UP Anganwadi Lucknow Recruitment 2026 – Apply Online for 428 Anganwadi Helper, Anganwadi Worker Posts

Lucknow district has 428 Anganwadi vacancies – 356 Anganwadi Helper (Anganwadi Sahayika) and 72 Anganwadi Worker (Anganwadi Karyakartri) posts – open only to women. The Office of the District Programme Officer, Lucknow (Karyalaya, Jila Karyakram Adhikari, Lucknow) invites online applications on the departmental website upanganwadibharti.in, and the last date to apply online is 3 December 2026. Offline and postal applications will not be accepted.

Lucknow Anganwadi Recruitment 2026 Overview

The official notification does not specify the application fee or the honorarium amount, and it gives the qualification and age limit for the Anganwadi Worker post only.

About Lucknow Anganwadi Recruitment 2026

The notice is issued by the District Programme Officer, Lucknow, Shreyash Kumar, for the Child Development Projects (Bal Vikas Pariyojana) running in the urban and rural areas of Lucknow district. The recruitment is a direct recruitment process held under Government Order No. 2025/3313/58-1-2025 (1917687) dated 17 September 2025 of the Principal Secretary, Child Development Service and Nutrition, Uttar Pradesh, Lucknow. The notice states that the entire recruitment process will be completed on the basis of this Government Order.

Lucknow Anganwadi Recruitment 2026 Important Dates

The notice gives one deadline only, for the online application. It does not print an application start date.

Vacancies by Project / Block

The 428 posts are spread over 10 Child Development Projects of Lucknow district, as printed in the notice.

Alamnagar (67) and Sarojini Nagar (59) have the most Anganwadi Helper posts, while Aliganj (19) and Mohanlalganj (11) have the most Anganwadi Worker posts. The notice states that the number of vacancies may increase or decrease. The gram sabha / ward-wise details of these posts, and the full qualification details with reservation, are pasted on the notice boards of the district Collectorate, Vikas Bhawan, Tehsil and Development Block offices.

Who Can Apply

Only women candidates are eligible for the advertised posts.

Anganwadi Worker (Anganwadi Karyakartri)

• Qualification: Minimum educational qualification is Intermediate or its equivalent.
• Age limit: Minimum 18 years and maximum 35 years. On 01.07.2026 the applicant's age must not be less than 18 years or more than 35 years.
• Proof of age: Only the date of birth recorded in the High School marksheet and certificate is accepted.
• Residence: The applicant must be a resident of the same gram sabha, or of the concerned ward in urban areas, in which the post is vacant.

Anganwadi Helper (Anganwadi Sahayika)

The women-only condition applies to the Anganwadi Helper post as well. The notice does not state the qualification, age limit or residence condition for the Anganwadi Helper post; check the full qualification details on the district office notice boards, Government Order No. 2025/3313/58-1-2025 (1917687) dated 17 September 2025, and the detailed information uploaded on http://upanganwadibharti.in.

Certificates Accepted

• Residence and caste certificates: only those issued online by the Tehsil with a digital signature, which can be verified online.
• Income certificate: only one issued by the competent level under Uttar Pradesh Government Revenue Section-9 Government Order No. 3959/1-9-11-रा0-9 dated 30.09.2021 (as amended), which can be verified online.
• Widows: the death certificate issued by the Gram Panchayat Officer or the concerned urban local body, and a certified copy of the family register.
• Divorced or abandoned women: the legal order issued by a court.

Candidates should see the official notification and the Government Order for the post-specific eligibility of each post.

Selection Process

Selection will be made on the basis of preference and merit. Merit will be decided on the marks obtained from Intermediate to Post-graduation. In selection, preference will be given as per rules to BPL, widow and divorced / abandoned women, according to the Government Order.

Order of preference

The notice sets out this order among residents of the same gram sabha, or ward in urban areas:

1. Respectively, a widow from a family living below the poverty line, a legally divorced / abandoned woman, and a woman from a BPL family.
2. If no widow, divorced or abandoned candidate from a BPL family is found, a woman from a family living below the poverty line of the same gram sabha / ward gets preference.
3. If no BPL widow, divorced or abandoned woman, or BPL family candidate is found, preference goes respectively to a widow, an abandoned woman and a divorced woman living above the poverty line in the same gram sabha / ward.
4. If no candidate is found in the above order, a woman from a family living above the poverty line in the same gram sabha / ward will be selected.

How to Apply for Lucknow Anganwadi Recruitment 2026

1. Study Government Order No. 2025/3313/58-1-2025 (1917687) dated 17 September 2025 carefully before applying, as the notice asks.
2. Fill in the application online only, on the format available on the departmental website http://upanganwadibharti.in, correctly and carefully.
3. Upload clean, legible, self-attested copies of the documents that you mention in the online form.
4. Complete the online application by 03 December 2026.

Offline or postal applications will not be accepted.

Documents named in the notice

• High School marksheet and certificate (for date of birth)
• Residence and caste certificates issued online by the Tehsil with digital signature
• Income certificate issued by the competent level, verifiable online
• Death certificate and certified copy of the family register (widows)
• Court-issued legal order (divorced / abandoned women)
• Self-attested copies of every document mentioned in the online form

Important Instructions

• If wrong or incorrect information is given at the time of applying and the application is rejected, the applicant alone is fully responsible.
• If, for any reason, the selection committee does not make a selection on an advertised post, the applications received for that post will not be considered.
• The posts are contract-based posts on honorarium; the notice does not print the honorarium amount.
• The detailed information about the recruitment is uploaded on the departmental website http://upanganwadibharti.in.
• The notice was sent for publication in the Lucknow editions of Dainik Jagran and Amar Ujala and for display on Tehsil, Block and project office notice boards.

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