Official Notification on RRB Group D Recruitment 2025 Released: Check Out the Important Details

Official Notification on RRB Group D Recruitment 2025 Released: Check Out the Important Details

The Railway Recruitment Board, India, has finally released the full official notification of RRB Group D recruitment 2025. RRB will conduct the RRB Group D Level 1 examination in 2025. This examination provides promising opportunities to aspiring candidates preparing to join the Indian railways. The railway Group D 2025 recruitment of this year will be conducted for Track Maintainer Grade-IV, Helper/Assistant in various technical departments, Assistant Pointsman, and many other Level-1 posts in the departments of Indian Railways.

This article will help you to learn about the new recruitment drive for RRB Group D Level 1 posts in 2024.

RRB Group D Notification 2025: Latest Update

After much anticipation, the Railway Recruitment Board has finally released the RRB Group D recruitment Notification for this year. With 32,438 vacancies this year, the RRB Group D application process will start in January 2025.

Railway Group D Notification 2025

The Railway Group D notification for 2025 is finally released on 23rd December 2024. The candidates have been eagerly waiting for this recruitment notification for a really long time, and this announcement has come as a relief. The Railway Recruitment Board has published a short notification regarding Group D recruitment. This year the vacancies for the Railway Recruitment Board consist of the posts: Track Maintainer. Helper/Assistant in various technical departments, Assistant Pointsman, and other Level-1 posts. There will be a three-stage selection process, which consists of a Computer-based exam, pa hysical fitness test, and document verification. 

Important Dates: Railway Group D 2025

Indian Railway Recruiting body has already released its official exam calendar and according to that calendar, the upcoming Railway Recruitment Board Group D examination notification will be published on the official website of the Railway Recruitment Board in any time.

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Railway Group D 2025: Exam Overview

The RRB Group D Recruitment 2025 will be conducted for the various posts in the departments of Indian Railways. Here are the details in brief:

Recruiting Body

Railway Recruitment Board (RRB)

Posts

1. Track Maintainer Grade-IV

2. Helper/Assistant (Engineering/ Technical)

3. Assistant Pointsman, Level-I posts 

Location

Across India

Vacancies

32,438

Mode of Application

Online

Qualification 

Updated Soon

Age Restriction

18 to 36 Years 

Selection Process 

Computer Based Test (CBT 1) 

Physical Efficiency Test (PET) 

Document Verification and Medical

Download Now: RRB Group D Official Short Notification

Railway Group D Recruitment 2025: Application Fees

Category

Fee

For GEN/OBC 
Out of this fee of Rs 500 an amount of Rs 400 shall be refunded duly deducting bank charges, on appearing in 1st Stage CBT.

Rs. 500/-

For SC/ST/PWD/Women/Ex-Sm/Transgender/Minorities/Economically Backward 
This fee of Rs 250 shall be refunded duly deducting bank charges as applicable on appearing in 1 stStage CBT.

Rs. 250/- 

For General Candidates rupees 400 will be refunded after CBT and for the candidates belongs from reserved category the full amount of application fees will be refunded after the CBT. 

Railway Group D 2025: Eligibility Criteria

The eligibility criteria for Railway Recruitment Board Group D will cover not only the nationality of a candidate, but also their educational qualification, age limit, and a few medical standards. The candidates will be selected for the Railway Recruitment Board Group D recruitment process who meet the eligibility criteria as mentioned below.

Railway Group D Education Qualification

The candidates aspiring to qualify for Railway Recruitment Board Group D, have to meet certain educational qualifications mentioned by Railway Recruitment Board (RRB). Let’s find out who will be eligible to apply

Candidates who have a National Apprenticeship Certificate (NAC).

or,

ITI degree holders, provided by NCVT are eligible to apply for RRB Group D.

or,

Candidate who has passed the secondary education.

 Railway Group D Age Limit

Here we will discuss the RRB Group D age limit, required for the candidates wants to sit for the test. Candidates who fall under the age group of 18 to 36 years are eligible to apply for the RRB Group D exam. 

Candidates with valid citizenship of India, Nepal, Bhutan can apply for this post.

Also Read: RRB Group D Medical Standards and Complete Salary Structure

Railway Group D 2025: Vacancy Update

RRB Group D notification is expected to be released on December, 2024. Though the Railway Recruitment Board hasn’t yet announced the notification and the vacancy details. In the previous recruitment drive, RRB had released 32,438 vacancies for the group D posts.

RRB Group D Recruitment 2025: All Posts

In the Railway Group D recruitment 2025, there will be recruitment for positions across seven departments: Mechanical, Electrical, Engineering, Signal & Telecommunication, and Traffic. Each department plays a crucial role in ensuring the smooth operation and efficiency of Railway services. This year the recruitment drive will be for 32,438 vacancies distributed in 15 posts.

  • Assistant Workshop (Mechanical)
  • Assistant TL & AC (Workshop) (Electrical)
  • Assistant Bridge (Engineering)
  • Assistant Loco Shed (Diesel)
  • Assistant P-Way
  • Assistant (C &W)
  • Assistant Operations (Electrical)
  • Assistant Loco Shed (Electrical)
  • Pointsman B (Traffic)
  • Assistant Track (Machine)
  • Assistant S&T (Signal & Telecommunication)
  • Assistant TL & AC
  • Assistant Works (Engineering)
  • Assistant Traction Distribution (Electrical)
  • Track Maintainer Grade-IV (Engineering)

Railway Group D 2025: Exam Pattern

The RRB India conducts recruitment drive to fill up the vacant seats in various departments. The RRB is expected to publish the vacancy details along with the official notification. The candidates hoping to prepare for this exam must be well aware of the exam pattern. Having knowledge over the exam pattern will help the candidates to create a productive study strategy.

RRB Group D 2024 Exam Pattern

Criteria

CBT 1

Total Questions

100

Total Marks

100

Type of Questions

MCQ


Duration

90 Minutes

Railway Group D Recruitment 2025: Selection Process

The recruitment for RRB Group D is based on a three stages of selection process. The three stages of selection process includes a Computer-Based Test (CBT), Physical Efficiency Test (PET), and a Document Verification/Medical Examination.

RRB Group D Recruitment 2024: Complete Syllabus 

Candidates willing to apply for the RRB Group D recruitment drive  must adhere to the detailed syllabus of this specific exam. Getting knowledge over the syllabus will help the candidates to make clear and concise strategy for this examination. This article will provide you the overview of the RRB Group D syllabus. The detailed syllabus will also be published in due course of time.

RRB Group D Syllabus Breakdown:

RRB Group D syllabus divided into four subjects

  1. GI and Reasoning
  2. General Awareness & Current Affairs
  3. Mathematics
  4. General Science

Railway Group D 2025: Salary Structure

The basic salary for RRB Group D will start from 18,000. Apart from this basic pay, DA, HRA, travel allowance, Medical Facilities, and overtime payments will be included with the salary. After inclusion of these allowances the in-hand salary for RRB Group D employees will be 22,500-25,380 Rs.

Railway Group D Recruitment: Exam Analysis

General Awareness & Current Affairs: Exam Analysis

Topic

No of Questions

History

3

Polity

1

Geography

2

Economics

1

Current Affairs

13

Total

20

General Science: Exam Analysis

Topic

No of Questions

Physics

8

Chemistry

10

Biology

7

Total

25

Exam Analysis: Reasoning

Topic

No of Questions

Syllogism

2

Venn Diagram

2

Mathematical Calculation

1

Mirror Image

2

Odd one out

3

Analogy

2

Series

3

Direction

2

Statement & Conclusion

5

Counting Figure

2

Puzzle

2

Complete Figure

1

Blood Relation

3

Total

30

Exam Analysis 2022- Mathematics 

Topic

No of Questions

S.I, CI

1

Pipe & Cistern

1

Simplification

1

Time and Work

2

Number System

6

Time, Speed and Distance

4

Average

1

Trigonometry

2

Percentage

1

Mensuration

2

Ratio

4

Total

25

Railway Group D Previous Year Cut Off

The cut off marks of RRB Group D recruitment 2022 is also mentioned in this article for the candidates, those who want to get more clarity on the exam procedure and the marking schemes.

Zone: Ajmer (Cut-Off 2022)

Category

UR

SC

ST

OBC

EWS

Open

97.45229

91.36657

91.39524

95.16873

88.14747

Normalised Marks

68.32994

54.02575

54.08034

61.66614

48.76577

Ex-SM

81.78425

71.21144

84.40016

70.80540

88.59409

Normalised Marks

40.11113

30.43849

43.33901

30.02906

49.47681

Zone: Kolkata (CUT-Off 2022)

Category

UR

SC

ST

OBC

EWS

Open

96.62203

90.67148

83.76549

94.88499

85.45969

Normalised Marks

94.88499

58.42711

48.28362

65.89208

50.46005

Ex-SM

75.89393

64.71957

66.30072

63.64558

---

Normalised Marks

40.00777

30.85707

31.98892

30.01119

---

Zone: Bhubaneshwar (Cut-Off 2022)

Category

UR

SC

ST

OBC

EWS

Open

96.96366

88.26087

84.33973

93.57418

88.0170

Normalised Marks

66.49810

49.13464

44.13481

58.36622

48.77533

Ex-SM

80.74159

72.25788

74.61424

70.87433

---

Normalised Marks

40.18912

31.78484

33.71859

30.63973

---

 Zone: Ahmedabad (Cut-Off 2022)

Category

UR

SC

ST

OBC

EWS

Open

97.09

88.72

86.92

94.86

89.56

Normalised Marks

62.67

50.81

49.18

58.43

51.66

Ex-SM

75.34

78.60

82.19

82.19

89.39

Normalised Marks

40.35

42.49

45.21

30.34

51.48

Zone: Chennai (Cut-Off 2022)

Category

UR

SC

ST

OBC

EWS

Open

94.06

86.46

81.40

90.84

77.91

Normalised Marks

60.95

49.89

43.58

55.65

40

Ex-SM

78.05

68.56

---

68.56

---

Normalised Marks

40.12

32.32

---

30.64

---

Zone Chandigarh (Cut-Off 2022)

Category

UR

SC

ST

OBC

EWS

Open

98.35201

94.53154

89.09933

96.49594

93.47652

70.98967

60.08532

50.18560

50.18560

57.75849

Ex-SM

80.83864

72.43910

---

69.71893

81.00053

40.03439

32.44170

---

30.18342

40.21835

Zone Guwahati (Cut-Off 2022)

Category

UR

SC

ST

OBC

EWS

Open

96.88423

91.08808

83.32036

92.77911

85.94140

60.31861

47.47475

36.90794

50.23983

40.03550

Ex-SM

88.56031

88.56031 

86.64367

86.81564

---


43.37661

37.96544

40.96864

41.19281

---

Zone Patna (Cut-Off 2022)

Category

UR

SC

ST

OBC

EWS

Open

97.95480

 90.31339

85.66167

96.47605

91.64536

66.20042

50.12797

43.35320

61.88634

52.45553

Ex-SM

82.92887

78.29021

---

73.58558

90.09724

40.08857

34.83884

---

30.05298

49.73233

Zone: Sucendrabad (Cut-Off 2022)

Category

UR

SC

ST

OBC

EWS

Open

96.81782

89.61270

86.96835 

94.34559

83.49019

Normalised

57.38427

46.38522

43.57684

---

40.40404

Ex-SM

83.18874

70.68269

---

69.08905

83.28655

Normalised

40.16862

70.68269

---

30.12836

40.24501

Zone: Allahabad (Cut Off 2022)

Category

UR

SC

ST

OBC

EWS

Open

98.00447

93.41966

83.33706

96.30549

91.76955

Normalised 

66.48579

52.35827

35.55405

59.93657

48.83271

Ex-SM

86.61691

79.70736

---

78.45995

---

Normalised 

40.15225

31.57598

---

31.57598

---

Zone: Bilaspur (Cut Off 2022)

Category

UR

SC

ST

OBC

EWS

Open

96.90942

93.11506

88.68887

96.24149

86.74948

Normalised 

60.16914

50.48667

42.68569

57.98749

40.00000

Ex-SM

86.86751

81.71771

---


77.88945

 ---

Normalised 

40.16627

33.68752

---

30.62567

---

Zone: Gorakhpur (Cut Off 20222)

Category

UR

SC

ST

OBC

EWS

Open 

97.93840

91.83820

84.20652

96.31489

90.46577

Normlalised

69.00000

54.29859

43.75515

64.50917

51.87922

Ex-SM

81.19272

80.34850

---

70.68478

85.65425

Normalised

40.16163

39.28346

---

30.02418

45.31053

Zone: Mumbai (Cut Off 2022)

Category

UR

SC

ST

OBC

EWS

Open

96.76876

91.14303

85.68447

94.56106

81.77030

64.10801

51.89392

44.35537

58.15213

40.00000

Ex-SM

82.84641

70.65375

69.37691

69.02017

---

41.00000

30.40679

31.16289

30.84872

---

Zone: Ranchi (Cut Off 2022)

Category

UR

SC

ST

OBC

EWS

Open

96.80700

87.38659

81.15404

93.76286

87.12846

70.64859

54.29515

46.95737

64.64882

53.97491

Ex-SM

74.81235

64.77527

---

64.54737

92.74894

40.26460

31.30200

---

30.99950

62.93686

Zone: Bhopal (Cut Off 2022)

Category

UR

SC

ST

OBC

EWS

Open

96.64962

87.05688

83.62098

93.44380

79.24869

65.87560

49.33077

44.84819

58.53089

40.00000

Ex-SM

80.23294

68.38440

69.37691

69.02017

---

41.00000

30.40679

31.16289

30.84872

---

 

Hope this article provides you with all the important details regarding RRB Group D recruitment 2025. Keep visiting this website to get latest updates on RRB Group D recruitment.

FAQs

How many vacancies will be available in RRB Group D notification?

RRB Group D recruitment notification has published. with announcement of the official notification the details of vacancies will also be provided along with it. This year RRB has finalized 32,438 vacancies for upcoming RRB Group D recruitment 2025.

What is the exam date for RRB Group D Recruitment 2025?

The official exam date is not released yet. The official short notice has been published with application dates .

What is the age limit of RRB group D exam?

The upper age limit for RRB Group D is between 18 to 36 years for general category candidates. The relaxation will be provided for the others.

 

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