| Conducting body | Uttarakhand Subordinate Service Selection Commission (UKSSSC). Official website ↗ |
|---|---|
| Posts | Village Development Officer (Rural Development Department), Village Panchayat Development Officer (Panchayati Raj Department) |
| Qualification | A bachelor's degree from a recognised university or an equivalent. VPDO also needs at least a CCC-level computer certificate. |
| Age limit | 21–42 years on 1 July 2025 (general category) |
| Domicile | Required |
| Selection stages | Written objective exam (100 marks) → Document scrutiny |
| Latest notification | Advertisement 70/UKSSSC/2025 (graduate level exam): 205 VDO and 16 VPDO posts · 221 vacancies |
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About UKSSSC VDO
Village Development Officer (VDO) and Village Panchayat Development Officer (VPDO) posts are filled through the same UKSSSC graduate level exam as Patwari and Lekhpal. Advertisement 70/UKSSSC/2025, dated 9 April 2025, had 205 VDO posts and 16 VPDO posts, allotted district-wise. There is no physical test for these two posts.
Eligibility
Age limit
General category: 21–42 years, counted on 1 July 2025.
Age relaxation
- OBC: 5 years
- SC: 5 years
- ST: 5 years
- PwBD: 10 years
- The SC, ST, OBC and disability relaxation is for Uttarakhand candidates.
- Dependants of Uttarakhand freedom fighters get five years.
- Ex-servicemen may deduct their army service from their age; the result must not exceed the upper limit by more than three years.
Qualification
A bachelor's degree from a recognised university or an equivalent. VPDO also needs at least a CCC-level computer certificate.
Other conditions
- For Group C posts outside UKPSC's scope you need one Uttarakhand link on the last date: registration at an employment office in the state, an Uttarakhand domicile or permanent residence certificate, or Class 10 and Class 12 (or equivalent) passed from recognised institutions in Uttarakhand.
Selection process
- Written objective exam (100 marks)
- Document scrutiny
Exam pattern
Written exam
Mode: Objective, offline or online as the commission decides · Duration: 2 hours · Negative marking: One-fourth of the question's marks for each wrong answer
| SUBJECT | MARKS |
|---|---|
| Part 1: General Hindi | 20 |
| Part 2: General knowledge and general studies | 40 |
| Part 3: Uttarakhand-specific knowledge | 40 |
UKSSSC VDO syllabus
Part 1: General Hindi (20 marks)
- Hindi language and its dialects, including Kumaoni, Garhwali and Jaunsari
- Devanagari script, spelling, punctuation and correct usage
- Word formation, grammar, tatsam and tadbhav words, synonyms and antonyms, sandhi
- Idioms, proverbs, official letters and notes, and Hindi computing basics
- Hindi prose and poetry writers as taught up to Class 12 (Uttarakhand board and NCERT)
Part 2: General knowledge and general studies (40 marks)
- Reasoning: verbal and non-verbal tests such as series, analogy, coding-decoding, direction, blood relations and puzzles
- History of India and the world, from ancient India to the national movement
- Geography of India and the world
- Indian polity: national movement, Gandhian ideas, Constitution, Parliament and local government
- Indian economy, and state, national and international current affairs
- Fundamentals of computers: hardware, operating system, word processing, spreadsheets, internet and cyber security
Part 3: Uttarakhand-specific knowledge (40 marks)
- Geography, rivers, glaciers, lakes, forests and natural resources of Uttarakhand
- History from early rulers to British rule, the freedom struggle and the separate state movement
- Water sources, irrigation, agriculture, horticulture and the state economy
- Culture, folk arts, society, education, health, tourism and pilgrimage
- Environment, disasters, biodiversity, state administration and government schemes
What they ask
VDO candidates sit the same 100-mark, 2-hour graduate level paper as Patwari and Lekhpal candidates. Forty marks cover Uttarakhand, 40 cover general studies with reasoning and computers, and 20 cover General Hindi. Each wrong answer costs a quarter of the question's marks. Since there is no physical test, the written score decides your rank.
How to prepare
- Aim for accuracy over attempts: with no physical stage, a few wrong guesses can cost you the merit list.
- Cover Uttarakhand's rural and panchayat set-up, schemes and administration inside Part 3.
- If you apply for VPDO, get the CCC-level computer certificate before the last date.
- Take daily topic-wise quizzes on the free Improvam app for Hindi and reasoning.
Practise UKSSSC VDO syllabus topics a few minutes a day with short quizzes in the Improvam app.
Photo and signature
- Photo: Recent colour passport-size photo, 150 x 200 pixels, JPG/JPEG
- Signature: 150 x 100 pixels, JPG/JPEG
Source: official instructions ↗
Resize your photo and signature for UKSSSC VDO
UKSSSC VDO FAQs
21 to 42 years on 1 July 2025, with five extra years for Uttarakhand SC, ST and OBC candidates.
Sources
- UKSSSC advertisement 70/UKSSSC/2025: graduate level posts ↗ (official, checked )
- UKSSSC recruitment and notification page ↗ (official, checked )
Checked against official sources on . Rules change with each notification, so read the latest one before you apply.
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