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Welcome to TypingTips.in's Mangal Hindi Typing Test — a free, accurate, and fully online platform to practise Hindi typing in the Mangal Unicode font. Mangal is the official Devanagari Unicode font used in all central government typing examinations, including SSC CGL, SSC CHSL, SSC Stenographer, Railways (RRB), and Delhi Subordinate Services (DSSSB).
Because Mangal uses the Unicode standard, text typed in Mangal is fully compatible with all modern applications, websites, and databases — unlike ASCII-mapped fonts such as Kruti Dev. If you are targeting a central government job, mastering Mangal (Unicode) typing is essential.
Mangal is a Unicode Devanagari typeface developed by Microsoft. It is included with every installation of Windows and is the standard font used in India's central government departments for Hindi document creation. Because it is Unicode-compliant, Mangal text can be searched, sorted, and shared across platforms without encoding issues.
Mangal typing on a computer uses one of two keyboard layouts:
| Examination | Required WPM (Hindi) | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| SSC CHSL (LDC/JSA) | 25 WPM (Inscript) | 15 minutes |
| SSC CGL (Tax Assistant / Clerk) | 8,000 key depressions/hr | 15 minutes |
| SSC Stenographer Grade C & D | 80 WPM dictation → transcription | 65 / 75 min |
| RRB NTPC Clerk / Typist | 25 WPM (Inscript) | 10 minutes |
| DSSSB (Delhi) Clerk | 35 WPM | 10 minutes |
| CPCT (MP Central Government) | 30 WPM | 15 minutes |
The Inscript layout distributes vowels on the left side of the keyboard and consonants on the right. Key highlights:
| Key | Character | Key | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| d | अ | k | त |
| D | आ | K | थ |
| f | इ | l | द |
| F | ई | L | ध |
| s | उ | p | ज |
| S | ऊ | P | झ |
| j | ब | h | व |
| n | ल | m | स |
On Windows, go to Settings → Time & Language → Language → Hindi → Options → Add a keyboard → Hindi Inscript. You can then switch to the Inscript layout using Win+Space or Alt+Shift. Once enabled, your keyboard produces Unicode Devanagari characters when the Inscript layout is active.
Place an Inscript keyboard chart next to your keyboard during practice. Over time, the key positions will become muscle memory. Focus first on the vowels (left side) and the most common consonants (त, द, न, म, ल, स, ह, र).
Half-characters (halant form) and vowel matras are the most common source of errors. In Inscript, the halant is on the 'd' key (shifted) and matras are on vowel keys in shifted mode. Dedicate specific practice time to sentences containing conjunct consonants.
SSC and central government exams typically run for 15 minutes. Our 5-minute and 10-minute tests give you the endurance training needed to maintain accuracy throughout a long test session.
Mangal is a Unicode font — text stored as actual Devanagari characters compatible with all modern systems. Kruti Dev is an ASCII-mapped font — each key produces a Latin ASCII character that the font renders as a Devanagari glyph, but the underlying data is not actual Devanagari. Central government exams use Mangal; most state government exams use Kruti Dev.
For SSC and central government exams, Inscript is the officially prescribed layout. However, if you are already proficient in Remington (Kruti Dev) typing, the Remington GIST layout for Unicode may be faster to learn since many keys are similar.
Yes — any standard keyboard works with Inscript or Remington GIST layout enabled in Windows. Many serious typists use keyboards with both English and Hindi character labels printed on the keys to ease the learning process.
