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Short answer
Write the job with the child's age, hours, duties and salary. Shortlist people with childcare experience and a verified ID. Interview with real scenarios, call a past family, and run a paid trial of two or three days while you're at home. Do police verification. Then write down hours, duties, phone and outing rules, pay and leave.
Where to look
- Direct hiring apps such as Sevetu: post the job, people apply, you choose. Free to post and hire, with no commission1.
- Agencies: they shortlist and often promise a replacement, for a fee of about a month's salary. What agencies charge →
- Babysitting platforms: for example Babysits, where Premium for families costs ₹249 a month and babysitters use it free2.
- Referrals: a nanny who worked for a friend for years is the best lead you'll get. Still do the checks.
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Interview with scenarios, not a checklist
Ask what she would do, and listen for calm, specific answers.
Good answers name a first step ("I'd check if he's alert, then call you"), not a promise ("I'll take good care"). A nanny who says "I don't open the door to anyone you haven't told me about" has done this before.
The checks
- Identity: an Aadhaar check on UIDAI's site, or an app's ID verification, with her consent. Check an Aadhaar number, free →
- Police verification: for anyone alone with your child, always. The official route, city by city →
- A reference call: "How long did she look after your child? Would you hire her again?"
The paid trial
Two or three days, paid, while you or a family member is at home. Watch how she talks to your child, what she does when the child cries, and whether your child goes to her. Children are honest reviewers.
What to pay
On Sevetu's published ranges, ₹6,000 to ₹14,000 a month part-time and ₹15,000 to ₹28,000 full-time or live-in3. Nanny salary in 2027 →
Write it down
Hours, duties, the child's routine, phone and outing rules, emergency numbers, pay, pay date, weekly off, leave and notice. The ten lines every agreement needs →
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Questions people ask
Post a clear job, shortlist people with childcare experience and a verified ID, interview with real scenarios, call a past family, and run a paid trial while you're at home.
Ask what she would do in real situations: a fall, a fever, a tantrum, a stranger at the door. Listen for a calm, specific first step.
Yes. For anyone alone with your child, do police verification through your city police, along with an ID check and a reference call.
Two or three paid days, while you or a family member is at home.
To choose yourself with no hiring fee, a direct app such as Sevetu. For a shortlist and replacement promise, an agency, for a fee.
Sources
- Sevetu, Pricing, read 10 November 2026: posting and hiring free for households; no placement fee, platform fee or commission. sevetu.com/pricing/
- Babysits, Pricing, read 9 October 2026: Premium ₹249 a month; babysitters use Babysits for free and keep 100% of what they earn. babysits.in
- Sevetu, Hire a nanny, cost section, read 12 November 2026: part-time babysitter ₹6,000 to ₹14,000; full-time or live-in nanny ₹15,000 to ₹28,000. sevetu.com/hire-a-nanny/
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Written by the Sevetu teamSevetu is a hiring marketplace for household work in India, operated by Fiel Private Limited. These guides come from the questions families and workers ask us. Nothing here is sponsored, and where a number has no defensible source we say so instead of inventing one. About Sevetu
