How to Make a Marriage Biodata, Step by Step

Get these together before you start typing; hunting for them mid-way is what makes a biodata take an evening.

• ☐ Exact date, time and place of birth (from the birth certificate or family record)
• ☐ Height in feet and inches
• ☐ Highest degree, college and year
• ☐ Current job title, employer and city, and income if you will share it
• ☐ Parents’ full names and occupations
• ☐ Brothers and sisters, with whether they are married
• ☐ Native place, and for some families the mama’s name
• ☐ Rashi, nakshatra, gotra and manglik status, if your family uses them
• ☐ One recent, clear photo
• ☐ The name and mobile number of the person families should call

Start with the five standard sections: personal, horoscope, education and work, family, contact. Then remove what doesn’t apply. A family that doesn’t match kundlis can drop the horoscope section entirely. Complexion, caste and blood group are optional; include them only if your community expects them.

• Name: full name as the family uses it, such as “Ananya Ramesh Sharma”.
• Dates: one format throughout, such as “14 August 1997”.
• Education: degree and institution, not every school you attended.
• Work: role, employer and city in one line.
• Family: parent, occupation, one line each. Add “retired” where it applies.
• Expectations: one or two sentences about the partner you hope for. Specific beats generic.

For what to emphasise, see the biodata format for boy and the biodata format for girl.

Start your biodata

Pick a design the people receiving it will be comfortable with. Traditional borders and a blessing line suit most Hindu families; Muslim families often prefer green and gold; professionals and inter-community matches often choose a clean modern page. Compare all templates.

Recent, well-lit, face clearly visible, plain background, from the chest up. Avoid group photos, sunglasses and heavy filters.

• ☐ Name spelled as it appears on documents
• ☐ Date and time of birth match the birth record
• ☐ Mobile number works and someone will answer it
• ☐ Income and job title are current
• ☐ The whole biodata fits on one page

A wrong birth time can lead to a wrong kundli match, so check that line twice.

Send the PDF on WhatsApp as a Document, not as a photo, so it stays sharp. Keep a few printed copies for relatives who prefer paper. When your job or details change, update the biodata before you send it again.

More on this in the biodata format in PDF guide.

The same steps work in Hindi and Marathi. Hindu families can see each horoscope field explained in the Hindu marriage biodata format; Muslim families can start from the Muslim marriage biodata format.