Hire verified home help in Kolkata
Maids, cooks, nannies and drivers across Kolkata: ID-verified profiles, safe in-app chat and a digital work agreement. You agree the wage directly, and Sevetu never takes a commission.
Hiring home help in Kolkata
Kolkata still runs largely on introductions: a helper who already works in your building vouching for a cousin. That works until you are new to the city or the para, and then you are hiring a stranger on someone else's word with nothing written down.
In Kolkata the everyday phrase is kajer lok, Bengali for "the person who does the work": in English, a house help or maid. Sevetu gives you the three things word of mouth cannot: an identity-verified profile, a conversation before you commit, and the terms written down so nobody is arguing about them in month three.
How to hire, in four honest steps
Post your job
Share the role, your locality in Kolkata, timings and budget. 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 to get a police verification in Kolkata
Sevetu runs an identity (KYC) check against Aadhaar or government ID. That confirms a person is who they say they are. It is not a police or criminal-background check, and we will never describe it as one. What we do and do not check →
If you want a police check as well (and for live-in roles, childcare and drivers it is worth it), you arrange it yourself, and in Kolkata there is an official route. Kolkata Police handles it through the Domestic Help profile form, through the Bondhu citizen portal and app. Kolkata Police publishes a Domestic Help Profile Form and also collects the same details through the Bondhu Kolkata Police citizen app. Kolkata Police official portal →
Government processes change. Check the official Kolkata Police site for the current form, fee and documents before you apply. Sevetu is not affiliated with any police department. Hiring in another city? Every city's official route, in one guide →
Home help in Kolkata, by neighbourhood
Each Kolkata area has its own page with the roles households there hire most, and the areas next to it. Posting your exact area rather than just "Kolkata" gets you fewer applicants but far more who can realistically make the commute every day.
Salt Lake · New Town · Ballygunge · Behala · Jadavpur · Garia · Tollygunge · Alipore · Dum Dum · Lake Gardens · Baguiati · Park Street
Households also post from Howrah, Barasat and more.
Where Sevetu is in Kolkata right now
Sevetu is newest in Kolkata. We started in Bengaluru and are opening city by city. Posting a job is free and takes about two minutes, and verified helpers in your area apply to it. If nobody suitable applies, you have lost nothing but the two minutes. We would rather tell you that than pretend to a roster we do not yet have.
Why hire through Sevetu
ID-verified profiles
Every profile can carry a Verified badge from an identity (KYC) check against Aadhaar or a government ID, so you know who you are letting into your home. (It is an identity check, not a police background check.) How verification works →
Safe, in-app chat
Talk before you decide. Your phone number stays private and every conversation stays on record.
No commission, agreed in writing
You pay the worker directly. Sevetu never takes a cut. Salary, hours, weekly off, leave and notice are documented in a digital work agreement both sides accept.
Looking for work in Kolkata?
Joining and applying is free for workers, with no commission, and you apply directly to families. Find household jobs in Kolkata →
Frequently asked questions
Maids and house help, cooks, nannies and babysitters, japa maids for newborn care, elder-care attendants and drivers. You post what you need with your locality and verified helpers in your part of Kolkata apply.
You post a job free, review ID-verified applicants, chat inside the app without sharing your phone number, and record what you agreed in a digital work agreement. You pay the helper directly. Sevetu takes no commission from either side.
No. Sevetu runs an identity (KYC) check against Aadhaar or a government ID. That confirms who someone is, and nothing more. For a police check, Kolkata Police runs the Domestic Help profile form, through the Bondhu citizen portal and app, which you arrange yourself.
No. Posting a job and hiring is free, and will stay free, with no commission on either side. You pay only the salary you agree, directly to the person doing the work.
All of it: Salt Lake, New Town, Ballygunge, Behala, Jadavpur, Garia, Tollygunge, Alipore and beyond. Post your exact locality rather than just "Kolkata": you will get fewer applicants but far more who can realistically commute to you every day.
Most speak some combination of Bengali, Hindi and English. Applicants list their languages, so you can pick someone you can actually give instructions to.
Yes. That is the other half of it. Joining and applying is free for workers, with no commission, and they apply directly to families. See household jobs in Kolkata.
We do not publish a rate card. Pay for domestic work is set neighbourhood by neighbourhood rather than city-wide, so a figure we invented would only mislead you. Work it out from the hours and the tasks, and agree it directly.
Verified home help, from your phone
Sevetu is live on the App Store and Google Play. Download the app and post your Kolkata job from your phone.
Read before you hire
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