Tehsildar Salary: Naib Tehsildar Pay Levels in UP, MP and Bihar Compared

Tehsildar salary is easiest to pin down at the entry rung, the Naib Tehsildar, because that is the post most states fill by exam. Uttar Pradesh places the Naib Tehsildar at Pay Level 6, which starts at ₹35,400, and Madhya Pradesh at Level 9 of its own matrix, starting at ₹36,200. With DA at the central benchmark of 60%, a new Naib Tehsildar’s in-hand pay lands at roughly ₹50,000 to ₹56,000 a month; that is an estimate, and the state’s DA order and posting town move it.

The confusion is about the title itself. Many readers assume the Tehsildar is a direct-entry officer with one national pay. In Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh the exam-recruited post is the Naib Tehsildar, and the full Tehsildar is reached by promotion; Bihar uses a different name, the Revenue Officer. This note gives each figure with its source and says plainly where a state’s figure isn’t published.

Tehsildar and Naib Tehsildar Salary at a Glance

The table uses the latest recruitment documents of UPPSC, MP ESB and BPSC. Rows for other states are left out rather than filled with guesses.

Where the Pay Level Comes From

The pay level comes from each recruiter’s own document, which is why a single “tehsildar salary in India” figure doesn’t exist.

Uttar Pradesh. UPPSC’s post details for the Combined State/Upper Subordinate Services Exam 2025 list the Naib Tehsildar under the Rajasv Parishad (Board of Revenue) at Level 6, grade pay ₹4,200, scale ₹9,300 to ₹34,800, with 105 posts. Level 6 starts at ₹35,400 in the 7th Pay Commission matrix, which Uttar Pradesh follows.

Madhya Pradesh. MP ESB’s rule book for the 2026 Naib Tehsildar exam states that the pay is fixed under the MP Pay Revision Rules, 2017 at Level 9 of the state matrix, with an initial pay of ₹36,200 plus DA. In pre-2016 terms that is the ₹9,300 to ₹34,800 band with ₹3,600 grade pay. MP’s Level 9 is not the same cell as the central Level 9, so the two shouldn’t be compared by number alone.

Bihar. BPSC’s Integrated 72nd Combined Competitive Exam lists the Revenue Officer and equivalent (Bihar Revenue Service) of the Revenue and Land Reforms Department at Level 7, with 365 posts. Level 7 begins at ₹44,900. The Bihar post does the revenue work that a Naib Tehsildar does elsewhere, but it is a different service with a different name.

The full Tehsildar’s pay level is not printed in any of these recruitment documents, because none of them recruits a Tehsildar directly. It is set by each state’s service rules for the promoted post.

Allowances and Deductions

DA is the largest addition to basic pay. The central government raised DA from 58% to 60% of basic from 1 January 2026, by an office memorandum dated 22 April 2026. States issue their own DA orders, so treat 60% as the benchmark rather than the rate of any one state.

These are the usual parts of a Naib Tehsildar’s pay beyond basic:

• Dearness Allowance: under the state’s DA order; 60% of ₹35,400 is ₹21,240.
• House rent allowance: under the state’s city classes, not paid if government housing is allotted.
• Official vehicle: often provided for field duty in the tehsil; it’s a working facility, not cash.
• Deductions: a 10% pension contribution for employees on the contributory scheme, group insurance and income tax where it applies.

In-Hand Salary: A Worked Illustration

The table works one entry-level payslip for a UP Naib Tehsildar. It’s an estimate, not a salary slip: it assumes DA at 60%, a 10% pension contribution, no government housing and no income tax under the new regime at this income.

The lower end is basic plus DA after the pension deduction with little added. The upper end adds a few thousand rupees of HRA in a larger town. A published UP HRA table for Level 6 wasn’t available to quote, so the top of the range is a judgment.

How to Become a Naib Tehsildar

The route differs sharply between states, and the difference matters more than the pay.

Uttar Pradesh fills the post through the UPPCS exam conducted by UPPSC. For PCS 2025, the post details asked for a graduate degree and an age of 21 to 40 on 1 July 2025, with preference for two years in the Territorial Army or an NCC ‘B’ certificate.

Madhya Pradesh offers a limited departmental exam for serving staff, under Schedule 5 of the MP Junior Administrative Service Rules, 2011. The 2026 rule book sets these conditions:

• at least five years of service in a revenue clerical post or as a Patwari or Revenue Inspector;
• a graduate degree in arts, science, commerce or agriculture;
• age not above 55 on 1 January 2026;
• no more than three attempts.

The 2026 exam covers 73 posts: 46 from the clerical cadre and 27 from the Patwari and Revenue Inspector cadre, including backlog vacancies.

Bihar recruits the Revenue Officer through the BPSC Combined Competitive Exam, with a minimum age of 21 for the post.

Duties and Powers

The Naib Tehsildar and Tehsildar run the revenue administration of a tehsil, the unit below the sub-division. Their work joins the Patwari’s field records to the courts and the district collectorate.

The usual work includes:

• deciding mutation cases and correcting land records;
• supervising Revenue Inspectors and Patwaris;
• collecting land revenue and other government dues;
• issuing or verifying income, caste and residence certificates;
• relief and assessment work during floods and drought;
• executive magistrate duties where the state confers them.

The citizen’s side of these records is covered in the land records management note. In practice, the tehsil office is where a disputed mutation or a delayed certificate ends up, which is why the post carries more public contact than its pay level suggests.

Promotions and Career Path

A Naib Tehsildar is promoted to Tehsildar. In several states the line continues into the state civil service, toward Deputy Collector, under the state’s own promotion rules and vacancies. No fixed timeline applies, and the pay levels of the promoted posts are not printed in the documents used here. For a UP candidate the comparison is still useful: the PCS list that offers the Naib Tehsildar post also offers the Level 10 Deputy Collector post, so a higher rank on the same exam is worth four pay levels at entry.

Tehsildar Compared With Sibling Posts

This comparison places the Naib Tehsildar among the revenue posts above and below it.

The SDM salary note covers the Deputy Collector, and the Lekhpal salary note covers the village-level post. The Patwari salary note in this series covers the Rajasthan and MP equivalent of the Lekhpal.

State Variation

Only rows with an official source are filled. “Not published” means no official recruitment document with the figure was traced for this note.

The 8th Pay Commission and Tehsildars

The 8th Central Pay Commission was constituted by notification on 3 November 2025 and, in October 2026, was still holding state visits and taking memoranda, without a report. It revises central pay. Naib Tehsildars and Tehsildars are state employees, so a revision reaches them only when their state adopts a new matrix. The 8th Pay Commission note tracks it.

For a candidate, the judgment is about route, not rupees. A UP Naib Tehsildar enters at Level 6 through the PCS exam, the same exam that offers Level 10 posts, so the post is often a fallback rank on a PCS list. In Madhya Pradesh the post rewards years of service in the revenue department, which makes it a career goal for Patwaris and clerks rather than a first job.

Frequently Asked Questions

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