Hire a cook, maid or nanny in HSR Layout, Bangalore
Looking for a cook in HSR Layout is one of the most common home-help searches in south-east Bengaluru, with house help and nannies close behind. HSR Layout is a planned Bangalore Development Authority layout, developed from 1985 and named for the Hosur and Sarjapur roads it sits between. Its seven sectors hold a dense mix of apartment blocks and independent houses, with Koramangala roughly two kilometres away on one side and the Outer Ring Road at Agara on the other. That puts it within a short commute of the ORR tech corridor, and a large share of households here are young families and startup households hiring domestic help for the first time. This page covers what those households hire for, how pay gets set in this part of the city, and what to settle before anyone starts work. On Sevetu a household posts a job free and workers apply free. You agree the salary directly with the person you hire, and Sevetu takes no commission and never touches the money.
What households in HSR Layout hire for
The mix follows the housing: apartment households in the sectors mostly want a few fixed hours a day, independent houses on the cross roads longer hours or live-in help. The roles posted most often:
- Cooks — breakfast and a packed lunch before an early ORR commute, or dinner for a small family. See hiring a cook in Bangalore.
- House help / maids — sweeping, mopping, dishes and laundry. See hiring house help in Bangalore.
- Nannies and babysitters — day care while both parents work, or after-school cover. See hiring a nanny in Bangalore.
- Japa maids — newborn and post-delivery mother care, for a fixed term.
- Elder care attendants and drivers — daytime support and school runs.
Cook-cum-maid arrangements are common in the smaller flats: one job, two sets of duties, so agree both before fixing a wage.
How pay is set in this part of the city
There is no published salary figure specific to HSR Layout, and anyone quoting you one has made it up. What exists are Bengaluru-wide figures and the statutory minimum notified by the Karnataka government.
What Bangalore households report paying
For a part-time cook, resident reports from Bengaluru dated between November 2024 and April 2026 put the range at roughly ₹3,000–₹10,000 a month, most commonly ₹4,000–₹8,000. Households tend to price it per head: about ₹2,000–₹3,000 per person per month for one or two meals a day. A couple wanting dinner alone sits near the bottom; a family of four wanting breakfast, tiffin and dinner sits at the top or above it.
For a day nanny working 8–10 hours and going home at night, the same body of reports puts the range at roughly ₹16,000–₹22,000 a month.
Read both with their limits in mind. They are self-reported, not a survey, and they skew towards apartment and tech-corridor households — the higher-paying end of the city, and the end HSR Layout largely belongs to. Treat them as a starting point, not a rate card. The Bangalore domestic help salary guide covers the other roles.
The statutory floor
Karnataka notifies a minimum wage for employment in residential houses. HSR Layout sits inside BBMP limits, so Zone-1 applies. Under Notification No. KAE 68 LWA 2022, Sl. No. 27, in force from 1 April 2026 to 31 March 2027, the notified monthly minimum is:
- Cooking and kitchen work — ₹20,548.35 a month (₹790.32 a day)
- Housekeeping, cleaning and looking after children — ₹18,645.02 a month (₹717.12 a day)
- Housekeeping and cleaning only — ₹18,298.96 a month (₹703.81 a day)
That is a legal floor for the work as described, not a market rate, and not a description of what a part-time cook here earns. Karnataka notifies no hourly rate and no pro-rating rule, so the figures cannot be divided down to price a two-hour-a-day job. For a full-time role, they are where to start.
Part-time, full-time or live-in
The shape of the job decides more about the money than the neighbourhood does. Part-time is the default in HSR Layout. A part-time cook or maid here typically works in two or three homes a day, back to back, so your slot matters more than your total hours. A household offering 7:00am or 8:30am fills the job far faster than one insisting on 11:00am, because morning slots are what a route is built around. Put the exact window in the post.
Full-time means one household for the working day, usually cooking plus housekeeping or full-day childcare. This is where the notified minimum is the relevant reference, and where a written weekly off prevents arguments later.
Live-in adds a room, meals and amenities on top of the cash wage. We publish no live-in salary range for Bengaluru, because no source we trust supports one.
Write the sector, not just "HSR Layout"
HSR Layout is seven sectors of main roads and cross roads, plus the older settlements around it — Agara, Parangipalya, Venkatapura, Somasundarapalya, Mangammanapalya and Hosapalya.
That matters when you post: someone living near Agara will take a job in Sector 1 without thinking and turn down the same job in Sector 6 at the same wage, because it costs them a fare and twenty minutes twice a day. Posting "HSR Layout" pulls applicants who drop out once they see the address. Posting "Sector 2" with your nearest cross road gets fewer, and more who are still turning up in six months.
What to check before you hire
- Scope, in writing. How many people, how many meals, which chores, which days. Most disputes are about work nobody agreed to, not the rate.
- The exact time window. Not "mornings". A start time and a finish time.
- What verification tells you. A Verified badge means a government ID / KYC check has confirmed who the person is. It is not a police or criminal background check, and says nothing about their cooking or experience.
- A paid trial. A week of actual work tells you more than any profile.
- Weekly off and festivals. A weekly day off is standard. Ugadi, Ayudha Puja and Deepavali are when people most often travel home, sometimes for a week.
- Notice period. Fifteen to thirty days either way is common.
How Sevetu works, and what it does not do
You post the job with your sector, the hours and the work involved. Verified workers nearby apply. You compare profiles, talk over in-app chat — your number stays private until you share it — and agree salary, hours and duties directly. What you agreed is recorded in a digital work agreement. Posting and applying are both free.
What Sevetu is not: a staffing agency or an employer. It does not supply, place, train or supervise anyone, and does not process payments. You pay the person you hire directly and in full — Sevetu takes no commission from either side. The household is the employer, so the decision, the wage and the working conditions are yours. The app is live on the App Store and Google Play.
Frequently asked questions
There is no HSR Layout figure, only Bengaluru-wide ones. Resident reports from across the city dated November 2024 to April 2026 put a part-time cook at roughly ₹3,000–₹10,000 a month, most commonly ₹4,000–₹8,000, or about ₹2,000–₹3,000 per person per month for one or two meals a day. Those reports skew towards apartment and tech-corridor households. You and the cook agree the number between you.
Yes, and it is the most common arrangement here. Set the chores and the exact time window in your post. A fixed early slot attracts more applicants than a late-morning one, because most part-timers work two or three homes a day.
Profiles can carry a Verified badge, meaning a government ID / KYC check has confirmed the person's identity. It is not a police or criminal background check and does not certify skill or experience. Meet them and do a paid trial before you commit.
No. Posting and applying are free and Sevetu takes no cut from either side. The salary is agreed and paid directly between you and the worker; Sevetu never handles the money. No placement fee and no monthly cut is the main difference from an agency or a broker.
The notified minimum is a monthly and a daily rate. Karnataka notifies no hourly rate and no pro-rating rule, so it cannot be divided down and applied to a two-hour-a-day job. It is the reference for full-time work; for part-time work the reported city ranges above are the better guide.
All seven sectors, plus Agara, Parangipalya, Venkatapura, Somasundarapalya, Mangammanapalya and Hosapalya, and the stretches towards Koramangala, Sarjapur Road, Hosur Road and the Outer Ring Road. Post the sector or a landmark rather than "HSR Layout" — fewer applicants, far more who can realistically commute twice a day.
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