UP Anganwadi Recruitment 2026 - 760 Anganwadi Worker & Helper Posts in Bagpat, Kannauj District

The official notifications for the UP Anganwadi Bharti 2026 for Bagpat and Kannauj districts have been issued by the respective District Programme Officers and are available on the official departmental website. Candidates should download the official notification for their district before applying to verify all eligibility conditions and project-wise vacancy details for the UP Anganwadi Recruitment 2026.

The UP Anganwadi Bharti 2026 covers vacancies across multiple Child Development Projects in both Bagpat and Kannauj districts. Candidates must check their respective project and village/ward before applying for the UP Anganwadi Worker Vacancy 2026, as posts are project-specific and locality-based. A total of 261 Anganwadi Worker (Karyakatri) and 374 Anganwadi Helper (Sahayika) vacancies are available across 7 Child Development Projects in Bagpat district under the UP Anganwadi Recruitment 2026. A total of 125 Anganwadi Worker vacancies are available across 9 Child Development Projects in Kannauj district under the UP Anganwadi Karyakatri Bharti 2026. The vacancies are further divided into General (Anyu Jati), Other Backward Class (Anyu Pichda Varg), and Unreserved (Anarakshit) categories.

374 Anganwadi Helper (Sahayika)

125 Anganwadi Worker vacancies

Only female candidates are eligible to apply for the UP Anganwadi Recruitment 2026 for both Bagpat and Kannauj districts. Candidates must be permanent residents of the village/ward (gram sabha/ward) for which the vacancy exists. The age and qualification requirements differ slightly between the Anganwadi Worker and Helper posts. Candidates wondering about the age limit for the UP Anganwadi Bharti 2026 should note that the minimum age is 18 years and the maximum age is 35 years as on 01 January 2026 . The age will be calculated as per the date of birth recorded in the High School (10th) mark sheet and certificate. No candidate should be below 18 years or above 35 years as on 01 January 2026. The applicant must be a permanent resident of the concerned village/ward (gram sabha or urban ward) for which she is applying. This residential requirement is strictly enforced for the UP Anganwadi Worker Vacancy 2026 and candidates from outside the concerned locality are not eligible for that specific post. The following priority order applies for Bagpat district Anganwadi posts: Widows / Legally divorced / Abandoned women from the concerned gram sabha/ward living below the poverty line (BPL). If no BPL widow/divorced/abandoned woman is available, preference goes to other widows/divorced/abandoned women from the same gram sabha/ward living below poverty line. If no such candidate is available, preference goes to women from the same gram sabha/ward living above the poverty line. If no candidate under the above categories is found, preference goes to any woman from the same gram sabha/ward. Women from the same gram sabha/ward (urban ward) living below poverty line – widows, legally divorced, or abandoned women. If no such BPL candidate is available, other women from the same gram sabha/ward (urban ward) living below poverty line. If no such candidate is found, women from the same gram sabha/ward (urban ward) living above poverty line – widows, legally divorced, or abandoned women. If no candidate is found under the above, other women from the same gram sabha/ward (urban ward) living above poverty line. Candidates claiming widow status must submit a death certificate of husband issued by gram panchayat officer/urban body and an authenticated copy of the family register. Divorce or abandonment must be established through a civil court-issued legal order . Income and residence certificates must carry a digital signature of the competent authority from the concerned tehsil and must be verifiable online. For age-related documents, only date of birth as recorded in the High School marksheet and certificate will be accepted. For Kannauj, income certificates must be issued within the last 3 years from the date of tehsil issuance and must be verifiable online.

Educational Qualification

minimum age is 18 years and the maximum age is 35 years

The selection for the UP Anganwadi Recruitment 2026 is merit-based with priority given to specific categories of women. There is no written examination or interview mentioned in the official notification. The merit list for the Anganwadi Worker post will be prepared on the basis of the maximum educational qualification of the applicant. Online applications are received through upanganwadibharti.in. Eligibility and residential status of applicants is verified at the project/district level. Merit list is prepared based on highest educational qualification for the Anganwadi Worker post. Priority is given to widows/divorced/abandoned women from BPL families of the concerned gram sabha/ward, in the order specified in the official notification. Final selection and appointment orders are issued by the District Programme Officer.

Eligible female candidates can submit their online applications for the UP Anganwadi Recruitment 2026 exclusively through the official departmental website at https://upanganwadibharti.in . The detailed application form, eligibility criteria, and all project-wise vacancy details are available on this portal. Candidates from Bagpat must apply before 16 July 2026 (midnight) and candidates from Kannauj must apply before 16 July 2026 (midnight) . No offline applications will be accepted under this UP Anganwadi Vacancy 2026.

Many candidates make avoidable errors while applying for the UP Anganwadi Worker Helper Recruitment 2026 that result in rejection of applications. The points below are based on common patterns in similar government recruitment drives and are not derived from the official notification. Applying for a wrong project or district: Each vacancy is project-specific and tied to a gram sabha/ward. Applying for a project outside your permanent residential area will lead to disqualification. Incorrect age calculation: Age must be calculated as on 01 January 2026 using only the date of birth recorded in the High School marksheet. Using other documents for age proof will not be accepted. Missing the Kannauj deadline: The Kannauj last date is 16 July 2026 (midnight) - a much earlier deadline than Bagpat. Many candidates confuse the two deadlines and miss the Kannauj window. Submitting invalid income/caste/residence certificates: Only certificates with an online-verifiable digital signature from the competent tehsil authority will be accepted. Manually signed or non-verifiable certificates will be rejected. Not providing valid widow/divorce proof: Widows must submit the death certificate of the husband issued by the gram panchayat/urban body along with family register copy. Divorce/abandonment requires a civil court-issued legal order - informal separation documents are not valid. Submitting outdated income certificates for Kannauj: Income certificates for Kannauj applications must have been issued within the last 3 years from the tehsil issuance date and must be online-verifiable. Assuming the vacancy count is fixed: The official notification explicitly states that the number of vacancies may increase or decrease. Do not make assumptions based on the numbers listed.