Marriage Biodata Maker

What a marriage biodata is

A marriage biodata is the single page a family circulates when they begin looking for a match. It carries the person’s birth details, education, work, and family, and it is read alongside a photograph and, in most Hindu families, a horoscope.

The format is conventional rather than fixed. No authority publishes a specification, but the conventions are strong enough that a document which departs from them reads as incomplete. The section order below is the one families expect.

What belongs on it

Four blocks, in this order: personal details, education and career, family, and contact. Personal details carry the most weight because they include the three birth facts a horoscope needs: the date, the exact time, and the place.

Time of birth is the field people most often leave out, and it is the one most often asked for. A horoscope cannot be cast without it. If the birth record gives it to the minute, use the minute.

Income is conventional on Indian biodatas. Plenty of people leave it off deliberately, which is a reasonable choice, but it will be noticed and it will usually be asked about.

Before you send it

A biodata travels further than the person who wrote it expects. Families forward it to other families, intermediaries pass it on, and copies end up in group chats. Treat the contact block as the part strangers will read, and consider giving a parent’s number rather than your own.

Aim for one page. Two is fine when the family block genuinely needs the room, though readers rarely reach the end of anything longer.

Questions people ask

What is a marriage biodata?

It is a one-page summary of a prospective bride or groom, covering birth details, education, occupation and family. Indian families exchange it early in an arranged match, usually together with a photograph and a horoscope.

What should a marriage biodata include?

Name, date, time and place of birth, height, rashi and nakshatra, gotra, religion and community, highest qualification, occupation and income, parents and their occupations, siblings, native place, and a contact address.

How long should a marriage biodata be?

One page. Two only when the family section genuinely needs the room. Longer documents tend not to be read all the way through.

Do I have to give my time of birth?

If the family expects horoscope matching, yes. A horoscope needs the date, the exact time and the place of birth, and a biodata missing the time is commonly sent back with a request for it.

Should I put my income on a marriage biodata?

It is conventional in India, usually as an annual figure or a band. Leaving it out is a legitimate choice, but expect it to be asked about directly instead.

Is it safe to share a marriage biodata?

Assume it will be forwarded well beyond the family you send it to. Give a contact number you are willing to have circulated, and think carefully before putting a full residential address on a document you cannot recall.

How is a biodata different from a resume?

A resume argues for a candidate against a job. A biodata introduces a person and a family to another family, so it leads with birth and family details a resume would never carry, and it sets them out plainly rather than making a case.

Does this biodata maker cost anything?

No. It needs no account and no payment, and it does not watermark the result. What you type stays in your own browser, and ShaadiNews never receives it.