Hindi typing chart for the Inscript keyboard used with Mangal font: every key with and without Shift, matras, conjunct shortcuts and a free printable PDF.
This Hindi typing chart shows every key of the Inscript keyboard, the standard Hindi layout used with the Mangal font in SSC, RRB, CPCT and DSSSB typing tests. For each key you get the Hindi character it types and the one it types with Shift, plus the matras, the conjunct shortcuts and a free printable PDF to keep beside your keyboard while you learn.
Inscript is the Indian standard keyboard layout for Hindi and other Indian languages. It is built into Windows, macOS, Linux and Android, and it types Unicode text, so whatever you type shows correctly in any Unicode font. Mangal is the Unicode font most exam software uses, which is why notifications often say "Mangal (Inscript)".
The layout follows one simple rule: vowel signs (matras) sit under the left hand and the most common consonants under the right. Press Shift and a key usually gives the related letter — the full vowel instead of its matra, or the aspirated consonant (क becomes ख, त becomes थ).
| Key | Hindi | With Shift |
|---|---|---|
| ` | ◌ॊ | ऒ |
| 1 | 1 | ऍ |
| 2 | 2 | ◌ॅ |
| 3 | 3 | ◌्र (as in प्र) |
| 4 | 4 | र् (reph) |
| 5 | 5 | ज्ञ |
| 6 | 6 | त्र |
| 7 | 7 | क्ष |
| 8 | 8 | श्र |
| 9 | 9 | ( |
| 0 | 0 | ) |
| - | - | ◌ः (visarga) |
| = | ◌ृ | ऋ |
| Key | Hindi | With Shift |
|---|---|---|
| Q | ◌ौ | औ |
| W | ◌ै | ऐ |
| E | ◌ा | आ |
| R | ◌ी | ई |
| T | ◌ू | ऊ |
| Y | ब | भ |
| U | ह | ङ |
| I | ग | घ |
| O | द | ध |
| P | ज | झ |
| [ | ड | ढ |
| ] | ◌़ (nukta) | ञ |
| \ | ◌ॉ | ऑ |
| Key | Hindi | With Shift |
|---|---|---|
| A | ◌ो | ओ |
| S | ◌े | ए |
| D | ◌् (halant) | अ |
| F | ◌ि | इ |
| G | ◌ु | उ |
| H | प | फ |
| J | र | ऱ |
| K | क | ख |
| L | त | थ |
| ; | च | छ |
| ' | ट | ठ |
| Key | Hindi | With Shift |
|---|---|---|
| Z | ◌ॆ | ऎ |
| X | ◌ं (anusvara) | ◌ँ (chandrabindu) |
| C | म | ण |
| V | न | ऩ |
| B | व | ऴ |
| N | ल | ळ |
| M | स | श |
| , | , | ष |
| . | . | । (purna viram) |
| / | य | य़ |
The Shift pattern: Ten consonant keys give their aspirated pair with Shift: क ख (K), त थ (L), च छ (;), ट ठ ('), प फ (H), ब भ (Y), ग घ (I), द ध (O), ज झ (P), ड ढ ([). Learn these pairs together and you have learned twenty letters.
| Matra | Key | Full vowel (Shift + same key) |
|---|---|---|
| ◌ा | E | आ |
| ◌ि | F | इ |
| ◌ी | R | ई |
| ◌ु | G | उ |
| ◌ू | T | ऊ |
| ◌े | S | ए |
| ◌ै | W | ऐ |
| ◌ो | A | ओ |
| ◌ौ | Q | औ |
| ◌ृ | = | ऋ |
| ◌ं | X | ◌ँ |
| अ | Shift + D | — |
In Inscript you type a matra after its consonant, in the order you say the word — including ि. To type कि, press K (क) and then F (ि). The software places ि before the letter on screen for you.
A half letter is a consonant followed by the halant (्), on the D key. Type the consonant, then D, then the next consonant: स + ् + क = स्क. For example, स्कूल is M, D, K, T, N.
| Conjunct | Shortcut | Long way |
|---|---|---|
| क्ष | Shift + 7 | K, D, Shift + , |
| त्र | Shift + 6 | L, D, J |
| ज्ञ | Shift + 5 | P, D, Shift + ] |
| श्र | Shift + 8 | Shift + M, D, J |
| ◌्र (प्र, क्र) | Shift + 3 after the consonant | D, J |
| र् (reph, as in कर्म) | Shift + 4 before the consonant | J, D |
Nukta letters such as ड़ and ढ़ are the base letter followed by the nukta key ( ] ): ड़ is [ then ], and ढ़ is Shift + [ then ].
Print the chart and keep it beside your keyboard for the first week. Glance at it when you need to, but try to find each key by feel first — the aim is to stop needing it.
This chart is for Inscript only. Krutidev and Remington Gail follow the old Remington typewriter arrangement, so the same key types a different letter. Check which layout your exam allows before you start, and practise only in that one.
Try the layout now: type Hindi in Mangal font with no software. Hindi Typing Test (Mangal)
It is a map of which Hindi letter each key types on the Inscript layout, with and without Shift. Matras sit on the left-hand keys and common consonants on the right, and Shift gives the full vowel or the aspirated consonant.
Any Unicode Hindi font works. Mangal is the one exam software usually shows, and it comes with Windows.
Use the number-row shortcuts with Shift: क्ष is Shift + 7, त्र is Shift + 6, ज्ञ is Shift + 5 and श्र is Shift + 8.
Type the consonant first and then F. For कि, press K and then F; the matra appears before the letter automatically.
Yes. Download the free Inscript keyboard chart PDF linked on this page and print it on A4.
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