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Short answer
A nanny or babysitter in India costs ₹6,000 to ₹14,000 a month part-time, for a fixed window such as after school, and ₹15,000 to ₹28,000 full-time or live-in, usually for infants and toddlers. These are Sevetu's published ranges1. Bengaluru runs higher2.
What moves a nanny's price?
The child's age
An infant needs feeding, nappies and naps at all hours. A school-age child needs pick-ups, homework and play. Infants cost more.
How many children
Two children is not one and a half jobs. Price it as more.
Hours
A fixed after-school window is part-time. Eight to ten hours is full-time. Nights are live-in.
Extra tasks
Cooking the child's meals, washing the child's clothes, school runs. Fine if agreed and paid.
Experience
A nanny with years of infant care and families who'll vouch for her is worth the top of the band.
Live-in
A room, meals, and nights with the baby. Agree real rest hours and a full day off.
Nanny or japa maid?
A japa maid looks after a newborn and the mother in the first 40 to 90 days after delivery: baby bath and massage, the mother's food and rest, nights with the baby. On Sevetu's published ranges that's ₹18,000 to ₹25,000 for a day japa and ₹25,000 to ₹35,000 or more live-in3. A nanny looks after a baby or child over months and years. What a japa maid does → · Japa maid charges in 2027 →
What to agree before she starts
- Hours, and what happens if you're late home.
- Duties: the child's meals, bathing, naps, outings, screen time.
- Phone and outing rules: where she can take the child, and when to call you.
- What to do in an emergency, with your numbers and a nearby doctor's written down.
- Pay, pay date, weekly off, leave, notice.
Our take: the cheapest childcare is the most expensive hire. A nanny who leaves in month two costs your child a goodbye and you another search. Pay for calm and experience.
How to hire a nanny, step by step →
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Questions people ask
On Sevetu's published ranges, ₹6,000 to ₹14,000 a month for a part-time babysitter and ₹15,000 to ₹28,000 for a full-time or live-in nanny. Bengaluru runs higher.
A fixed daily window, such as after school, is part-time: ₹6,000 to ₹14,000 a month on Sevetu's published range, depending on hours and the child's age.
₹15,000 to ₹28,000 a month on the published range, plus a room and meals. Agree rest hours and a full weekly off.
No. A japa maid cares for a newborn and the mother in the first weeks after delivery. A nanny looks after a child over months and years.
Sources
- Sevetu, Hire a nanny, cost section, read 12 November 2026: part-time babysitter ₹6,000 to ₹14,000 a month; full-time or live-in nanny ₹15,000 to ₹28,000. sevetu.com/hire-a-nanny/
- Sevetu, Bangalore pay guide, read 12 November 2026: part-time babysitter ₹8,000 to ₹15,000; full-time or live-in nanny ₹15,000 to ₹30,000. sevetu.com/bangalore/cost/
- Sevetu, What is a japa maid?, read 12 November 2026: ₹18,000 to ₹25,000 a month for a day japa; ₹25,000 to ₹35,000 or more live-in. sevetu.com
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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
