Fact · Typing and writing speed
35words per minute
In the High Court of Jharkhand's Advertisement No. 01/2013 for English and Hindi stenographers, the eligibility criteria set the Hindi stenographer's typing speed at 35 words per minute, alongside 70 words per minute in shorthand, with 10 percent permissible mistakes.
Checked against its source on October 17, 2026
In the source's own words
“for Hindi Stenographer the speed would be 70 and 35 words per minute respectively with permissible mistake of 10%”
Advertisement No. 01/2013: English and Hindi Stenographers and Personal Assistants, High Court of Jharkhand, High Court of Jharkhand, Ranchi, 2013, Eligibility criteria, point 1.
Open the original- What it measures
- The advertisement is for a court stenographer post. The typing speed is one of two speeds in the same eligibility requirement, and the shorthand figure is the one most often quoted.
- What it does not show
- This is an eligibility requirement for one court's stenographer posts in 2013. It is not a measured average, and it does not say how long the typing test lasted or what passage was used.