WB Police SI 2024 Eligibility: Age Limit & Qualification

From the official West Bengal Police Recruitment Board (WBPRB) documents · last checked 3 October 2026

Age limit

At least 20 and at most 30 years old on 1 January 2024. Your date of birth is checked only from your Madhyamik (or equivalent) admit card or certificate.

Educational qualification

Nationality & other conditions

• You must be a citizen of India.
• Language: you must be able to speak, read and write Bengali. This does not apply to permanent residents of the hill sub-divisions of Darjeeling and Kalimpong districts, who follow the West Bengal Official Language Act, 1961.
• If you choose Hindi, Urdu or Nepali in Paper III and get selected, you must pass a departmental Bengali exam during probation.
• Reservation and fee waivers are only for SC, ST, OBC and EWS candidates of West Bengal. Candidates from other states in these groups are treated as Unreserved.
• Minimum physical standards, SI Unarmed Branch (male): height 167 cm, chest 79 cm with 5 cm expansion, weight 56 kg. For Gorkhas, Rajbansis, Garwalis and ST: 160 cm, 76 cm, 52 kg.
• SI Armed Branch (male): height 173 cm, chest 86 cm with 5 cm expansion, weight 60 kg. For Gorkhas, Rajbansis, Garwalis and ST: 163 cm, 81 cm, 54 kg.
• SI Unarmed Branch (female): height 160 cm, weight 48 kg. For Gorkhas, Rajbansis, Garwalis and ST: 155 cm, 45 kg.
• Transgender candidates: Unarmed Branch 162 cm and 51 kg (157 cm and 47 kg for Gorkhas, Rajbansis, Garwalis and ST). Armed Branch 166 cm and 54 kg (160 cm and 50 kg for these groups).
• Medical: no knock knee, flat foot, varicose veins or squint. Vision must be 6/6, with or without glasses. You must not be colour blind.
• Application fee: Rs 270 (Rs 250 application fee + Rs 20 processing fee). SC/ST candidates of West Bengal pay only the Rs 20 processing fee.
• At the time of applying, you must choose your posts (Unarmed or Armed Branch) in order of preference. This choice is final.