District crafts
17.7 L
people in district crafts
Every district has its own craft: chikankari in Lucknow, brass in Moradabad, glass in Firozabad, carpets in Bhadohi.
Uttar Pradesh · 2026
About 29 lakh jobs open in Uttar Pradesh in 2026, and about 49 lakh people are ready to take work. Many openings are in building, factory, water and power trades that few people have trained for, while teaching, office and shop jobs have far more applicants than places. The gap is skills, not jobs.
Each box is one kind of work, sized by how many people do it. Hover a box to read it; click an industry to open it.
2026 openings against people ready to take them. Orange: hard to fill. Blue: crowded.
More than half of UP works on farms, mostly on their own land (4.04 Cr people are self-employed). The jobs that are hiring in 2026 sit in construction, factories, transport and services.
What we have mapped project by project, what else is creating jobs this year, and who is ready to take them.
Besides normal hiring by employers already here. Bars show the low–high range.
Gorakhpur
Lucknow, Kanpur Nagar, Agra, Varanasi, Prayagraj, Jhansi
Lucknow, Kanpur Nagar, Agra, Aligarh, Jhansi, Chitrakoot
People ready to take work in 2026.
Biggest by jobs announced (over the project's life):
788 of 2,318 works are running in 2026 (150 finish this year). They need about 53,200–81,800 site workers.
Trades most needed on these sites:
Follow a band to see which projects create which trades, and where the people for those trades come from. Hover to read it.
The jobs with the most openings left over after everyone ready has been counted, and the jobs where people far outnumber places.
2 L jobs · 1.5 L ready · ₹14K–₹20K a month
Jobs from: Normal hiring by existing employers; Housing for all (towns)
How to start: 3-month mason course; rural mason training under housing for all
57,000 jobs · 17,000 ready · ₹13K–₹19K a month
Jobs from: Tap water to every village home; Normal hiring by existing employers
How to start: ITI plumber or 3-month plumbing course
82,000 jobs · 43,000 ready · ₹12K–₹16K a month
Jobs from: New factories and services from investment summits; Normal hiring by existing employers
How to start: 1–2 month assembly course near Noida–Jewar plants
4.2 L jobs · 3.9 L ready · ₹10K–₹13.5K a month
Jobs from: Normal hiring by existing employers; Housing for all (towns)
How to start: On-site start; 1-month safety and basics course helps
29,000 jobs · 4,500 ready · ₹10K–₹13.5K a month
Jobs from: Tap water to every village home; Normal hiring by existing employers
How to start: Short village pump operator training (water mission)
47,000 jobs · 26,000 ready · ₹13K–₹18K a month
Jobs from: Normal hiring by existing employers; Housing for all (towns)
How to start: 2–3 month bar bending course at a construction skill centre
37,000 jobs · 17,000 ready · ₹10K–₹13.5K a month
Jobs from: New factories and services from investment summits; Normal hiring by existing employers
How to start: ITI welder or 3-month welding course
53,000 jobs · 34,000 ready · ₹13K–₹18K a month
Jobs from: Normal hiring by existing employers; Housing for all (towns)
How to start: 2–3 month shuttering course; ITI carpenter
51,000 jobs · 38,000 ready · ₹12K–₹16K a month
Jobs from: New factories and services from investment summits; Normal hiring by existing employers
How to start: 2–4 week warehouse course
22,000 jobs · 12,000 ready · ₹12K–₹16K a month
Jobs from: New factories and services from investment summits; Normal hiring by existing employers
How to start: 2–3 month mobile repair course
38,000 jobs · 5.3 L ready
Nearby work with openings: Skill trainer, Anganwadi supervisor, nursing
1.2 L jobs · 3.8 L ready
Nearby work with openings: Warehouse, delivery, solar sales and install
25,000 jobs · 2.5 L ready
Nearby work with openings: Skill trainer, office and accounts work
45,000 jobs · 2.4 L ready
Nearby work with openings: Chip plant and data centre technician roles
44,000 jobs · 1.5 L ready
Nearby work with openings: Warehouse and delivery work
35,000 jobs · 1.2 L ready
Nearby work with openings: Solar sales, bank agent, warehouse work
17.7 L
people in district crafts
Every district has its own craft: chikankari in Lucknow, brass in Moradabad, glass in Firozabad, carpets in Bhadohi.
25,500
jobs opening there in 2026
The airport, chip plants, solar factory, data centres and Film City cluster around Jewar and Greater Noida.
5.64 L
people in leather work
Shoes and leather goods from Kanpur and Agra; a new mega leather park is approved at Kanpur.
67,500
site workers needed
788 roads, water, canal and building works are running in Gorakhpur in 2026; we know which trades each one needs.
Numbers are estimates shown as ranges: a planning picture for the state, not a count of vacancies.