Apply Online

1. To Download or View Birth Certificate, the applicant has to make an online process through the following link
2. The applicant has to click the “Certificate search”.
3. Select the district, local body and click the “Submit” button.
4. And select the year of the applicant's birth.
5. Enter the complete details and click the “Search” button.
6. Now the birth certificate details are presented on the page.
7. The applicant can check and view the certificate.
8. Also, the applicant can download the birth certificate by clicking the “Print” button.
9. To Download or View the Birth Certificate, the fee is free of cost.
10. The processing time for this procedure is within a minute.

Apply through CSC

1. To Download or View Birth Certificate, the applicant has to approach the nearest CSC link

   NOTE: To check the contact details of CSC centre, please select the District and Block.

2. The applicant has to visit the nearest centre.
3. The applicant has to inform all the details to the respective officer.
4. The officer will enter the details in the portal with the given details.
5. The applicant will get the downloaded certificate from the officer.
6. To Download or View the Birth Certificate, the fee is free of cost.
7. The processing time for this procedure is within a minute.

• A letter or receipt which has the application reference number or an acknowledgment number.

Local Self-Government Department - Government Of Kerala
Panchayath Director
(Chief Registrar General of Common Marriage,
Registrar General of Hindu Marriage)
email id: directorofpanchayat@gmail.com
Ph: 0471-2323286
Chief Registrar
(Birth and Death)
Email - crbdkerala@gmail.com
Ph: 0471-2321280
Contact link

Common Service Centre (CSC)
Kerala.
Contact details: link

• Any Indian citizen who intends to Download or View Birth Certificate is eligible to make this application.

• To Download or View the Birth Certificate, the fee is free of cost.

Explain the time until which the certificate/document is valid.
e.g. Birth Certificate Valid Forever

Please attach documents that can be used by people. e.g. links

Please attach sample completed documents that would help other people.

• The processing time for this procedure is within a minute.

Videos explaining the procedure or to fill the applications.
Attach videos using the following tag <&video type='website'>video ID|width|height<&/video&> from external websites.
Please remove the '&' inside the tags during implementation.
Website = allocine, blip, dailymotion, facebook, gametrailers, googlevideo, html5, metacafe, myspace, revver,
sevenload, viddler, vimeo, youku, youtube
width = 560, height = 340, Video ID = Can be obtained from the URL of webpage where the video is displayed.
e.g In the following url 'http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0US7oR_t3M' Video ID is 'Y0US7oR_t3M'.

• Applicants must complete the application form before submitting it. Incomplete applications will not be accepted.
• Applicants must provide genuine information while applying for this procedure.

• Name
• RCHID number
• Mother’s name
• Father’s name
• Date of Birth
• Gender
• Mobile number
• Hospital of Birth

• A birth certificate in India is a permanent and official record of a child's existence. A child who is not registered at birth is in danger of being denied the official identity, a recognized name, and nationality.

• It becomes necessary to obtain a Birth Certificate because it serves to establish the date and fact of one's birth for a whole range of purposes, like acquiring the right to vote, admission to schools and to the Government Service, claiming the right to marry at the legally permissible age, settlement of inheritance and property rights, and obtaining Government-issued identity documents like a driving license or passport.

• A birth Certificate is a proof of Identity.

Place some external links which might help.

• A Birth Certificate is the most important identity document that makes it possible for anyone in possession of it to benefit from a gamut of services offered by the Indian Government to its citizens.