Find a cook, maid or nanny in Whitefield, Bangalore
A cook in Whitefield is one of the most-searched home help jobs in east Bengaluru, and the reason is visible from any balcony here. Whitefield was a small village until the late 1990s. The International Tech Park opened in 1994 and made it Bengaluru's first tech corridor, and the housing that followed is overwhelmingly large gated apartment complexes rather than independent houses. That produces a particular kind of household: both adults on long or shifted office hours, many of them new to the city, with no family nearby to cover the gap between the last meeting and dinner. On Sevetu you post the job free and cooks, house help and nannies living in and around Whitefield apply free. You review ID-verified profiles, talk in in-app chat before your number is shared, and agree the salary directly. Sevetu takes no commission from either side and never touches the money.
What is different about hiring in Whitefield
- Almost everything is inside a gate. The person you hire will not walk up to your door. They are registered with your association, carry a pass, and enter at set hours.
- Office hours set the schedule, not mealtimes. Breakfast and a packed lunch before an early cab, or a cook arriving after 8pm because both adults are still on calls, are ordinary requests here — and the hardest slots to fill.
- Whitefield is large. It spans three PIN codes — 560066, 560067 and 560087 — and the metro alone has six stations along it, from Nallurhalli to Kadugodi. "Whitefield" in a job post is nearly as vague as "Bangalore".
Commute decides who can realistically take the job. Namma Metro's Purple Line has run to Whitefield (Kadugodi) since March 2023 and straight through to the rest of the line since October 2023, which widens the pool of people who can reach you. It does not remove the last mile: station to gate is still a walk or an auto, twice a day. That is usually why a candidate who sounded keen goes quiet after seeing the address.
Why the rate jumps from one complex to the next
Large gated communities run their own arrangements for domestic help. The association issues the entry card or gate pass, and without it a worker cannot get in at all. Some associations also publish a fixed rate chart — so much for cleaning a 2BHK, so much for cooking for four — and ask residents not to go outside it. Research on resident welfare associations in Indian gated communities describes them as a second, de facto employer above the household, and finds published rate charts tend to hold pay down rather than lift it. Workers say the same from the other side: when they ask for a raise, residents point at the chart.
So pay clusters tightly inside a complex and can jump sharply between two complexes a few hundred metres apart, because the anchor is the society's chart, not anything about Whitefield. Asking a friend in the next tower what they pay is useful. Asking a friend in the next project is not.
Before you post, get three answers from your association:
- Whether a rate chart exists, and which tasks it covers — most cover cleaning and utensils in far more detail than cooking or childcare.
- What documents a gate pass needs, and how long it takes to issue.
- Whether there is a cap on how many flats one person may work in, or which blocks they may enter.
Put the answers in the job post. It saves a candidate a wasted trip across the city, and saves you a hire that collapses at the security desk in week one. And be clear on one point: a rate chart is an arrangement between residents, not law. Nothing stops you agreeing more, and someone travelling further or cooking for six usually will ask for it.
What can honestly be said about pay in Whitefield
There is no reliable Whitefield-specific salary figure. Sites that quote one to the rupee cannot show where it came from, and we would rather omit a number than invent one.
What does exist are citywide figures from dated Bengaluru resident reports between November 2024 and April 2026, skewed towards apartment and tech-corridor households — much like the ones here — so they fit Whitefield better than the city as a whole.
- Part-time cook: roughly ₹3,000–₹10,000 a month, most commonly ₹4,000–₹8,000, often priced at about ₹2,000–₹3,000 per person per month. The number means nothing without scope, so always state how many meals and how many people.
- Day nanny, 8–10 hours, live-out: roughly ₹16,000–₹22,000 a month, from the same reports.
Separately there is a legal floor. Domestic work is a scheduled employment in Karnataka. Under Notification No. KAE 68 LWA 2022, Sl. No. 27, the Zone 1 rates — the notified areas of Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike — for 1 April 2026 to 31 March 2027 are ₹20,548.35 a month for cooking and kitchen work, ₹18,645.02 for housekeeping, cleaning and looking after children, and ₹18,298.96 for housekeeping and cleaning only. That is a statutory floor for full-time monthly domestic work, not a market rate and not what a cook typically earns. Karnataka notifies no hourly rate and no pro-rating rule, so it cannot be divided down for part-time work. Full detail is in our Bangalore domestic help salary guide.
Cooks, house help and nannies in Whitefield
Cooks
The common brief here is early breakfast and tiffin, or one meal cooked fresh after work, rather than an all-day cook. Say which meals, for how many people, the cuisine you actually eat, and the exact window — someone who can be at your door at 6:45am is a different person from one who arrives at 9. Hire a cook in Bangalore →
House help and maids
Sweeping, mopping, utensils, laundry and bathrooms are usually priced by flat size and by how many of those tasks you want. This is the role most likely to be covered by your society's rate chart, so check it before setting a budget. Hire house help in Bangalore →
Nannies and babysitters
With both parents on long hours and grandparents often in another city, households here need real cover — a full working day with elasticity for a late meeting — more than an hour of babysitting. Be specific about the child's age and about what happens when you run late. Hire a nanny in Bangalore →
What to settle before you hire
- Know what verified means. A Verified badge comes from a government ID (KYC) check confirming identity. It is not a police or criminal background check and does not certify skill. Use your own judgement too.
- Fix the slot, then the wage. Most part-time cooks and house help work two or three homes a day, back to back. A 7:00–8:30am job fits their day or it does not, and no salary fixes a clash.
- Do a paid trial day. It tells you more than any profile.
- Put scope in writing. The digital work agreement records salary, hours, weekly off, leave and notice, so month two is not a renegotiation.
- Agree festival leave early. Many domestic workers travel home around Ugadi, Ayudha Puja and Deepavali, often for a week.
Post your job in Whitefield
The Sevetu app is live on the App Store and Google Play. Post the job with your complex, your timings and what the work involves, review ID-verified profiles, and agree the salary directly. No commission, from either side.
Frequently asked questions
No trustworthy Whitefield-only figure exists, and we will not invent one. Citywide resident reports from November 2024 to April 2026 put part-time cooks at roughly ₹3,000–₹10,000 a month, most commonly ₹4,000–₹8,000, and often around ₹2,000–₹3,000 per person per month. Your own number depends on meals, headcount, timing and often your society's chart. See the salary guide.
That is between you and your association — it is an arrangement among residents, not a law, and Sevetu is not a party to it. The legal floor is Karnataka's notified minimum wage, not the chart. The chart is simply why pay is so uniform inside one complex and so different in the next.
No. Households post free, workers apply free, and Sevetu never handles the payment — the salary is agreed and paid directly between you and the person you hire. Sevetu is not a staffing agency and does not supply, place, train or supervise anyone. You are the employer.
A government ID / KYC check has confirmed the person is who they say they are. It is not a police or criminal background check and says nothing about skill or experience. Treat it as one input alongside a conversation and a trial day.
Name the complex or nearest landmark and the exact timings, not just "Whitefield". A 7am start in Kadugodi is a different job from one near Nallurhalli. You get fewer applicants, and far more still there in month three.
Yes. You set the timings when you post and people who match apply. Live-in needs a clear conversation about accommodation, food and time off before anyone agrees, because those terms vary far more than the salary does.
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