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Hiring a nanny for your home in India
Trusting someone with your child is the hardest hire a family makes, which is exactly why verification matters more here than anywhere else. Families across India hire nannies for infants and toddlers, babysitters for after-school hours, and japa maids for the weeks right after a delivery.
On Sevetu you review ID-verified profiles yourself, interview over safe in-app chat, and agree terms directly. No agency stands between you and the person who will be with your child.
What can your nanny help with?
How to hire, in four honest steps
Post your nanny job
Share the role, timings and budget you have in mind. It takes about two minutes.
Review verified applicants
Compare experience, skills and ID verification at a glance — you always know who you are talking to.
Chat & agree on terms
Settle salary, hours, weekly off and duties over secure in-app chat. You decide the terms.
Sign a digital agreement
What you both agreed is recorded in a simple digital work agreement — clear for both sides.
How much does a nanny cost?
Childcare pay depends on the child's age, the hours, and whether you need specialist newborn care. Infant care is paid above toddler care almost everywhere in India.
Part-time babysitter
₹6,000 – ₹14,000 / month
After-school or a few hours a day for a toddler.
Full-time / live-in nanny
₹15,000 – ₹28,000 / month
Full-day or live-in care, usually for infants.
Japa maid (post-natal)
₹18,000 – ₹35,000 / month
Newborn and mother care for the first 40–90 days.
These are typical market ranges, not Sevetu's prices. You agree the wage directly with the worker and it is recorded in your digital work agreement — Sevetu never takes a commission or cut of the salary. Posting a job and reviewing verified applicants is always free. For city-level detail see the Bangalore salary guide.
What to check before you hire a nanny
Ask about ages, specifically
Caring for a six-month-old and a six-year-old are different jobs. Ask how many children of your child's age she has looked after.
Check the language at home
Your child will pick up whatever language the nanny speaks. Worth deciding deliberately rather than by accident.
Agree what happens when your child is ill
Sick days, medicine, and when to call you. Settle it before it happens, not during.
Meet before you commit
A profile and a chat get you most of the way, but meet in person before the start date. Trust your own read of the person as well as the badge.
Understand what Verified means
The Verified badge comes from a government-ID (KYC) check. It confirms identity — it is not a police or criminal background check. Do your own diligence too.
Write the duties down
Most arrangements go wrong over duties nobody agreed. List exactly what is included before the first day and record it in the work agreement.
Sevetu vs an agency, a broker or a WhatsApp group
Most families in India find nannies one of four ways. They are not equivalent, and the differences show up in what you pay and what happens when something goes wrong.
| Route | What it costs you | Who you actually talk to | Is it verified? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sevetu | Nothing. You pay only the salary, direct to the nanny | The nanny themselves, in app chat | ID/KYC check with a Verified badge |
| Placement agency | Typically one month's salary as a placement fee, often repeated on replacement | An agent. You usually meet the nanny on day one | Varies. Often claimed, rarely evidenced |
| Local broker / dalal | A cut of the salary, sometimes every month, sometimes from both sides | The broker, who controls the relationship | No |
| WhatsApp group / classifieds | Free | Whoever answers. Often a broker posing as the worker | No. No identity check at all |
The honest trade-off: an agency does the shortlisting for you and will usually send a replacement. On Sevetu you review profiles and interview yourself, which takes an hour or two — and in exchange nobody takes a cut, from you or from the nanny.
Why hire through Sevetu
ID-verified profiles
Every profile can carry a Verified badge from an identity (KYC) check, so you know who you are letting into your home.
Safe, in-app chat
Talk before you decide. Your phone number stays private and every conversation stays on record.
A written agreement
Salary, hours, weekly off, leave and notice period — documented in a digital work agreement both sides accept.
How to find a nanny near me
Closeness works differently in childcare. A mopping session can slide by twenty minutes; a school pick-up cannot. If the gate opens at 3.15 and your nanny is two bus changes away, one bad traffic day leaves your child waiting alone. The reverse matters more. When a fever starts at eleven in the morning and you are in an office across the city, the only person who can help is someone who can reach your door in fifteen minutes. Indian families used to get that cover from a grandparent living nearby, and a nanny who lives close is the nearest substitute: she can come early, stay late or step in on a Sunday, because it costs her a walk and not an hour each way.
A long commute is also the quietest reason good nannies leave. She has her own home to get back to, and the journey gets harder in the rain and after dark. Turnover costs you a hiring round and costs a small child much more, so a sustainable journey is a childcare decision, not a logistics one. Pay is local as well: research on domestic work in Bengaluru found households pegging wages to the running rate in their own neighbourhood rather than to any city-wide figure.
Post your nanny job on Sevetu with your area, review the profiles that come in, and settle the travel question in chat before you meet.
Frequently asked questions
There is no fee to compare. A placement agency typically charges one month's salary as a placement fee, and a local broker often takes a cut every month. Sevetu charges neither the household nor the worker anything — you pay only the agreed salary, directly. What you give up is the agency doing the shortlisting for you.
Yes. Post your job with your city and area and verified nannies and babysitters near you can apply. You review ID-checked profiles and hire directly, with no agent commission.
Posting a job and reviewing applicants is free. You agree the wage directly with the nanny you hire — Sevetu does not take a cut — and it is recorded in your digital work agreement. Pay varies with your city, the hours and the level of care.
Nannies can be ID-verified and carry a clear Verified badge from an identity (KYC) check, and you can review experience and profile completeness before you chat. Because childcare matters most, please also meet, ask questions and use your own judgement — the badge is an identity check, not a background check.
Yes. You choose the timings when you post the job — after-school hours, full-time, or live-in — and nannies who match apply.
You review verified profiles and talk in-app before you decide, so your number stays private and the chat stays on record, and everything you agree is documented in a digital work agreement.
If she lives nearby, ask which other homes she works in around you and at what hours. The clash that breaks school runs is a second pick-up at the same time. Ask too whether she can reach you in an emergency. If she travels in, ask for the route door to door, what happens in heavy rain or a bus strike, and what time she has to leave to get home safely. That last time, not the hour in the agreement, is the real end of your day.
Not automatically. The Verified badge comes from a government ID (KYC) check, which confirms identity and is not a police or criminal background check, and living nearby is not a character reference either. What proximity gives you is diligence you can actually do: references in your own area that you can follow up on, and a first meeting that is easy to arrange in person before the start date.
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