Digital Labour Chowk - ठेकेदार

A construction hiring app for contractors

Digital Labour Chowk is a hiring app aimed at contractors, builders and construction firms who need people for a site. The developer describes it as a way to move the traditional labour chowk, the familiar place where site workers are hired, onto a phone.

It is built for the person who runs the job rather than the worker. The listing names general and labour contractors, builders and real estate developers, EPC and construction companies, project managers and site engineers. It also names electrical, plumbing and renovation contractors, and businesses that look for blue-collar workers.

The developer says the focus is India. The listing presents the app as a construction worker hiring platform for Indian contractors and businesses.

Finding masons, electricians and plumbers by trade

The app organises the workforce into worker categories. The developer lists construction labourers and helpers, masons and bricklayers, electricians and electrical technicians, plumbers and plumbing workers, painters and carpenters, foremen and site supervisors, and ITI technicians and engineers.

The categories run from general site labour to experienced skilled trades. A contractor who needs a few helpers for a demolition job and a contractor who needs an electrician for an installation can both look in the same app, under different categories.

The listing ties the categories to particular kinds of work: construction, renovation, electrical installation, plumbing and other site requirements. Use the category that matches the trade on the job.

Searching for workers and connecting through the app

To use the app, you register and then explore its features. The developer's steps then say to search for workers according to your project requirements, and to follow the in-app process to connect with suitable workers.

The listing describes two main hiring needs. One is daily wage workers for a small job. The other is additional construction manpower for a larger project. The same search covers both, so a short job and a long build sit side by side in the same process.

The app stops at the connection step. What happens after you connect is described only as following the in-app process.

Contact details and social channels

The developer lists a website, digitallabourchowk.com, an info email address and a phone number. These are the routes the listing gives for getting in touch with the company directly.

The developer also points to Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and YouTube pages under the same name. These are for updates from the company rather than features of the app itself.