What UP Lekhpal is
The Uttar Pradesh Subordinate Services Selection Commission recruits Lekhpals, village-level revenue officers who maintain land records, verify land transactions and handle the ground-level revenue administration that every land dispute, inheritance record and government scheme eligibility check in rural Uttar Pradesh eventually passes through. It is one of the most consistently searched government job terms in the state, distinct from UP Police Constable and from the higher administrative-service tier covered by UPPSC PCS: Lekhpal is a Group C clerical-cadre post reached through UPSSSC, not through the state civil service exam.
Who can apply
The qualification requirement is Class 12 (Intermediate) pass from a recognised board, along with basic computer knowledge, typically demonstrated through a CCC (Course on Computer Concepts) certificate or an equivalent recognised qualification as the specific notification requires. The general age band is 18 to 40 years, with the usual relaxation for reserved categories under Uttar Pradesh government rules. A Uttar Pradesh domicile requirement applies for reservation benefits specifically, so confirm your own eligibility against the current notification before assuming a general figure applies to your category.
Before applying for the Lekhpal Mains examination, a candidate must have cleared UPSSSC’s own Preliminary Eligibility Test (PET), a qualifying screen that applies across several UPSSSC recruitments, not specific to Lekhpal alone. A valid, current PET score is a prerequisite for the application, so check your PET validity window before assuming you can apply directly.
How the exam runs
The main written examination runs two hours and has one hundred questions worth one hundred marks, with a quarter mark deducted for each wrong answer. The current pattern covers General Knowledge of Uttar Pradesh, Computer and Information Technology, General Hindi, Data Interpretation, and Environmental Ecology and Disaster Management, with General Knowledge of Uttar Pradesh carrying the largest weight. This pattern has been revised from earlier cycles, which additionally tested Mathematics and a broader Rural Society and Rural Development section; confirm the current syllabus against the notification you are preparing for rather than an older prep resource, since the subject list itself has changed between recent cycles.
There is no physical test or interview stage. Selection runs on the written examination followed by document verification against your qualification, category and domicile certificates.
Preparing the application
Photograph and signature specifications follow the standard format given in the current UPSSSC notification. The photo resizer and signature resizer on this site adjust an existing photo or signature to the required size in the browser.
The application fee is twenty five rupees, notably lower than most Group C recruitment fees.
On exam day
Carry the printed admit card and an original government photo identification matching the name and photo on the admit card. No electronic devices are permitted inside the examination hall.
Where Lekhpal sits in the wider UP recruitment landscape
Lekhpal, UP Police Constable and UPPSC PCS are three genuinely different tiers of Uttar Pradesh government recruitment, not interchangeable options for the same Class 12 or graduate candidate. Lekhpal is a clerical-cadre revenue post reached through UPSSSC’s own selection process; comparing the qualification, exam pattern and cadre before committing preparation time to one over another is worth doing deliberately.
For anything this page cannot answer, treat the Uttar Pradesh Subordinate Services Selection Commission’s own official website, linked above, as the last word: current vacancies, the exact syllabus and this cycle’s dates are published there each time a new notification opens.