Government · State · Maharashtra Public Service Commission (MPSC), for the Revenue & Forest Department
Maharashtra Talathi (Gram Mahsul Adhikari)
The village revenue officer's exam: two marks a question, no negative marking, and two full language papers out of four sections.
What this exam is
Talathi is the village revenue officer — the state's record-keeper for land, the first point of contact for mutation entries and revenue documents. The current drive covers 1,539 posts under the Revenue and Forest Department, with the application window extended into mid-August 2026 and MPSC stating that no further extension will follow.
The paper is a single sitting of 100 questions for 200 marks over two hours — two marks a question, no negative marking — divided into four equal sections of 25. Two of those four are language: Marathi at higher-secondary difficulty and English at degree difficulty. The other two are general knowledge and a general aptitude or intellectual test, both at degree level.
The general knowledge section carries the job's own content alongside the state's: about 43% of its topics are Maharashtra-specific, and revenue-relevant material such as the Right to Information Act and basic IT appears in it. With two marks riding on every question and nothing deducted for a wrong one, there is no strategic reason to leave anything unanswered.
Who can sit it
- A bachelor's degree from a recognised university
- Knowledge of Marathi is required — a full quarter of the paper is a Marathi language section at higher-secondary difficulty
- Age limits and relaxations are fixed in the advertisement and differ by category
- A computer or typing certificate is required as specified by the Revenue Department
- Applications are made online through the MPSC portal
The paper, stage by stage
| Stage | Section | Questions | Marks | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Written exam | Marathi Language — higher-secondary difficulty | 25 | 50 | 2 hours for the full paper |
| Written exam | English Language — degree difficulty | 25 | 50 | — |
| Written exam | General Knowledge — degree difficulty, with roughly 43% of topics specific to Maharashtra plus revenue-relevant material such as the RTI Act | 25 | 50 | — |
| Written exam | General Aptitude / Intellectual Test — reasoning and basic arithmetic at degree difficulty | 25 | 50 | — |
| Final | Document verification after the written exam | — | — | — |
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Common questions
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Who conducts MH Talathi?
Maharashtra Talathi (Gram Mahsul Adhikari) is conducted by Maharashtra Public Service Commission (MPSC), for the Revenue & Forest Department.
When is the next MH Talathi exam?
The window is closing as this is written: applications end on 10 August 2026 with fee payment open to the 13th, and MPSC has said this is the final extension. The exam is fixed for 25 October 2026 in offline OMR mode — the same date carried for the MPSC Group C preliminary examination, which is worth checking against your own admit card before assuming anything about the schedule.
How many vacancies or seats does MH Talathi have?
1,539 Talathi (Gram Mahsul Adhikari) posts under the Revenue & Forest Department.
What is the MH Talathi exam pattern?
The paper is 100. Timing: 2 hours.
Is there negative marking in MH Talathi?
None — nothing is deducted for a wrong answer.
What is the eligibility for MH Talathi?
A bachelor's degree from a recognised university Knowledge of Marathi is required — a full quarter of the paper is a Marathi language section at higher-secondary difficulty Age limits and relaxations are fixed in the advertisement and differ by category A computer or typing certificate is required as specified by the Revenue Department Applications are made online through the MPSC portal
Which languages is MH Talathi available in?
Marathi & English, both tested as separate sections.
What is the MH Talathi syllabus?
The paper covers Maharashtra history, geography, polity, economy and culture, Revenue administration and land records, The Right to Information Act 2005, Indian polity, constitution and current affairs, General science and environment, Information technology basics, Arithmetic and quantitative aptitude at degree level, Reasoning: Venn diagrams, series, inference, analogy, Marathi grammar and comprehension at higher-secondary level, English grammar, vocabulary and comprehension at degree level.
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Honesty note: Adversarial verify pass pending (agent budget) — both question keys manually re-solved and confirmed. One structural caveat matters here: the syllabus audit held in the AvM backend repository describes the exam as conducted by TCS for the Revenue Department, which reflects the 2023 cycle; the current drive is being run through MPSC, so the conducting body has changed even though the four-section subject split has not. That audit confirms the 100-question, 200-mark, two-hour pattern against the 2023 TCS cycle and notes that future cycles may adjust the marks while the 4 × 25 subject split stays stable — so treat two marks a question as the last confirmed value rather than a certainty for this cycle. The fourth section is labelled 'General Aptitude', 'Intellectual Test' or 'Reasoning' depending on the source. The exam date of 25 October 2026 is reported through a corrigendum covering the MPSC Group C preliminary examination, and whether Talathi sits on exactly that date should be checked against your own admit card. Application deadlines were extended more than once — 5 August and 10 August both appear, and the later, explicitly final date is shown. Applicant counts, cutoffs and previous-cycle results were not found and are shown as unknown.
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