Practice
Devanagari handwriting worksheets
Eight A4 pages of guided handwriting practice — vowels, every consonant group, matras, and numerals. Each row has three light-grey trace letters plus blank space for repetitions. Print landscape or portrait; both work.
Tip: write the headstroke (शिरोरेखा) last on every character, and keep the right vertical stroke second-to-last.
Page 1 — Vowels (स्वर)
13 vowels including anusvara and visarga
Page 2 — क-वर्ग (Velars)
Sounds made at the back of the throat — k, kh, g, gh, n
Page 3 — च-वर्ग (Palatals)
Sounds made with the tongue on the hard palate — ch, chh, j, jh, ny
Page 4 — ट-वर्ग (Retroflexes)
Curl the tongue back to touch the roof of the mouth — t, th, d, dh, n
Page 5 — त-वर्ग (Dentals)
Tongue tip behind the upper teeth — t, th, d, dh, n
Page 6 — प-वर्ग (Labials)
Made with the lips — p, ph, b, bh, m
Page 7 — Semivowels & approximants
y, r, l, w — and the slippery 'va'
Page 8 — Sibilants & aspirate
Three s-sounds and an h
Page 9 — Matras (मात्रा)
Consonant + vowel combinations — the building blocks of words
Page 10 — Numerals (०–९)
Devanagari digits — used on bus signs, prices, and dates
Need more space? Print twice on lighter paper, or use the second copy for a writing partner.