Indo Tibetan Border Police Force (ITBPF) Eligibility Criteria

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Assistant Commandant (General Duty)

Assistant Commandant (General Duty) is Group 'A' service (Basic pay, Rs.15,600-39,100) Assistant Commandants are recruited by the Combined Special Selection Board constituted by the Ministry of Home Affairs through UPSC.

Eligibility : Graduation

Age Limit : 19 to 25

Relaxation in age : For members of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes - 5 years
Ex-servicemen and demobilized personnel of Armed Forces with not less than 6 months in the Armed Forces - Service rendered in Army, Navy and Air Force plus 03 years
Meritorious Sports persons - Up to 5 years. (10 years for SCs/STs and 8 years for OBCs)

Physical standards :

Category	Height	Weight	Chest	Eye-Sight
General	165cm & above	50kgs(min)	80-85 cms	6/6 to 6/12
Candidates belonging to Garhwal, Kumaon, Himachal Pradesh, Leh & Ladakh, Kashmir Valley, Gorkhas, Marathas, Dogras, Sikkimies and North - Eastern States shall be 165 cms.	165cms	-	77-82 cms	-
For Tribals / Adivasis including Mizos and Nagas	162.5cms	-	- do -	-

Method of Selection : Written examination for Assistant Commandant is conducted in two papers viz.

• Intelligence test
• General Knowledge and Essay Writing.

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Standard Minimum Height, Unexpanded Chest and Weight of Recruits at the Time of Enrolment for All Categories

The entire country has been divided into six regions namely; Western Plains Region, Eastern Plains Region, Central Region, Southern Region, Western Himalayan Region and Eastern Himalayan Region. The minimum physical standards for the various regions are as follows:

Regions	States	Height (Cms)			Chest	Weight
		Soldier General Duty & Tradesmen	Soldier Technical / Nursing Assistant	Clerk / Store Keeper Technical	(Cms)	(Kgs)
Western Himalayan Region	Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab Hills (Area South and West of the Inter State Border between Himachal Pradesh and Punjab and North and East ofRoad Mukerian, Hoshiarpur, Garh Shankar, Ropar and Chandigarh), Garhwal and Kumaon (Uttarakhand)	166	163	162	77	48
Eastern Himalayan Region	Sikkim, Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Tripura, Mizoram, Meghalaya, Assam and Hill Region of West Bengal (Gangtok, Darjeeling and Kalimpong Districts)	160	157	160	77	48
Western Plains Region	Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh,Delhi, Rajasthan and Western Uttar Pradesh (Meerut and Agra Division)	170	170	162	77	50
Eastern Plains Region	Eastern Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal, Jharkhand and Orissa	169	169	162	77	50
Central Region	Madhya Pradesh, Chattisgarh, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Dadar, Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu	168	167	162	*77	50
Southern Region	Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka,Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Goa and Puducherry	166	165	162	77	50