Delhi Police Constable Salary 2026: In-Hand Pay, Pay Level and Head Constable Salary

Delhi Police constable salary: pay level and basic pay

SSC conducts the Delhi Police constable and head constable exams under an agreement with Delhi Police, and each exam notice states the post's pay. The latest notices are all for the 2025 exams. When we checked the SSC notice board on 10 October 2026, no notice for a newer Delhi Police constable or head constable cycle had been published.

AWO means Assistant Wireless Operator and TPO means Tele-Printer Operator. Delhi Police's own RTI disclosure on pay, Manual 10 (updated 13 May 2025), shows the same levels: Constable at Level 3, and Head Constable and Head Constable (Driver) at Level 4.

Pay level by rank in Delhi Police

The manual gives pay by rank but not how quickly people are promoted. That depends on Delhi Police's own rules and on vacancies, so treat this table as the ladder, not a timetable.

Delhi Police constable salary per month: approximate in-hand

Basic pay is only one part of the monthly salary. Delhi Police's manual says HRA, DA and Transport Allowance are paid at par with other central government employees, so the central rates apply:

• Dearness Allowance (DA): 60% of basic pay from 1 January 2026, after the Union Cabinet raised it from 58% in April 2026. The revision due from 1 July 2026 had not been announced when we checked on 10 October 2026.
• House Rent Allowance (HRA): 30% of basic in X class cities, which include Delhi, now that DA is above 50%. The Delhi Police manual lists HRA at 30% for those eligible where it is sanctioned.
• Transport Allowance (TA): Rs 3,600 a month plus DA on it, for Pay Levels 3 to 8 in the listed bigger cities, Delhi included.
• National Pension System (NPS): you contribute 10% of basic plus DA every month, and the government adds 14%.

This is our own approximate calculation from official rates, not a figure published by SSC or Delhi Police. It leaves out ration money, dress allowance, other Delhi Police allowances and income tax. If HRA is not sanctioned for you, take Rs 6,510 (constable) or Rs 7,650 (head constable) off the gross. All the DA-linked lines will rise once the July 2026 DA is announced.

What moves these numbers

• DA changes: DA, the DA part of Transport Allowance and the NPS deduction all move with it. The last change took DA from 58% to 60% from 1 January 2026.
• Annual increments: each year you move one cell down the pay matrix, shown further down this page, and every basic-linked line rises with it.
• HRA: it is paid only where it is sanctioned for you, so it is the one line that can drop out completely.
• Income tax: it depends on your total yearly income and the tax regime you choose, so we have not deducted it.

The government also puts 14% of basic plus DA into your NPS account, about Rs 4,861 a month for a new constable and Rs 5,712 for a new head constable on the figures above. That money is yours for retirement, but it never shows up in take-home pay.

Allowances Delhi Police lists for constables and head constables

Delhi Police publishes its allowance rates in Manual 10 of its RTI disclosures. The latest version we could find, updated on 13 May 2025, lists these for the lower ranks:

At the listed rate, ration money works out to about Rs 4,501 in a 30-day month. These rates get revised: the same manual still shows DA at 55% from January 2025, which has since become 60%. Treat the manual as a guide and confirm current rates with Delhi Police after you join.

You will see other allowances for Delhi Police constables quoted on various websites. We have left out anything we could not find in an official Delhi Police or central government source.

How the salary grows: the 7th CPC pay matrix

Each pay level is a column of cells in the 7th Pay Commission pay matrix. You join at the first cell, and each annual increment moves you one cell down. These are the first eight cells for both levels.

So three increments after joining, a constable's basic would be Rs 23,800 and a head constable's Rs 27,900, with DA, HRA and the NPS deduction rising along with it. A promotion moves you into the next rank's pay level.

The 8th Central Pay Commission received its terms of reference in October 2025 and has 18 months from its constitution to report. Until the government notifies new pay rules, the 7th Pay Commission figures on this page are the ones that apply.

Delhi Police head constable salary

Both head constable posts recruited through SSC are at Level 4, so their pay is identical; the work and the entry rules differ. At the first stage in Delhi, our approximate head constable gross of Rs 54,210 is Rs 7,220 a month more than a new constable's Rs 46,990, mostly because DA and HRA are worked out on the higher basic.

Each CBE has 100 questions for 100 marks in 90 minutes, in English or Hindi, with 0.25 marks deducted for a wrong answer. The Ministerial paper covers general awareness, quantitative aptitude, general intelligence, English and computer basics; the AWO/TPO paper swaps English for general science and mathematics and is pitched at Class 12 level.

Who can apply for Delhi Police constable

These are the main rules in the 2025 Constable (Executive) notice, the latest one. A new notice can change dates and details, so read it in full when it is published.

Men and women both apply, with separate vacancies for each. The notice states that the post is not identified as suitable for persons with benchmark disabilities.

Selection process for Delhi Police constable

1. Computer Based Examination by SSC: 100 questions for 100 marks in 90 minutes, in English or Hindi, at matriculation level, with 0.25 marks deducted for each wrong answer. General Knowledge and Current Affairs carry 50 marks, Reasoning 25, Numerical Ability 15, and computer basics (MS Word, MS Excel, e-mail, internet and web browsers) 10.
2. Shortlisting: the minimum CBE marks are 35 for UR, 30 for SC, ST, OBC and EWS, and 25 for ex-servicemen. About 12 times the number of vacancies are called to the next stage.
3. PE&MT and document verification, held by Delhi Police in Delhi: a 1,600 metre race, then long jump and high jump, then height and chest measurement. This stage is qualifying only.
4. Medical examination at government hospitals in Delhi.
5. Final merit on CBE marks, with bonus marks for NCC certificates (2% to 5% of the maximum marks) or a Rashtriya Raksha University degree or PG diploma (2% to 5%).

Candidates above 30 get more time and lower jump marks. You have to clear the race before attempting the jumps, each jump allows three chances, and there is no appeal against disqualification in these events.

Where the 2025 recruitment stands

SSC held the 2025 constable CBE from 18 December 2025 to 6 January 2026 and declared the result on 19 June 2026. The notice had listed 7,565 tentative vacancies (5,069 for men including ex-servicemen, 2,496 for women); the category-wise vacancy rows in the result add up to 7,201. Delhi Police began the PE&MT and document verification on 19 August 2026, and the final result is still awaited. For head constables, SSC declared the CBE results on 29 May 2026 (AWO/TPO) and 5 June 2026 (Ministerial).

The next notice will appear on ssc.gov.in. Until then, build the base: half the constable CBE is general knowledge and current affairs, so a little GK every day adds up. Quiz battles on Sikhami are a quick way to drill GK and reasoning, and Sikhami clubs and study rooms let you prepare alongside others aiming for the same exam.