Year-wise Candidate details in Indian Forest Service (Preliminary) Examination
The dataset presents Community and Gender-wise candidates Applied and Appeared in Indian Forest Service (Preliminary) Examination.
Note: The fiscal year refers to the annual report from which the data was taken. A separate column stating the examination year is also included in the dataset.
Year-wise Candidate details in Indian Forest Service (Preliminary) Examination
The dataset presents Community and Gender-wise candidates Applied and Appeared in Indian Forest Service (Preliminary) Examination.
Note: The fiscal year refers to the annual report from which the data was taken. A separate column stating the examination year is also included in the dataset.
Rows: 512
Columns: 8
Time period: 2011-12, 2013-14 to 2019-20, 2021-22 to 2023-24
Last Updated: 23 July 2026
Data preview
fiscal_year
state
community
category
gender
value
unit
note
2023-24
All India
Economically Weaker Section
Appeared
Female
1871
value in Absolute Number
2023-24
All India
Economically Weaker Section
Appeared
Male
6055
value in Absolute Number
2023-24
All India
Economically Weaker Section
Appeared
Percentage of total Appeared
6.1
value in Percentage
2023-24
All India
Economically Weaker Section
Appeared
Total
7926
value in Absolute Number
2023-24
All India
Economically Weaker Section
Applied
Female
3810
value in Absolute Number
2023-24
All India
Economically Weaker Section
Applied
Male
10999
value in Absolute Number
2023-24
All India
Economically Weaker Section
Applied
Percentage of total Applied
5.5
value in Percentage
2023-24
All India
Economically Weaker Section
Applied
Total
14809
value in Absolute Number
2023-24
All India
General
Appeared
Female
12912
value in Absolute Number
includes 1 Transgender candidate
2023-24
All India
General
Appeared
Male
28319
value in Absolute Number
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Metadata
Number of Rows512
Number of Columns8
Time Period2011-12, 2013-14 to 2019-20, 2021-22 to 2023-24
The financial year (e.g., 2023-24) to which the candidate statistics pertain.
state
String
1
512
The state or geographic level the data covers; 'All India' denotes national-level aggregates.
community
String
6
512
The social community or reservation group of candidates, such as Economically Weaker Section.
category
String
2
512
The candidate's examination status category, distinguishing those who applied from those who appeared.
gender
String
5
512
The gender of candidates, or a summary label such as 'Total' or 'Percentage of total Appeared' for aggregate rows.
value
Float64
461
512
The measured figure for the row, either the number of candidates or a percentage, as specified by the unit column.
unit
String
2
512
The unit of measurement for the value column: absolute number of candidates or percentage.
note
String
4
83
Supplementary remarks or footnotes providing additional context for the corresponding data row.
Citation
Department of Personnel and Training. (2026). Year-wise Candidate details in Indian Forest Service (Preliminary) Examination [Data set]. Dataful. https://dataful.in/datasets/19032