Tuition fees in India: what tutors actually charge

What private tutors on TuitionsInIndia ask per hour, measured from 906 active tutor profiles. Every row shows how many tutors it's based on. Edition: November 2026.

Summary, November 2026

Across 906 active tutors, the median asking rate for one-to-one tuition is ₹500 an hour, and half ask between ₹300–₹500.

Board matters: IGCSE (₹400–₹700) and IB (₹300–₹700) tutors sit at the top of the range.
Class matters most at the top: Classes 11–12 run ₹300–₹600 an hour, against ₹300–₹500 for Classes 6–8.
Experience pays after 10 years: median ₹500 an hour.
Online-only tutors: median ₹450 (₹300–₹500). Tutors who travel to the student: median ₹500 (₹300–₹600).
Mumbai tutors ask more than Delhi NCR tutors on our platform: median ₹500 against ₹499.
25% of tutors ask exactly ₹500 an hour. Treat it as a common asking price and a starting point for negotiation, not a fixed market rate.

Source: TuitionsInIndia (2026). Tuition fees in India, November 2026. tuitionsinindia.com/tuition-fees

"Middle half" is the 25th to 75th percentile: half of tutors ask within this range. A tutor who teaches several classes, boards, subjects or cities counts in each. Rows with fewer than 20 tutors aren't published.

By class

	Median /hour	Middle half	Tutors (n)
Class 1–5	₹400	₹300–₹500	578
Class 6–8	₹400	₹300–₹500	602
Class 9–10	₹480	₹300–₹500	477
Class 11–12	₹500	₹300–₹600	274

By board

	Median /hour	Middle half	Tutors (n)
CBSE	₹500	₹300–₹500	678
State boards	₹480	₹300–₹500	587
ICSE / ISC	₹500	₹300–₹600	352
IGCSE	₹500	₹400–₹700	129
IB	₹500	₹300–₹700	114

By subject

	Median /hour	Middle half	Tutors (n)
Maths	₹478	₹300–₹500	505
Science	₹400	₹300–₹500	469
English	₹400	₹300–₹500	464
Hindi	₹400	₹283–₹500	274
Physics	₹500	₹300–₹600	195
Chemistry	₹440	₹300–₹500	177
Biology	₹400	₹250–₹500	94
Social Studies	₹400	₹299–₹500	80
Spoken English	₹500	₹250–₹600	76
Python	₹499	₹347–₹600	41
Economics	₹450	₹200–₹600	32
Computer Science	₹325	₹250–₹500	26
Marathi	₹400	₹250–₹500	24
Accountancy	₹400	₹200–₹500	20

Online vs in person

	Median /hour	Middle half	Tutors (n)
Teaches online (any)	₹499	₹300–₹500	854
Online only	₹450	₹300–₹500	609
Travels to the student's home	₹500	₹300–₹600	189
Student comes to the tutor's home	₹500	₹300–₹600	195

By city

	Median /hour	Middle half	Tutors (n)
Mumbai	₹500	₹350–₹700	177
Delhi NCR	₹499	₹300–₹500	75
Hyderabad	₹325	₹200–₹500	30
Navi Mumbai	₹500	₹300–₹1,000	28
Thane	₹500	₹400–₹700	24
Bengaluru	₹350	₹300–₹500	23
Kolkata	₹350	₹300–₹400	23

Chennai (17), Pune (9) have too few tutors to publish yet. For Mumbai localities, see the Mumbai fee page.

By experience

	Median /hour	Middle half	Tutors (n)
1–2 years	₹400	₹250–₹500	181
3–5 years	₹500	₹300–₹600	111
6–10 years	₹500	₹300–₹600	55
10+ years	₹500	₹480–₹800	74

484 tutors don't state their experience.

What families offer (Mumbai region)

	Median /hour	Middle half	Requirements (n)
Families' stated budget, Mumbai region	₹400	₹300–₹800	122

Hourly budgets families stated when posting a requirement, June 2026 to October 2026. Outside Mumbai we don't yet have enough to publish.

How we measure

What: the hourly rate each tutor sets on their TuitionsInIndia profile, their asking price, and, for Mumbai, the hourly budget families state when posting a requirement. Not what was finally paid.
Who: active tutor profiles (not institutes, test or suspended accounts) with a rate between ₹50 and ₹20,000 an hour. We leave out 22 profiles created while our signup form pre-filled ₹500 (10 April to 16 June 2026) that still show exactly ₹500, because we can't tell them apart from the default.
Statistics: medians and 25th/75th percentiles, never averages, so one very high rate can't move a table.
Limits: these are tutors on one platform, weighted towards the Mumbai region and online teaching, and they're asking prices, not completed payments.
Updated: a new edition every month; this one is November 2026.

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Suggested citation: TuitionsInIndia (2026). Tuition fees in India, November 2026. tuitionsinindia.com/tuition-fees

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Common questions

How much does a tutor cost in India?

Among 906 tutors on TuitionsInIndia in November 2026, the median asking rate is ₹500 an hour, and half ask between ₹300–₹500. Tutors who travel to the student's home mostly ask ₹300–₹600.

Is online tuition cheaper than home tuition?

At the median: online-only ₹450, tutors who travel ₹500 an hour. The middle half is ₹300–₹500 online-only and ₹300–₹600 for tutors who travel.

How much do IB and IGCSE tutors charge?

IGCSE tutors: median ₹500, mostly ₹400–₹700 an hour. IB tutors: median ₹500, mostly ₹300–₹700.

How much does tuition cost in Mumbai vs Delhi?

Mumbai tutors on our platform: median ₹500 an hour (₹350–₹700). Delhi NCR: median ₹499 (₹300–₹500).

How often is this updated?

A new edition is published every month. Within a month the numbers don't change, so a figure you quote stays on this page.

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