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Short answer
The easiest part-time work near home is cleaning, cooking or babysitting for families in your area. One home pays ₹2,500 to ₹14,000 a month depending on the work and hours, on Sevetu's published ranges123. Take two or three homes at times that suit you. Never pay a fee to get the work.
Which work fits your day?
Cleaning
Sweeping, mopping, dishes, sometimes laundry. Early morning or afternoon, an hour or two a home. The easiest to start.
Cooking
One meal, or breakfast and tiffin. The food you cook well is what families look for, and it pays more than cleaning for the same time.
Babysitting
Two to four hours after school. Families want patience and trust. Good pay for the hours.
How to start, free
- Make a profile: your area, the work you want, the hours you're free, your experience.
- Verify your ID once with Aadhaar. Families see a Verified badge, not your Aadhaar number.
- Apply to work near you, reading the salary and timing the family has written.
- Do a paid trial day. A trial is work; it's paid.
- Agree in writing: pay and pay date, the task list, hours, weekly off.
Staying safe in a new home
- Tell someone the address and time before your first visit.
- Keep your phone charged.
- Keep your original documents with you. Give a masked copy if asked.
Our take: trust should run both ways. On Sevetu, households can be ID verified too, and job cards show "Verified home". Check before you walk into a stranger's house. Safety on your first day →
Never pay to get work
If anyone asks for a registration fee, deposit or uniform charge, stop. Job apps that ask for money, and free ones →
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Questions people ask
Cleaning, cooking and babysitting for families nearby, in one or several homes, at times that suit you.
On Sevetu's published range, ₹2,500 to ₹8,000 a month per house, depending on the tasks and hours.
No. On Sevetu, joining and applying are free. If anyone asks for a fee or deposit, don't pay.
Take simple steps: tell someone where you're going, keep your phone charged, keep your originals, and check whether the household is verified.
Sources
- Sevetu, Hire a maid, cost section, read 12 November 2026: part-time maid ₹2,500 to ₹8,000 a month. sevetu.com/hire-a-house-help/
- Sevetu, Hire a cook, cost section, read 12 November 2026: part-time cook ₹3,000 to ₹8,000 a month. sevetu.com/hire-a-cook/
- Sevetu, Hire a babysitter, read 12 November 2026: part-time babysitter ₹6,000 to ₹14,000 a month. sevetu.com/hire-a-babysitter/
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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
