The District Program Officer, Barabanki has invited online applications for 166 Anganwadi Karyakatri (Anganwadi Worker) posts under the Integrated Child Development Programme (ICDS) in Uttar Pradesh. These are contract-based posts on honorarium, filled as per Government Order No. /2025/3313/58-1-2025(1917687) dated 17 September 2025, following approval from the District Magistrate. Only female candidates are eligible to apply. Applications must be submitted online at upanganwadibharti.in by 4 August 2026.
Barabanki Anganwadi Karyakatri Notification
Complete details of eligibility, project-wise and category-wise vacancies, and the application procedure are available on the departmental website: upanganwadibharti.in.
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Important Dates
Barabanki Anganwadi Karyakatri Vacancy Details: Project-wise and Category-wise
Note: the source notification marks the Unreserved figure for Ramnagar (7) with an asterisk; no corresponding footnote text is legible in the source document, so the reason for the marking is not specified.
Barabanki Anganwadi Karyakatri Eligibility
Who Can Apply
- Only female candidates are eligible for these posts
Educational Qualification
- Minimum qualification: Intermediate (12th) or its equivalent
- Merit will be prepared considering educational qualification up to Postgraduate level
Age Limit
- Minimum age: 18 years
- Maximum age: 35 years
- Cut-off date for age calculation: 1 July 2026
- Age will be determined strictly as per the date of birth recorded in the High School mark sheet/certificate
Selection Process and Preference Criteria
Selection will follow the procedure laid out in Government Order No. /2025/3313/58-1-2025(1917687) dated 17 September 2025. Key preference rules specified in the notification:
- Two women from the same family cannot be appointed to the posts of Anganwadi Karyakatri and Sahayika (helper)
- One woman cannot apply for more than one center or post
- Within the same gram sabha/ward (or urban area), preference in appointment is given first to women living below the poverty line; if such women are unavailable, preference moves to widows, and then to legally divorced or deserted women living below the poverty line
- If no woman living below the poverty line is available in the applicant’s own gram sabha/ward, eligible women living below the poverty line from the same category residing above the poverty line follow next in the preference order, then widows and divorced/deserted women above the poverty line, as detailed in the notification
- Final selection decisions rest with the higher authorities and the selection committee
Not specified: whether there is any written test or interview; the notification describes a merit- and preference-based selection only.
Remuneration
The post is contract-based on honorarium (मानदेय). The specific honorarium amount is not specified in this notification.
Application Fee
Not specified. No application fee details are mentioned in the source notification.
Required Documents
- Residence certificate clearly mentioning Gram Panchayat/Ward
- Income, residence and caste certificates – only those digitally signed online by the Tehsil and online-verifiable are accepted; they must be issued in the applicant’s own name
- Income certificate as per U.P. Government Revenue Department Order No. 3959/1-9-11-Raj0-9 dated 30-09-2011 (as amended)
- For widow candidates: death certificate issued by the Gram Panchayat officer or concerned Nagar Nikay, or a certified copy of the Voter List, is acceptable as proof
- For divorced/deserted women: a valid legal court order is required as proof
- Self-attested, clean and legible scanned copies of all documents referenced in the online form (only online submissions accepted; no offline or postal documents will be considered)
How to Apply for Barabanki Anganwadi Karyakatri Recruitment 2026
- Visit the official recruitment portal: upanganwadibharti.in
- Read the detailed notification, eligibility criteria and project-wise vacancy list published on the portal
- Fill the online application form in the prescribed format with accurate personal, educational, income, residence and caste details
- If claiming widow, divorced, or deserted status, mark this category explicitly in the online form – claims not marked online will not be considered
- Upload self-attested, clean, legible scanned copies of all required documents as referenced in the form
- Submit the application within the prescribed window, by 4 August 2026
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Important Instructions
- Applications will be accepted only online, within the prescribed period, through upanganwadibharti.in; no offline or postal application/documents will be accepted
- Any error in facts, figures, or educational records, or any incorrect/forged income, caste, or residence certificate, can lead to rejection of candidature by the selection committee; the applicant alone is responsible for such rejection
- The applicant is solely responsible for correctly entering marks/percentage of educational records and income, caste and residence certificate details in the online form
- Detailed eligibility, application procedure and the governing order are available on the departmental website, and information can also be obtained from the Child Development Project Office, Vikas Bhavan, or the District Program Officer’s office on working days
- Decisions and directions issued by higher authorities, and decisions of the selection committee, will be treated as final
- The number of vacant posts shown in the table is subject to increase or decrease based on the department’s status