Marathi Kruti Dev Keyboard Layout
The Marathi Kruti Dev keyboard is used in typing tests at various High Courts and in several other exams.
Practise this keyboard. Learn it step by step, then check your speed and accuracy.
Keyboard layout
Kruti Dev is a widely used Devanagari font for Hindi and Marathi typing. It is a non-Unicode font that uses ASCII values to represent Devanagari characters, and it is used extensively in government offices, educational institutions and for personal typing. Kruti Dev comes in several versions, such as Kruti Dev 010, 020 and 030, each with slight variations. To install it on Windows, download the .ttf file, right-click it and choose Install; on a Mac, use the Font Book app. The Kruti Dev typing layout differs from the standard InScript layout, and conversion tools are needed to turn Kruti Dev text into Unicode for modern applications. Despite the rise of Unicode fonts, Kruti Dev remains popular because typists know it well.
Interactive key chart
Each key shows the letter it types on its own (bottom) and with Shift (top), drawn in the same font used in the exam.
Bottom letter: key alone. Top letter: with Shift.
English keys to Marathi letters
Letters without Shift
| English key | Marathi |
|---|---|
| a | . |
| b | इ |
| c | ब |
| d | क |
| e | म |
| f | ि |
| g | ह |
| h | ी |
| i | प |
| j | र |
| k | ा |
| l | स |
| m | उ |
| n | द |
| o | व |
| p | च |
| q | ु |
| r | त |
| s | े |
| t | ज |
| u | न |
| v | अ |
| w | ू |
| x | ग |
| y | ल |
| z | / |
Letters with Shift
| English key | Marathi |
|---|---|
| A | ा |
| B | ठ |
| C | ब् |
| D | क् |
| E | म् |
| F | थ् |
| G | ळ |
| H | भ् |
| I | प् |
| J | श्र |
| K | ज्ञ |
| L | स् |
| M | ड |
| N | छ |
| O | व् |
| P | च् |
| Q | फ |
| R | त् |
| S | ै |
| T | ज् |
| U | न् |
| V | ट |
| W | ॅ |
| X | ग् |
| Y | ल् |
| Z | र् |
Numbers and symbols without Shift
| English key | Marathi |
|---|---|
| ` | ृ |
| 1 | १ |
| 2 | २ |
| 3 | ३ |
| 4 | ४ |
| 5 | ५ |
| 6 | ६ |
| 7 | ७ |
| 8 | ८ |
| 9 | ९ |
| 0 | ० |
| - | . |
| = | त्र |
| [ | ख् |
| ] | , |
| \ | ? |
| ; | य |
| ' | श् |
| , | ए |
| . | ण् |
| / | ध् |
| Space | Space |
Numbers and symbols with Shift
| English key | Marathi |
|---|---|
| ~ | ृ |
| ! | । |
| @ | / |
| # | रू |
| $ | + |
| % | : |
| ^ | ' |
| & | - |
| * | ' |
| ( | ; |
| ) | द्ध |
| _ | ऋ |
| + | ् |
| { | क्ष् |
| } | द्व |
| | | — |
| : | रू |
| " | ष् |
| < | ढ |
| > | झ |
| ? | घ् |
| Space | Space |
All Alt-key shortcuts for the Kruti Dev font
The Kruti Dev 055 font is widely used for typing Devanagari letters on computers, especially in India. It uses Alt-key combinations to type characters that are not directly available on a standard keyboard. For example, Alt + 0161 types "फ़", Alt + 0162 types "ख", Alt + 0163 types "ग", Alt + 0164 types "घ" and Alt + 0165 types "ङ". These shortcuts help typists and professionals create Devanagari documents efficiently. Memorising the Alt codes lets you type the characters you need quickly without searching for them, which improves both speed and accuracy and is one reason Kruti Dev 055 is popular with Devanagari typists.
