Historical trend deck

RRB Nursing Superintendent trend map from 2006 to 2025

A fast visual read of how vacancies tightened, which zones stayed consistently strong, and how cutoff pressure evolved from the wide opportunity years to the 2025 squeeze.

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Years covered

8

2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2019, 2024, 2025

Peak vacancy era

2014

Around 2000+ seats across the network.

2024 to 2025 drop

62%

The provisional 2025 pool is dramatically tighter than 2024.

2025 flashpoint

Kolkata, Chennai, Mumbai

Even in a compressed cycle, these zones still carry the heaviest seat concentration.

Vacancy trend

Opportunity widened through 2014, then narrowed hard through 2025

Approximate totals shown where official all-India count was not supplied

2006

~1450

2008

~1500

2010

~1800

2012

~1600-1700

2014

~2000+

2019

1109 posts

2024

713 posts

2025

272 posts

Pattern summary

Top vacancy centers stay familiar

Prayagraj, Mumbai, Secunderabad, Chennai, and Kolkata keep returning as the backbone boards.

Smaller boards shape the cutoff floor

Guwahati, Malda, Jammu, Gorakhpur, Siliguri, and similar boards repeatedly soften the lower end of the cutoff map.

Seat compression raises cutoff pressure quickly

The 2019 to 2024 drop shows how fewer seats can lift cutoffs even when the zone hierarchy remains similar.

Vacancy and cutoff do not move in a straight line

Big boards still have tough cutoffs because candidate preference and concentration matter, not just raw seat count.

Official zone comparison

2019 vs 2024 vs 2025 Nursing Superintendent vacancies by zone

2025 is shown using your placeholder-distribution totals for CEN 03/2025, so this block works as a directional comparison rather than a final official trendline.

2025 snapshot total in this comparison: 272 posts. The page treats it as provisional because your source note says exact PDF values should replace it later.

2019

Observed UR range

60-74 marks

Top pressure zones clustered around 71-74 marks.

2024

Observed UR range

65-78 marks

The full cutoff map shifted upward as vacancies tightened.

2025

Pressure outlook

Likely tighter than 2024 in premium zones

Kolkata, Chennai, Mumbai, and Prayagraj should carry the heaviest cutoff pressure.

Premium cutoff comparison

How the UR pressure band has shifted

2019 and 2024 use observed ranges. 2025 is shown as a projected premium-zone pressure band so users can feel the likely squeeze without treating it as an exact official cutoff.

Axis: 55 to 82 marks

2019

Observed UR band

60-74 marks60 → 74

2024

Observed UR band

65-78 marks65 → 78

2025

Projected premium-zone pressure

76-80 projected in premium zones76 → 80

Zone explorer

Compare one board at a time

Pick a zone to see how vacancy support and cutoff pressure moved from 2019 to 2025.

Vacancy vs cutoff chart

Ahmedabad

Each row compares seat strength and cutoff pressure for one year, so the zone is easier to judge at a glance.

2025 zone call

Risky39/100

Seats look too thin or pressure looks too sharp here.

Top bar = seats
Bottom bar = cutoff

2019

Careful
Seats75
Cutoff

2024

Careful
Seats75
Cutoff

2025

Risky
Seats20
Cutoff

Year explorer

Vacancy picture, cutoff pressure, and board behavior in one focused view

Switch between years to compare how the seat pool, cutoff band, and competition pattern evolved across cycles.

CEN 05/2006

2006

~1450 (estimated from zone split)

Broad distribution with several medium-to-large boards

UR approx cutoff

Approx UR cutoff band: 50-65%

UR cutoffs stayed in the 50-65% band depending on zone pressure.

High pressure

60-65%

Allahabad, Mumbai, Secunderabad

Medium pressure

55-60%

Chennai, Kolkata, Bangalore

Lower pressure

50-55%

Guwahati, Malda, smaller boards

Allahabad / Prayagraj, Mumbai, and Secunderabad carried the highest vacancy loads.
Smaller boards still offered meaningful entry opportunities because the cutoffs were softer.

2006 total is inferred from the zone-wise ranges you provided.

Reading the trend

High-vacancy does not mean easy

Prayagraj, Mumbai, Secunderabad, and Kolkata keep drawing more competition even when they also offer more posts.

Smaller zones shape the fallback map

Boards like Guwahati, Malda, Jammu, and Gorakhpur repeatedly show softer floors, especially in tighter years.

2025 pushes the squeeze even further

With only 272 provisional posts in this view, the live rank movement will feel much sharper zone by zone.

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