MBC | 163 | 160 | 168 | 167 | 182 | 182 | 135 | 134 |
BC | 165 | 162 | 169 | 167 | 182 | 181 | 135 | 132 |
General | - | - | 172 | 171 | 184 | 183 | 142 | 140 |
The selection of the candidates is done based on merit. The following are the stages of TNPSC Group 4 Selection process.
The finally selected candidates will receive their job order through the post to their communication address and the candidates have to join their posting at the prescribed date.
Given below is the salary structure of TNPSC Group 4 posts. This salary structure is based on the previous year notification.
Post | Pay Scale | Level |
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Village Administrative Officer | INR 19,500 – INR 62,000 | Level 8 |
Junior Assistant (Security and Non- Security) | ||
Bill Collector Grade 1 | ||
Field Surveyor | ||
Draftsman | ||
Typist | ||
Steno- Typist | INR 20,600 – INR 65,500 | Level 10 |
Apart from the basic salary, the candidates are offered various additional benefits such as:
It is advisable to keep track of your performance by giving weekly mock tests. Analyze your weaknesses and try to focus on strengthening your weak points. Also, make sure not to forget important topics and sections to be covered. As described above, every effort is useless if you don’t have enough motivation to execute them. Try to build a positive attitude towards the exam and stay motivated all the time.
Ques. What is the exam pattern of TNPSC Group 4 exam?
Ans. TNPSC Group 4 Exam will have three sections in the exam- General Studies, Aptitude and Mental Ability and General English/ Tamil. The exam carries a total of 300 marks.
Ques. How many times a candidate can attempt TNPSC exam Group 4?
Ans. There are no restrictions on the number of attempts for the candidates willing to apply for TNPSC Group 4 exam. Candidates can appear in the Group 4 exam till they are satisfying the maximum age limit.
Ques. What happens after passing TNPSC Group 4 exam?
Ans. After TNPSC Group 4 written exam result will be declared. After the written test result, the commission invites qualified candidates for document verification and counselling purpose. Counselling is to see the suitability of the candidate for the position to be filled.
Ques. Is TNPSC Group 4 exam easy?
Ans. It is advisable to know your strengths and practice accordingly to it. Yet to a common view, TNPSC exams are considered easy as they have no negative marking like the bank exams. They also cover subjects which are of school standard and the aptitude topic remains to be easier one compared to the banking exams.
Ques. How can I apply for TNPSC Group 4 Exam 2025?
Ans. Candidates can apply for TNPSC Group 4 exam on the official website of TNPSC. Follow the steps given here in the article to fill out TNPSC Group 4 Application form.
Ques. What is the selection process for TNPSC Group 4 2025?
Ans. TNPSC Group 4 recruitment process typically consists of a written exam and an interview. The written exam is usually held in offline mode and consists of multiple-choice questions from subjects such as General Studies, General Tamil/General English, and Aptitude & Mental Ability.
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