KSP Armed Police Constable Recruitment 2026: 1,600 Posts

Karnataka opened a large police constable recruitment in two halves, Civil and Armed, and this page covers the Armed half. KSP Armed Police Constable Recruitment 2026 offers 1,600 posts (1,421 for the residual cadre plus 179 for Kalyana Karnataka). Online applications ran from 22 June to 22 July 2026 and are now closed. The written exam was held on 6 September 2026, and the Karnataka Examinations Authority (KEA) published unit-wise final marks lists on 21 September 2026. Call letters for the physical standard and endurance tests (PST/ET) came out on 28 October 2026. The sibling Civil Police Constable recruitment (3,991 posts) is a separate notification with its own form.

KSP Armed Police Constable Recruitment 2026: The Numbers

A fee note worth double-checking on the official PDF: some job sites list the fee as ₹500/₹250. The notification’s own fee table says ₹750 and ₹500. Trust the PDF.

One more thing the vacancy tables make clear: every post column in both notifications is listed under the male column only. The notification text we verified contains no separate female vacancy allocation for this recruitment.

Armed vs Civil Constable: Which Form Is Which?

Karnataka is running two constable recruitments side by side, and applicants regularly mix them up:

These are separate notifications with separate forms on the same KEA system. This article covers the Armed recruitment.

Eligibility Check

• Education: 2nd PUC / Class 12 or a recognised equivalent (CBSE/ISC/state boards/NIOS; certain JOC courses and 3-year technical diplomas count under specific Karnataka government orders). Your result must be declared on or before 22 July 2026; awaiting-result candidates are not eligible.
• Kannada: if you didn’t pass Kannada as a first or second language at SSLC level or above, and didn’t study in Kannada medium or clear an earlier official Kannada test, you must pass a compulsory Kannada test (minimum 50 out of 150). KEA held this test on 22 August 2026 and published its final marks list on 2 September 2026. It’s a gate, not a merit component.
• Age: counted on 22 July 2026: General 18-33, reserved categories 18-35, Budakattu tribal candidates from listed forest areas 18-38. Ex-servicemen get their service length plus 3 years. These ceilings already include the special one-time 5-year relaxation Karnataka granted in January 2026, so don’t add another 5 on top when calculating.
• One unit only: each candidate applied to exactly one unit (Bengaluru City, Mysuru City, Shivamogga, KARP Mounted Company and so on), and competition is within that unit.

Written Exam First: 6 September, and It Alone Decides Merit

The structure here rewards exam-focused candidates: the written paper is the only merit component. Physical tests that follow are pass/fail gates.

• 100 questions, 100 marks, 90 minutes, offline OMR.
• Syllabus: general knowledge, science, geography, history, Indian Constitution, freedom movement, mental ability, and moral/ethical topics.
• Negative marking of 0.25 per wrong answer. And a rule that catches the unprepared: each question has a fifth bubble meaning “not attempted”. KEA gives 5 extra minutes at the end to shade it for skipped questions; a question with no bubble at all still costs you 0.25.

PST and PET: The Physical Gates, In Plain Numbers

Candidates are called for physicals at 5 times the vacancies per category, by written-exam merit. The tests are qualifying only.

Budakattu tribal candidates have a lower height bar (155 cm). For the run: 6:30 over 1,600 m means holding roughly 97 seconds per 400 m lap, a pace you can build to in two months of steady training. The medical board later checks eyesight (6/9 and 6/9, or 6/9 and 6/12, with full field of vision), hearing, and disqualifies colour blindness, squint, varicose veins, knock knees, flat foot and bow legs.

Pay Scale ₹37,500 to ₹76,100

The notification prints the state pay scale of ₹37,500 rising to ₹76,100 with NPS applicable, and a probation period of 2 years 6 months. It publishes no allowance breakup or in-hand figure. As a rough estimate, an entry-stage constable’s monthly take-home after NPS typically lands in the low-to-mid ₹40,000s once state DA and HRA are added to the ₹37,500 basic; treat that as our calculation, not a KSP number.

How to Apply on the KEA Portal

The online form closed on 22 July 2026 (fee payment by 24 July), and the steps below are kept for reference.

1. Open the KEA application page via cetonline.karnataka.gov.in/kea/apcrpc (or /kea/apckk for the Kalyana Karnataka notification, if that’s your cadre).
2. Register with OTP verification and complete the face-verification step.
3. Upload a recent photo (JPEG, 50-200 KB), signature in black ink (50-70 KB) and your left-hand thumb impression.
4. Select your one unit carefully; the choice is final and no edits are allowed after submission.
5. Pay the fee online by 24 July and keep the challan and application copy until the recruitment ends. KEA helpline: 080-23460460.

Bottom Line

A 12th-pass job with a ₹37,500 starting scale is worth planning for, and here the written exam alone controls merit. That exam was held on 6 September 2026. The Bengaluru City unit holds 949 of the 1,421 residual posts, so candidates open to serving there have the deepest pool, while smaller units mean smaller local competition. The form closed on 22 July, and the next step is the PST/ET, with call letters out since 28 October 2026.

For current openings, everything else we track sits under police jobs and the daily jobs feed.

Your Doubts, Answered

What is the last date for KSP Armed Police Constable Recruitment 2026?

The online application closed on 22 July 2026, and fee payment was allowed until 24 July 2026.

How many posts are there in KSP Armed Police Constable 2026?

1,600 in total: 1,421 under notification 5(A) for the residual cadre and 179 under 5(B) for the Kalyana Karnataka local cadre. Bengaluru City alone accounts for 949 posts.

What is the KSP Armed Police Constable exam date?

The written exam was held on Sunday, 6 September 2026. Residual-cadre candidates sat the morning shift (10:30 AM to 12 noon) and Kalyana Karnataka candidates the afternoon shift (3:00 PM to 4:30 PM, as revised by KEA). The unit-wise final marks lists came out on 21 September 2026.

Is there an interview or does the physical test carry marks?

Neither. The written exam alone builds the merit list; PST and PET are qualifying gates at a 1:5 calling ratio, and a medical board follows at 1:2.

Can 10th-pass candidates apply?

No. The minimum qualification is 2nd PUC / Class 12 or a recognised equivalent, with the result declared by 22 July 2026.

What is the fee for KSP Armed Police Constable 2026?

₹750 for GM and categories 2A/2B/3A/3B, and ₹500 for SC/ST/Category-1 and ex-servicemen, paid online. (Ignore sites listing ₹500/₹250; the notification says 750/500.)

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