Seva Mandir has 288 full time staff members and 1154 paraworkers, 15 Consultants, 37 Project based staff. In 288 full time workers, 58 are professionals who are engaged in the task of implementing its various developmental works. The full time workers are on the organisation's payrolls and draw a fixed salary. They are stationed at various levels of the organisation at the Unit, block or zone level. Paraworkers are the village people working in their own villages who not only provide leadership to the village group but also embody knowledge of various sectors like forestry, health, women's issues and education. Seva Mandir gives them a small stipend to compensate them for their time and efforts.

Over the years not only the paraworkers skills have been honed but they have also emerged as strong leaders in their villages. Many of the paraworkers have also got elected into the Panchayati Raj Institutions. In contrast to leaders who derive their power from access to sources of State patronage or economic clout, these people derive their power from having a social base among the disadvantaged groups in their communities.