Only women candidates are eligible to apply for Anganwadi Karyakatri posts. The applicant must be a resident of the Ward/Gram Sabha where the vacant post is located; if no eligible candidate is found there, selection will be made from the neighbouring Gram Panchayat within the same Nyaya Panchayat. Reservation provisions for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, and Other Backward Classes will follow the relevant government orders applicable to Anganwadi Karyakatri and Sahayika recruitment.

Not specified in the official notification.

Selection to the post of Anganwadi Karyakatri is made on the basis of merit and a defined order of priority for candidates residing in the same Gram Sabha/Ward as the vacant post: Widow of a Below Poverty Line (BPL) family residing in the same Gram Sabha/Ward. Divorced or deserted woman of a BPL family, residing in the same Gram Sabha/Ward. Any other woman of a BPL family in the same Gram Sabha/Ward, if no widow/divorced/deserted candidate from a BPL family is available. If no eligible BPL-family candidate is found, the following priority order applies among Above Poverty Line (APL) family candidates in the same Gram Sabha/Ward: (a) Widow, (b) Divorced/deserted woman, (c) Any other woman of an APL family. If no eligible candidate is available in any of the above categories within the same Gram Sabha, selection will be made from the neighbouring Gram Panchayat within the same Nyaya Panchayat, following the same order of priority. Where more than one eligible candidate exists within the same priority category, selection will be made on the basis of educational merit (Intermediate to Postgraduate).