CTET Exam Centre 2025: State wise Test City Codes

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Updated on Jan 2, 2025 11:53 IST

CTET Exam Centres 2025: Candidates need to make choices of exam centre city in their CTET online form 2025. Candidates are required to choose four CTET exam centre cities in order of their preferences while submitting the CTET application form 2025. It may be noted here that the CBSE does not entertain any request for a change of centre later under any circumstances. The CBSE allots the CTET exam centre based on preferences chosen by the candidates in their online applications.

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Candidates are required to appear for the CTET exam 2025 at the exam centre allotted by the board. Candidates get to know about the allotted CTET exam centre 2025 through their respective admit cards. The CTET admit card 2025 will be released around two days before the exam informing candidates about the exact name and address of the exam centre.

Q: How can I check my CTET exam centre?

The CTET exam centres cities list is released by the CBSE in the official notification of the exam at ctet.nic.in. However, the exact CTET exam centre is intimated to candidates through their admit cards. Candidates can check the name and address of the CTET exam centre allotted to them by downloading their admit cards. Candidates need to follow the given steps to check CTET exam centre:

Visit the official website- ctet.nic.in
Click on the 'Download Admit Card for CTET 2024' link.
Enter the login details.
Download the CTET exam centre slip.

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Q: In how many cities is the CTET exam conducted?

CTET exam is held in a total of 236 exam centre cities across India. CBSE has published the list of CTET exam centre cities in the official notification. Candidates need to make choice of four exam cities while filling out the CTET application form. The CTET exam centres are allotted by the CBSE on the basis of preferences chosen by the candidates.

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Q: How can I check CTET exam city and date?

Candidates can check the CTET exam city and date by downloading their pre-admit cards. The CBSE releases the CTET pre-admit card around 10 days before the exam. Candidates can access the CTET 2024 pre-admit card or exam city intimation slip by entering their application number and date of birth when it becomes available on the portal. On the other hand, the CTET admit card is released two days before the exam on the official website of the exam - ctet.nic.in informing the candidates about the allotted exam centre.

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Q: Can I change my CTET exam centre?

No, candidates are not allowed to change their preferences of CTET exam centres after the final submission of the CTET application form. However, the CBSE provides a one-time facility of CTET application correction to candidates wherein they can modify their exam city preferences. However, no request of exam city modification is entertained after the closing of application correction facility.

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Table of Contents

CTET 2025 Exam Centres: Overview
CTET 2024 Exam Dates & Schedule
List of CTET Exam Centres 2025: State-Wise
CTET Exam Centre 2025 Download Link
CTET Exam Centres 2025: Important Instructions while making choice
CTET Exam Centre 2025 FAQs

CTET 2025 Exam Centres: Overview

Highlights for CTET 2025 exam centres are provided below.

CTET 2025	Details
Exam Name	Central Teacher Eligibility Test (CTET)
Conducting Authority	Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE)
Mode of CTET exam	Offline
Choices for CTET 2025 exam centre cities	Four
Total exam cities	236
Intimation of CTET exam centre	Admit card

Also Read: CTET 2025: Notification, Exam Date, Form, Eligibility, Syllabus

CTET Exam Centres 2025: Important Instructions while making choice

Candidates need to choose the CTET exam centres cities at the time of filling out the CTET application form. Have a look at the important points to note:

CTET 2025 exam centres are allotted on a first-come-firts-served basis.
Candidates can make changes in their choice of CTET exam centres during the application form correction facility provided by the CBSE.
Once the CTET exam centre correction link is closed, none of the queries are entertained.
CTET exam centre allocation is intimated through the admit card.
The CTET test centre name, location, and important instruction details are also mentioned on CTET admit card 2025.
It is important to note that if CBSE finds that the total number of candidates is less at a particular exam centre in the city, then they might not conduct the exam at that particular exam centre. In this case, CBSE will allocate the exam centre in the city that was chosen as the second, third, or fourth choice by the candidate.

Also Read: CTET Question Paper 2024: Paper 1 & Paper 2 All Sets PDF Download

Q: How many CTET exam cities can I choose?

Candidates can choose a total of four CTET exam cities for the exam while filling the application form. The CBSE takes into account the first preference of exam centre city chosen by the candidates in the online application form. However, in case of unavailability the first preference, the CBSE allots any exam centre.

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Q: When should I reach the CTET exam centre?

Candidates must reach the CTET exam centre as per the reporting time mentioned on their admit cards to avoid any delay. Candidates have to report to the examination centre 120 minutes before the start of the CTET examination. Candidates must bring an original photo ID proof, a copy, and two passport-size photographs to the exam center, in addition to the CTET call letter or hall ticket.

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Q: What if I reach the CTET exam centre after the test begins?

If you reach the CTET exam centre after the test begins, you will not be allowed to appear for the exam. No candidate is allowed to enter the CTET exam centre after the exam begins. It may be noted here that the CTET exam begins exactly at the time mentioned in candidates' admit cards. Candidates should reach their centres before the reporting time to avoid any hassles.

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CTET 2024 Exam Dates & Schedule

Take a look at the table below for the complete schedule of CTET 2024 exam

Dates	Past Exam Dates
14 Dec '24	CTET 2024 Exam Date
12 Dec '24	CTET Admit Card 2024
03 Dec '24	CTET 2024 Pre-Admit Card
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List of CTET Exam Centres 2025: State-Wise

Have a look at the complete list of exam centre cities in which the CTET exam is held.

CTET Exam Centre in Andaman & Nicobar

City Code	State	City
101	Andaman & Nicobar	Port Blair

CTET Exam Centres in Andhra Pradesh

City Code	State	City
102	Andhra Pradesh	Anantapur
103	Andhra Pradesh	Eluru
104	Andhra Pradesh	Guntur
105	Andhra Pradesh	Kadapa
106	Andhra Pradesh	Kakinada
107	Andhra Pradesh	Kurnool
108	Andhra Pradesh	Narsaraopeta
109	Andhra Pradesh	Nellore
110	Andhra Pradesh	Ongole
111	Andhra Pradesh	Rajahmundry
112	Andhra Pradesh	Tirupati
113	Andhra Pradesh	Vijayawada
114	Andhra Pradesh	Visakhapatnam

CTET Exam Centre in Arunachal

City Code	State	City
115	Arunachal	Namsai

CTET Exam Centres in Assam

City Code	State	City
116	Assam	Dibrugarh
117	Assam	Guwahati
118	Assam	Jorhat
119	Assam	Silchar
120	Assam	Tezpur

CTET Exam Centres in Bihar

City Code	State	City
121	Bihar	Arrah
122	Bihar	Bhagalpur
123	Bihar	Darbhanga
124	Bihar	Gaya
125	Bihar	Muzaffarpur
126	Bihar	Patna
127	Bihar	Samastipur

CTET Exam Centre in Chandigarh

City Code	State	City
128	Chandigarh	Chandigarh

CTET Exam Centres in Chhattisgarh

City Code	State	City
129	Chhattisgarh	Bhilai/Durg
130	Chhattisgarh	Bilaspur
131	Chhattisgarh	Raipur

CTET Exam Centre in Delhi

City Code	State	City
132	Delhi	New Delhi

CTET Exam Centre in Gangtok

City Code	State	City
133	Gangtok	Sikkim

CTET Exam Centre in Goa

City Code	State	City
134	Goa	Assagao

CTET Exam Centre in Gujarat

City Code	State	City
135	Gujarat	Ahmedabad
136	Gujarat	Ahmedabad/Gandhinagar
137	Gujarat	Anand
138	Gujarat	Himmatnagar
139	Gujarat	Jamnagar
140	Gujarat	Junagadh
141	Gujarat	Mehsana
142	Gujarat	Rajkot
143	Gujarat	Surat
144	Gujarat	Vadodara
145	Gujarat	Valsad/Vapi

CTET Exam Centre in Haryana

City Code	State	City
146	Haryana	Ambala
147	Haryana	Faridabad
148	Haryana	Gurugram
149	Haryana	Hisar
150	Haryana	Karnal
151	Haryana	Kurukshetra

CTET Exam Centre in Himachal Pradesh

City Code	State	City
152	Himachal Pradesh	Chamba
153	Himachal Pradesh	Hamirpur
154	Himachal Pradesh	Kangra
155	Himachal Pradesh	Kullu
156	Himachal Pradesh	Mandi
157	Himachal Pradesh	Shimla
158	Himachal Pradesh	Solan
159	Himachal Pradesh	Una

CTET Exam Centre in Jammu and Kashmir

City Code	State	City
160	Jammu And Kashmir	Baramulla
161	Jammu And Kashmir	Jammu
162	Jammu And Kashmir	Samba
163	Jammu And Kashmir	Srinagar

CTET Exam Centre in Jharkhand

City Code	State	City
164	Jharkhand	Bokaro
165	Jharkhand	Deoghar
166	Jharkhand	Dhanbad
167	Jharkhand	Jamshedpur
168	Jharkhand	Ranchi

CTET Exam Centre in Karnataka

City Code	State	City
169	Karnataka	Belgaum
170	Karnataka	Bengaluru
171	Karnataka	Bidar
172	Karnataka	Gulbarga
173	Karnataka	Hubli
174	Karnataka	Mangaluru (Mangalore)
175	Karnataka	Mysore
176	Karnataka	Shivamogga (Shimoga)
177	Karnataka	Udupi

CTET Exam Centre in Kerala

City Code	State	City
178	Kerala	Alappuzha
179	Kerala	Ernakulam (Kochi)
180	Kerala	Idukki
181	Kerala	Kannur
182	Kerala	Kasaragod
183	Kerala	Kollam
184	Kerala	Kottayam
185	Kerala	Kozhikode
186	Kerala	Malappuram
187	Kerala	Palakkad
188	Kerala	Thiruvananthapuram
189	Kerala	Thrissur
190	Kerala	Wayanad

CTET Exam Centre in Ladakh

City Code	State	City
191	Ladakh	Leh

CTET Exam Centre in Madhya Pradesh

City Code	State	City
192	Madhya Pradesh	Bhopal
193	Madhya Pradesh	Gwalior
194	Madhya Pradesh	Indore
195	Madhya Pradesh	Jabalpur
196	Madhya Pradesh	Rewa
197	Madhya Pradesh	Sagar
198	Madhya Pradesh	Satna
199	Madhya Pradesh	Ujjain

CTET Exam Centre in Maharashtra

City Code	State	City
200	Maharashtra	Ahmednagar
201	Maharashtra	Akola
202	Maharashtra	Amravati
203	Maharashtra	Aurangabad
204	Maharashtra	Beed
205	Maharashtra	Chandrapur
206	Maharashtra	Dhule
207	Maharashtra	Jalgaon
208	Maharashtra	Kashti
209	Maharashtra	Kolhapur
210	Maharashtra	Latur
211	Maharashtra	Mumbai (Navi Mumbai)
212	Maharashtra	Nagpur
213	Maharashtra	Nanded
214	Maharashtra	Nashik
215	Maharashtra	Osmanabad
216	Maharashtra	Pandharpur
217	Maharashtra	Pune
218	Maharashtra	Sangli
219	Maharashtra	Satara
220	Maharashtra	Solapur

CTET Exam Centre in Manipur

City Code	State	City
221	Manipur	Imphal

CTET Exam Centre in Meghalaya

City Code	State	City
222	Meghalaya	Shillong

CTET Exam Centre in Mizoram

City Code	State	City
223	Mizoram	Aizawl

CTET Exam Centre in Nagaland

City Code	State	City
224	Nagaland	Dimapur

CTET Exam Centre in Odisha

City Code	State	City
225	Odisha	Angul
226	Odisha	Balasore
227	Odisha	Berhampur
228	Odisha	Bhadrak
229	Odisha	Bhubaneswar
230	Odisha	Cuttack
231	Odisha	Dhenkanal
232	Odisha	Puri
233	Odisha	Rourkela
234	Odisha	Sambalpur

CTET Exam Centre in Puducherry

City Code	State	City
235	Puducherry	Puducherry

CTET Exam Centre in Punjab

City Code	State	City
236	Punjab	Amritsar
237	Punjab	Bhatinda
238	Punjab	Ludhiana
239	Punjab	Mohali
240	Punjab	Pathankot
241	Punjab	Patiala/ Fatehgarh Sahib
242	Punjab	Phagwara
243	Punjab	Sangrur

CTET Exam Centre in Rajasthan

City Code	State	City
244	Rajasthan	Ajmer
245	Rajasthan	Alwar
246	Rajasthan	Bharatpur
247	Rajasthan	Bikaner
248	Rajasthan	Hanumangarh
249	Rajasthan	Jaipur
250	Rajasthan	Jodhpur
251	Rajasthan	Kota
252	Rajasthan	Sikar
253	Rajasthan	Sri Ganganagar
254	Rajasthan	Udaipur

CTET Exam Centre in Tamil Nadu

City Code	State	City
255	Tamil Nadu	Chennai
256	Tamil Nadu	Coimbatore
257	Tamil Nadu	Erode
258	Tamil Nadu	Karur
259	Tamil Nadu	Madurai
260	Tamil Nadu	Nagercoil
261	Tamil Nadu	Namakkal
262	Tamil Nadu	Salem
263	Tamil Nadu	Thanjavur
264	Tamil Nadu	Tiruchirappalli
265	Tamil Nadu	Tirunelveli
266	Tamil Nadu	Vellore
267	Tamil Nadu	Virudhunagar

CTET Exam Centre in Telangana

City Code	State	City
268	Telangana	Hyderabad
269	Telangana	Karimnagar
270	Telangana	Khammam
271	Telangana	Mahbubnagar
272	Telangana	Nalgonda
273	Telangana	Warangal

CTET Exam Centre in Tripura

City Code	State	City
274	Tripura	Agartala

CTET Exam Centre in Uttar Pradesh

City Code	State	City
275	Uttar Pradesh	Agra
276	Uttar Pradesh	Allahabad/Prayagraj
277	Uttar Pradesh	Ayodhya
278	Uttar Pradesh	Ballia
279	Uttar Pradesh	Bareilly
280	Uttar Pradesh	Basti
281	Uttar Pradesh	Bijnor
282	Uttar Pradesh	Ghaziabad
283	Uttar Pradesh	Ghazipur
284	Uttar Pradesh	Gorakhpur
285	Uttar Pradesh	Jhansi
286	Uttar Pradesh	Kanpur
287	Uttar Pradesh	Lakhimpur Kheri
288	Uttar Pradesh	Lucknow
289	Uttar Pradesh	Mathura
290	Uttar Pradesh	Meerut
291	Uttar Pradesh	Moradabad
292	Uttar Pradesh	Noida/ Greater Noida
293	Uttar Pradesh	Sitapur
294	Uttar Pradesh	Unnao
295	Uttar Pradesh	Varanasi

CTET Exam Centre in Uttarakhand

City Code	State	City
296	Uttarakhand	Dehradun
297	Uttarakhand	Haldwani
298	Uttarakhand	Kotdwar
299	Uttarakhand	Roorkee

CTET Exam Centre in West Bengal

City Code	State	City
300	West Bengal	Asansol
301	West Bengal	Bagmara (Jalangi)
302	West Bengal	Berhampore
303	West Bengal	Bishnupur
304	West Bengal	Burdwan (Bardhaman)
305	West Bengal	Durgapur
306	West Bengal	Hooghly
307	West Bengal	Kolkata
308	West Bengal	Malda
309	West Bengal	Paschim Medinipur
310	West Bengal	Siliguri
311	West Bengal	Suri

CTET Exam Centre 2025 Download Link

Candidates can know the allotted CTET exam centre 2025 through the admit card by following the given steps:

Visit the official website- ctet.nic.in
Click on the View Centre for CTET 2025 link.
Enter the login details.
Download the CTET exam city slip.

Also Read: CTET Exam Timing 2025: Check Paper 1 and 2 Exam Timing & Reporting Time

Q: What items are not allowed inside CTET exam centres?

Candidates are not allowed to carry the following items inside the exam centres: Stationery item like textual material (printed or written), bits of papers, Geometry/Pencil Box, Plastic Pouch, Calculator, Scale, Writing Pad, Pen drives, Eraser, Calculator, Log Table, Electronic Pen/scanner, Cardboard etc. Mobile phones, Bluetooth, Earphones, Microphone, Pager, Health band etc. Watch/Wrist watch Wallet, goggles, handbags, Gold/artificial ornaments etc.

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Q: Which documents do I need to carry to the CTET exam centre?

You need to carry your CTET admit card to the exam centre along with a photo ID proof and passport size photo. The photo ID proof can be PAN card or Voter ID card or Passport or Driving License or Aadhaar Card. If a candidate forgets to carry his or her admit card and ID proof to the CTET exam centre, he or she will not be allowed to enter the centre. Candidates are required to download their admit cards, take a print out of it and carry it to the exam centre.

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Q: Do I need to carry the original photo-ID proof to the CTET exam centre?

Yes, you need to carry the original photo-ID proof along with CTET admit card to the exam centre. Without the photo ID proof, you will not be allowed to enter the centre. Candidates can carry any of the following photo ID proof to the CTET exam centre:

PAN Card
Voter ID Card
Passport
Driving License
Aadhaar Card

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CTET Exam Centres 2025: Important Instructions while making choice

Candidates are not allowed to carry the items mentioned below inside the exam centres:

Any stationery item like textual material (printed or written), bits of papers, Geometry/Pencil Box, Plastic Pouch, Calculator, Scale, Writing Pad, Pen drives, Eraser, Calculator, Log Table, Electronic Pen/scanner, Cardboard etc.
Any communication devices like Mobile phones, Bluetooth, Earphones, Microphone, Pager, Health band etc.
Any Watch/Wrist watch, wallet, goggles, handbags, Gold/artificial ornaments etc.
Any other item which could be used for unfair means and for hiding communication devices/gadgets like Camera, Bluetooth device etc.

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The official CTET notification read, “Under no circumstances, the Centre once allotted shall be changed by the Board. In case the number of candidates in any of the notified City is very less for running the Examination Centre, the Board at its discretion may not conduct the Examination in that City and the Candidate who opted that city as 1st Choice may be allotted Examination Centre in other city opted as 2nd, 3rd or 4th choice”.

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CTET Exam Centre 2025 FAQs

Have a look at CTET exam centre 2025 FAQs

Q: In how many shifts the CTET exam is conducted?

CTET exam is conducted in two shifts. The Shift 1 is from 9.30 am to 12:00 noon and shift 2 is from 2.30-5:00 pm. Each shift is of 2 hours 30 minutes duration. The exam is conducted in two shifts of each CTET exam date. Candidates giving the CTET exam need to appear at the allotted exam centre at the prescribed shift timing.

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Q: Can I carry a water bottle to the CTET exam centre?

Yes, you can carry a transparent water bottle to the CTET exam centre. Candidates are allowed to carry only transparent water bottles. No other kind of water bottles will be permitted inside the exam centres.

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Q: What if I forget to carry the CTET admit card to the exam centre?

In such a case, you can download and take a printout of the CTET admit card again from a nearby cyber cafe. It may be noted that candidates who forget to carry the printout of their admit cards will not be allowed to enter the CTET exam centre or take the exam. The CTET admit card is an important document that carries details regarding the exam. Candidates need to carry their admit cards along with one photo ID proof to the exam centre.

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