UP Anganwadi Pratapgarh Recruitment 2026: 250 Karyakartri Posts

The District Programme Officer, ICDS, Pratapgarh, has released the UP Anganwadi Pratapgarh Recruitment 2026 notification for 250 vacant posts of Anganwadi Karyakartri across the district's urban and rural Bal Vikas Pariyojana areas. This UP Anganwadi recruitment, notified on 29 June 2026 under the state government order dated 17 September 2025, is open only to women candidates and runs on a merit list, without any written exam or interview. Online applications for this round of UP Pratapgarh Anganwadi Karyakartri hiring close on 28 July 2026. The section below covers the project-wise vacancy split, eligibility, the honorarium a selected Karayakartri actually receives, and the full application process.

Within this list, Kunda carries the single largest share at 35 vacancies, well above the district's per-project average of around 14 posts, followed by Baba Belkhar Nath Dham (24) and Lakshmanpur (17). Shahar Slum, by contrast, has only 2 openings, and Patti and Sangipur have 8 each. A candidate weighing which project's notice boards to track closely can use this spread as a rough guide to how many centers are actually up for hiring in each block. Pratapgarh's Anganwadi Karyakartri posts were notified once earlier under the same 17 September 2025 government order, with that round's online window closing on 28 November 2025.

An Anganwadi karyakartri is a temporary, honorarium-based engagement; it does not carry a pay scale, DA, or HRA; does not fall under Uttar Pradesh State Employee Service Rules; and the engagement can be discontinued as per government direction. Under the 17 September 2025 government order, the fixed honorarium is Rs. 4,500 per month as a base honorarium, plus a currently admissible additional honorarium of Rs. 1,500 per month, bringing the total to Rs. 6,000 per month. Because this is an honorarium rather than a regular salary, there is typically no PF, professional tax, or TDS deduction at this level, so the Rs. 6,000 figure is close to what a selected Karyakartri actually receives in hand each month. This is worth knowing upfront: several general job portals quote Anganwadi Worker pay in the Rs. 9,000 - Rs. 10,000 range, but those figures usually apply to central-scheme components in other states or to higher posts such as Supervisor, not to this Pratapgarh Karyakartri round specifically.

The official notification does not mention any application fee for Anganwadi Karyakartri posts, consistent with other district recruiting under the same September 2025 government order. Candidates should still verify the payment section of the portal at the time of applying, since fee provisions are occasionally revised at the state level.