RRB Group D Recruitment 2026 – 22000 Group D/ Level 1 Posts
Last Date: 02/03/2026.
Railway Recruitment Board has released a short employment notification for the recruitment of approximately 22000 Group D/ Level 1 Vacancy under various zones of Railway Recruitment Board (RRB) against Advertisement No. CEN 09/2025. Interested and eligible candidates may apply online here.
RRB-wise/ Zone-wise Vacancy:
# North Western Railway (Jaipur): To be updated
# South Western Railway (Hubli): To be updated
# West Central Railway (Jabalpur): To be updated
# East Coast Railway (Bhubaneswar): To be updated
# South East Central Railway (Bilaspur): To be updated
# Northern Railway (New Delhi): To be updated
# Southern Railway (Chennai): To be updated
# North Eastern Railway (Gorakhpur): To be updated
# Eastern Railway (Kolkata): To be updated
# Central Railway (Mumbai): To be updated
# East Central Railway (Hajipur): To be updated
# North Central Railway (Prayagraj): To be updated
# South Eastern Railway (Kolkata): To be updated
# South Central Railway (Secunderabad): To be updated
Eligibility Criteria of RRB Group D Recruitment
# SC/ ST: 5 years
# OBC: 3 years
# PwD (Unreserved): 10 years
# PwD (OBC): 13 years
# PwD (SC/ ST): 15 years
Educational Qualification: Candidates must be 10th pass or ITI or equivalent or National Apprenticeship Certificate (NAC) granted by NCVT.
| Category | Fee |
| SC / ST / Ex-Serviceman / PwBD / Female / Transgender / Minorities / Economically backward class. (The fee for these categories shall be refunded after deducting bank charges as applicable, on appearing in First Stage CBT.) | Rs. 250 |
| Others | Rs. 500 |
How to Apply for RRB Group D Recruitment ?
# Scroll down, go to Important Web-Links section .
# Click on the “Online Application Form” and complete the registration process by clicking “Register Now“.
# In the next stage, fill your all personal and educational details and upload necessary documents.
# At the end, pay the application fee as per your category and submit the form.
# Don’t forget to take a print out of the application form .
Important Dates of RRB Group D Recruitment 2026
# Last date of submission of online application: 2nd March 2026, up to 23:59 Hrshttps://indiajobnews.in/rrb-group-d-recruitment-2026-22000-group-d-level-1-posts/
Important Web-Links of RRB Group D Vacancy
| Online Application Form | 31/01/2026 |
| Advertisement Details | 31/01/2026 |
| Revised Timeline | Click Here |
| Short Notification | Click Here |
| RRB Group D Guidebook | Click Here |
| Official Website | Click Here |
Selection Process of Railway Group D Recruitment
(i) Computer Based Tests (CBT)
(ii) Physical Efficiency Test (PET)
(iii) Document Verification (DV) and
(iv) Medical Examination (ME)
Computer Based Test (CBT)
| Topic/s | No. of Questions | Marks |
| General Science | 25 | 25 |
| Mathematics | 25 | 25 |
| General Intelligence & Reasoning | 30 | 30 |
| General Awareness & Current Affairs | 20 | 20 |
| Total | 100 | 100 |
Syllabus for RRB Group D CBT
Number system, BODMAS, Decimals, Fractions, LCM, HCF, Ratio and Proportion, Percentages, Mensuration, Time and Work, Time and Distance, Simple and Compound Interest, Profit and Loss, Algebra, Geometry and Trigonometry, Elementary Statistics, Square root, Age Calculations, Calendar & Clock, Pipes & Cistern etc.
b. General Intelligence and Reasoning
c. General Science
The syllabus under this shall cover Physics, Chemistry and Life Sciences of 10th standard level (CBSE).
d. General Awareness on Current Affairs
in Science & Technology, Sports, Culture, Personalities, Economics, Politics and any other subject of importance.
Physical Efficiency Test (PET)
# Based on the merit of the candidates in the CBT, candidates shall be called for PET three times the community wise total vacancy of the Posts notified against RRBs/RRCs. However, Railways reserve the right to increase/decrease this ratio as required to ensure availability of adequate/reasonable number of candidates for all the notified posts.
| Parameter | Male | Female |
| Weight Carrying | Should be able to lift and carry 35 Kg of weight for a distance of 100 meters in 2 minutes in one chance without putting the weight down | Should be able to lift and carry 20 Kg of weight for a distance of 100 meters in 2 minutes in one chance without putting the weight down |
| Running | Should be able to run for a distance of 1000 meters in 4 minutes and 15 seconds in one chance. | Should be able to run for a distance of 1000 meters in 5 minutes and 40 seconds in one chance |
# Passing Physical Efficiency Test (PET) is mandatory and the same will be qualifying in nature. The criteria for PET are as under:
Document Verification and Empanelling of Candidates
# Based on the performance of candidates in CBT subject to their qualifying in PET, the number of candidates to be called for Document Verification (DV) will be equal to the number of notified vacancies (i.e. in the ratio of 1:1).
# In case of two or more candidates securing same normalized percentile score, their merit position shall be determined by age criteria i.e. older person shall be placed at higher merit and in case age being same, then alphabetical order (A to Z) of the name shall be taken into account to break the tie.
# Appointment of selected candidates is subject to their passing requisite Medical Fitness Test to be conducted by the Railway Administration, final verification of educational and community certificates and verification of antecedents/character of the candidates.