Recruitment Notice for Anganwadi Workers

This notice announces the direct recruitment process for vacant posts of Anganwadi Workers on an honorary contract basis in urban and rural areas of Mau district, Uttar Pradesh. The recruitment is based on Government Order No. 2025/3313/58-1-2025 (1917687) dated 17 September 2025, issued by the Principal Secretary, Child Development Services and Nutrition, U.P., Lucknow. Interested female candidates are invited to apply online through the official website: http://upanganwadibharti.in.

Vacancy Details

The project-wise and reservation-wise quantitative details of vacant Anganwadi Worker posts are as follows:

S. No.	Project Name	Rural/Urban	Total Vacant Posts	Scheduled Tribe (ST)	Scheduled Caste (SC)	Other Backward Class (OBC)	Unreserved
1	Badraon	Rural	00	00	00	00	00
2	Dohrighat	Rural	01	01	00	00	00
3	Fatehpur Mandav	Rural	02	00	00	00	02
4	Ghosi	Rural	02	01	01	00	00
5	Kopaganj	Rural	02	01	00	01	00
6	Mau City	Urban	04	01	00	00	03
7	Mubarakpur Gohana	Rural	02	01	00	00	01
8	Pardaha	Rural	01	01	00	00	00
9	Ranipur	Rural	04	00	00	01	03
10	Ratanpura	Rural	03	00	00	00	03
Total			21	06	01	02	12

Important Instructions and Eligibility Criteria

Detailed Gram Sabha/Ward-wise information, reservation details, and complete eligibility criteria are available on the notice boards of the Collectorate, Vikas Bhawan, all Tehsils, all Development Blocks, and all Child Development Project Offices in the district. The information is also uploaded on the departmental website: http://upanganwadibharti.in.

1. Eligibility: Only female candidates are eligible to apply for the advertised posts.
2. Educational Qualification: The minimum educational qualification for Anganwadi Worker and Sahayika posts is Intermediate or equivalent. The maximum educational qualification is Post-Graduation. The merit list will be prepared based on the highest educational qualification.
3. Age Limit: Applicants must be between 18 and 35 years of age as of 01.07.2025. The date of birth recorded in the High School mark sheet and certificate will be considered valid.
4. Preference (Poverty Line): In the selection process, preference will be given to widows, legally divorced, or abandoned women from families living below the poverty line (BPL) who are residents of the same Gram Sabha/Ward.
5. Documents for Preference: For widows, a death certificate and family register issued by the Gram Panchayat Officer/concerned Nagar Nikay will be valid. For divorced/abandoned women, a legal order issued by the competent court will be valid.
6. Subsequent Preference (BPL Women): If no eligible widows, legally divorced, or abandoned women from BPL families apply, then other BPL women residing in the same Gram Sabha/Ward will be eligible.
7. Subsequent Preference (Above BPL Widows/Divorced/Abandoned): If no eligible BPL women (widows, legally divorced, or abandoned) apply, then widows, legally divorced, or abandoned women residing in the same Gram Sabha/Ward, but from above the poverty line, will be eligible.
8. Subsequent Preference (Above BPL Women): If applicants as per the above categories are not found, then other women residing in the same Gram Sabha/Ward, who are from above the poverty line, will be eligible.

General Conditions and Application Process

9. Residence and Caste Certificate: Only online digital signature-enabled residence and caste certificates issued by the concerned Tehsil will be considered valid and verifiable online.
10. Income Certificate:
    • As per Government Order No. 22/2015/2123/26-2-2015 dated 14 September 2015, issued by Social Welfare Section-2, U.P. Government:
      • For rural areas, an income certificate up to Rs. 46080.00 is valid for the Below Poverty Line (BPL) category.
      • For urban areas, an income certificate up to Rs. 56460.00 is valid for the BPL category.
    • Applicants with income above these limits fall under the Above Poverty Line (APL) category. Income certificates issued by competent authorities as per Government Order No. 3959/1-9-11-00-9 dated 30.09.2011 from Revenue Section-9, Uttar Pradesh Government, will be valid and verifiable online.
11. Application Form Submission:
    • Applicants must carefully fill in the information on the application form available on the departmental website: http://upanganwadibharti.in.
    • It is mandatory to review the recruitment guidelines ( शासनादेश) available on the departmental web portal before applying.
    • Self-attested, clean, and legible copies of all documents mentioned in the online form must be uploaded.
    • Applications filled incorrectly or with errors on the portal will not be considered, and the applicant will be solely responsible for any such rejection.
12. Offline Applications: Offline application forms will not be accepted under any circumstances.
13. Further Information: Detailed application procedures, eligibility criteria, and government orders, along with additional information, are available on the departmental website http://upanganwadibharti.in. Information can also be obtained from the District Program Officer (Child Development Department) office, Room No. 10, Vikas Bhawan, and respective Child Development Project Offices during working hours.
14. Application Dates:
    • The online portal will display vacant centers for application starting from 2025-11-16.
    • Applicants can apply online from this date.
    • The last date for submitting online applications is 2025-12-06.

Note: The number of vacancies is subject to change (increase or decrease). The final decision will be based on instructions from higher authorities/selection committee.