When can I select my IBPS Clerk Exam Centre 2026?

Candidates can select their preferred exam city while filling out the IBPS Clerk 2026 online application form.

Will I know the exact exam centre address while submitting the application form?

No. During registration, candidates only select their preferred exam city. The exact examination centre address, reporting time, and shift details are provided later on the IBPS Clerk Admit Card.

Will the same exam centre be allotted for both the Prelims and Mains examinations?

Not necessarily. IBPS may allot different examination venues for the Preliminary and Main examinations. Candidates should check the respective admit cards for the final venue details.

Can I change my exam centre after submitting the application form?

Generally, no. IBPS does not entertain requests for changing the examination centre after the application form has been finally submitted.

What factors are considered while allotting the exam centre?

IBPS allots examination centres based on the candidate's selected city, availability of seats, administrative feasibility, and operational requirements. In exceptional cases, candidates may be allotted a centre outside their chosen State/UT for conducting the examination, while their candidature remains linked to the State/UT they applied for.

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Q: When will the exact exam centre address be released?

The complete examination venue, including the centre name, full address, reporting time, and exam shift, will be released along with the IBPS Clerk Prelims Admit Card and later for the Main Examination Admit Card.

If you’re filling out the IBPS Clerk (CRP CSA-XVI) 2026 application form, one of the important steps is selecting your preferred exam centre. Many candidates wonder whether the city they choose during registration will be their final examination venue. The answer is partly yes—during the application process, you choose your preferred exam city, but the exact examination centre, venue address, reporting time, and shift details will be mentioned only on the IBPS Clerk Admit Card released before the examination.

IBPS Clerk Exam Centres 2026

The IBPS Clerk 2026 Preliminary Examination is scheduled to be held on 10 & 11 October 2026, while the Main Examination will be conducted on 27 December 2026. During online registration, candidates can choose an examination city from the list prescribed by IBPS for their respective State/UT. However, IBPS reserves the right to allot a different centre due to administrative reasons, availability of seats, or other operational requirements.

How are IBPS Clerk Exam Centres Allotted?

While filling out the IBPS Clerk application form, candidates are required to choose their preferred examination city from the available options. The final examination venue is allotted by IBPS based on administrative feasibility, availability of seats, and the number of applicants.

Candidates choose the exam city while submitting the application form.
The exact examination centre address is not displayed during registration.
The complete venue details are mentioned on the IBPS Clerk Admit Card.
The allotted centre may differ from the preferred city in exceptional situations due to administrative reasons.
Requests for change of examination centre are generally not entertained after the application is submitted.

List of IBPS Clerk Exam Centre

IBPS generally conducts both the Preliminary and Main examinations across major cities in every State and Union Territory.

IBPS Clerk Prelims Exam Centre

State / UT	Preliminary Examination Centres
Andaman & Nicobar	Port Blair
Andhra Pradesh	Ananthapur, Chirala, Guntur/ Vijaywada, Kadapa, Kakinada, Kurnool, Nellore, Ongole, Rajahmundry, Tirupati, Vishakhapatnam, Vizianagaram
Arunachal Pradesh	Naharlagun
Assam	Dibrugarh, Guwahati, Jorhat, Silchar, Tezpur
Bihar	Arrah, Aurangabad, Bhagalpur, Darbhanga, Gaya, Muzaffarpur, Patna, Purnea
Chandigarh	Chandigarh/Mohali
Chhattisgarh	Bhilai/ Bhilai Nagar, Bilaspur, Raipur
Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu	Surat/Bardoli
Delhi	Delhi/New Delhi/Delhi NCR
Goa	Mapusa
Gujarat	Ahmedabad/Gandhinagar, Anand/ Vadodara, Mehsana, Rajkot, Surat/ Bardoli
Haryana	Ambala, Faridabad, Gurugram, Kurukshetra
Himachal Pradesh	Hamirpur, Mandi, Kangra, Kullu, Shimla, Una, Bilaspur
Jammu & Kashmir	Jammu, Samba, Srinagar
Jharkhand	Bokaro Steel City, Dhanbad, Hazaribagh, Jamshedpur, Ranchi
Karnataka	Bengaluru, Belagavi(Belgaum), Kalaburagi(Gulbarga), Dharwad /Hubballi (Hubli), Mangaluru(Mangalore), Mysuru(Mysore), Shivamogga(Shimoga), Udupi
Kerala	Alappuzha, Ernakulam, Kannur, Kollam, Kottayam, Kozhikode, Malappuram, Palakkad, Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur
Ladakh	Leh, Kargil
Lakshadweep	Kavaratti
Madhya Pradesh	Bhopal, Gwalior, Indore, Jabalpur, Sagar, Satna, Ujjain
Maharashtra	Amravati, Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar, Chandrapur, Dhule, Jalgaon, Kolhapur, Latur, Mumbai/ Thane/ Navi Mumbai/ MMR, Nagpur, Nanded, Nashik, Pune, Solapur, Sangli, Satara, Ratnagiri
Manipur	Churachandpur, Imphal, Kakching, Thoubal
Meghalaya	Shillong, Tura
Mizoram	Aizawl
Nagaland	Kohima, Dimapur
Odisha	Balasore, Berhampur(Ganjam), Bhubaneshwar, Cuttack, Dhenkanal, Rourkela, Sambalpur
Puducherry	Puducherry
Punjab	Amritsar, Bathinda, Mohali, Patiala, Phagwara
Rajasthan	Ajmer, Bikaner, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Kota, Sikar, Udaipur
Sikkim	Gangtok
Tamil Nadu	Chennai, Coimbatore, Erode, Kanchipuram, Madurai, Namakkal, Nagercoil/ Kanyakumari, Salem, Thanjavur, Thiruchirapalli, Tirunelveli, Vellore, Virudhunagar, Tirupur, Viluppuram, Cuddalore
Telangana	Hyderabad, Karimnagar, Khammam, Warangal
Tripura	Agartala
Uttar Pradesh	Agra, Aligarh, Bareilly, Ayodhya, Ghaziabad, Gorakhpur, Jhansi, Kanpur, Lucknow, Meerut, Moradabad, Muzaffarnagar, Noida/ Greater Noida, Prayagraj, Varanasi
Uttarakhand	Dehradun, Haldwani, Roorkee
West Bengal	Asansol, Burdwan, Hooghly, Kalyani, Durgapur, Kolkata, Siliguri

IBPS Clerk Mains Exam Centre

State / UT	Main Examination Centres
Andaman & Nicobar	Port Blair
Andhra Pradesh	Guntur/ Vijaywada, Kurnool, Vishakhapatnam, Vizianagaram
Arunachal Pradesh	Naharlagun
Assam	Dibrugarh, Guwahati, Jorhat, Silchar
Bihar	Arrah, Bhagalpur, Darbhanga, Gaya, Muzaffarpur, Patna, Purnea
Chandigarh	Chandigarh/Mohali
Chhattisgarh	Bhilai/ Bhilai Nagar, Bilaspur, Raipur
Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu	Surat/Bardoli
Delhi	Delhi/New Delhi/Delhi NCR
Goa	Mapusa
Gujarat	Ahmedabad/Gandhinagar, Rajkot, Surat/ Bardoli, Anand/ Vadodara
Haryana	Ambala, Faridabad, Gurugram, Kurukshetra
Himachal Pradesh	Hamirpur, Kangra, Mandi, Shimla, Una, Bilaspur
Jammu & Kashmir	Jammu, Samba, Srinagar
Jharkhand	Dhanbad, Hazaribagh, Jamshedpur, Ranchi
Karnataka	Bengaluru, Belagavi(Belgaum), Dharwad/ Hubballi (Hubli), Kalaburagi(Gulbarga), Mangaluru(Mangalore), Mysuru(Mysore), Shivamogga(Shimoga), Udupi
Kerala	Alappuzha, Ernakulam, Kollam, Kottayam, Kozhikode, Malappuram, Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur
Ladakh	Leh, Kargil
Lakshadweep	Kavaratti
Madhya Pradesh	Bhopal, Indore, Gwalior, Jabalpur, Satna, Ujjain
Maharashtra	Amravati, Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar, Jalgaon, Kolhapur, Mumbai/ Thane/ Navi Mumbai/ MMR, Nagpur, Nanded, Pune
Manipur	Churachandpur, Imphal, Kakching, Thoubal
Meghalaya	Shillong, Tura
Mizoram	Aizawl
Nagaland	Kohima, Dimapur
Odisha	Bhubaneshwar, Cuttack, Rourkela, Sambalpur
Puducherry	Puducherry
Punjab	Amritsar, Bathinda, Mohali, Patiala, Phagwara
Rajasthan	Bikaner, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Udaipur, Sikar
Sikkim	Gangtok
Tamil Nadu	Chennai, Coimbatore, Madurai, Namakkal, Salem, Thiruchirapalli, Tirunelveli, Vellore, Virudhunagar, Cuddalore
Telangana	Hyderabad, Karimnagar, Warangal
Tripura	Agartala
Uttar Pradesh	Ghaziabad, Noida/ Greater Noida, Kanpur, Lucknow, Meerut, Prayagraj(Allahabad), Varanasi
Uttarakhand	Dehradun, Haldwani, Roorkee
West Bengal	Asansol, Durgapur, Kalyani, Kolkata, Siliguri

Will the Same Exam Centre Be Allotted for Prelims and Mains?

Not necessarily.

Although many candidates receive examination centres in the same city for both stages, IBPS may allot different venues for the Preliminary and Main examinations. The venue details for each stage are separately mentioned in the respective admit cards.

Can You Change the Exam Centre After Submitting the Application?

No.

Once the application form is finally submitted, candidates are generally not allowed to change their selected examination city. Therefore, it is advisable to choose the exam city carefully while completing the online application.

When Will the Exact Exam Centre Address Be Released?

The exact examination centre address will be released along with the IBPS Clerk Prelims Admit Card for the Preliminary Examination and the Main Admit Card for the Main Examination. Until then, candidates will only know the city selected during the application process, while the detailed venue information will remain unavailable.

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