Kruti Dev Typing Tutor
The classic Remington-style Hindi layout — used by SSC Stenographer, Court Clerk in Delhi/Allahabad/MP/Rajasthan, and most state-PSC clerical recruitments. 10 progressive lessons take you from never-typed-Hindi-before to clearing the 30 WPM Hindi cutoff and beyond. Free, no signup.
- Layout
- Remington Krutidev
- Lessons
- 10
- Total time
- ~4-7 weeks
- Daily commitment
- 30 minutes
The 10-lesson curriculum
Each lesson builds on the previous one. You will use only the keys you have learnt — no random words, no unfamiliar territory. By lesson 10 you are typing a full SSC CHSL Hindi exam mock.
Home row + the pre-base trap
LiveF-G-H-J-K-L position (क-त-ह-न-व-य). The i-matra (ि) typed BEFORE the consonant — Remington's most confusing rule, learned in the first session.
Home row consonants drilled
Liveक-त-न-र-स combinations. First real words: कर, सर, नर, तर, नस. Build muscle memory before adding more keys.
Top row matras (Q-W-E-R-T)
Liveऔ ऐ आ ी ू matras — the right-hand top row. The most-used matras in Hindi text. Specific drills for each.
Bottom row consonants
Liveच-व-ब-न-म-ज bottom-row letters. Confusion pairs: श vs ष vs स. Targeted drills to fix the trap before it becomes habit.
Halant + first conjuncts
LiveD key (halant ्) introduced. Build basic conjuncts: क्ष, त्र, ज्ञ. Lesson ends with the conjunct-heavy sentence test.
Numbers + special punctuation
LiveDigit row, comma, period, apostrophe in Krutidev layout. The Z-key fullstop trap (Z = . not ;).
Common phrases + short sentences
LiveBuild full sentences from learnt keys. 50 short government-prose phrases drilled by repetition.
Real exam passages — accuracy
LiveSSC CHSL-style Hindi passages at 90% your max speed. Goal: 96%+ accuracy before speed.
Stamina + speed push
LiveFull 10-minute passages at exam speed. Build the stamina to hold rhythm in minutes 7-10 (where most candidates fail).
Full SSC CHSL Hindi mock
LiveComplete exam simulation with Net WPM scoring, error penalty, and your custom certificate at the end.
Why this tutor works
Kruti Dev is a 30-year-old typing standard that refuses to die. Despite Mangal Unicode being the modern direction, every Hindi-belt high court (Delhi, Allahabad, Patna, MP, Rajasthan), the SSC Stenographer skill test, and most state-level clerical recruitments still mandate Krutidev. If your target exam is in that list, this is the tutor for you.
The Krutidev keyboard is based on the Remington typewriter layout. The most important rule — and the one that catches every new typist for the first two weeks — is the pre-base i-matra. When you type a word like किसान, you press the i-matra key FIRST, then the consonant. The matra appears AFTER the consonant in the rendered text, but it is typed BEFORE in the key sequence. Lesson 1 drills this rule until it becomes automatic.
The rest of the layout is phonetic — letters that sound similar in Hindi sit near similar keys in English. क is on F, र is on the semicolon key, स is on V, etc. Once you know this pattern, the muscle memory builds quickly. Aspirants who finish all 10 lessons typically clear 30 WPM Net within 6-8 weeks of consistent daily practice.
A common mistake we see in self-taught Krutidev typists: skipping lesson 5 (conjuncts). Every Hindi exam passage has 8-12 conjunct consonants (क्ष, ज्ञ, श्र, त्र, द्व, etc.), and a typist who is fast on simple letters but slow on conjuncts loses 4-6 WPM at the exam. Lesson 5 fixes this gap before it becomes a habit.