Apply Online:

1. To Download or View Birth Certificate, the applicant has to make an online process through the following Link
2. In the home page, click on the "Citizen services" menu.
3. Select the birth option from the service list.
4. Now select "Download certificate" option.
5. Enter the certificate or acknowledgement number and click the “Submit” 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 “Download” 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.

Common Service Centre (CSC)
West Bengal.
Contact details: link

Health & Family Welfare Department, Government of West Bengal
Government of West Bengal
Swasthya Bhawan
GN-29, Sector-V, Salt Lake, Kolkata - 700 091
Swasthya Bhawan: 91-33-2357-6000 / + 91-33-2333-0100
Central Fax: 2357-5175
Contact IT Cell: itcell.hfwdwb@gmail.com
Contact Link

Department of Panchayats & Rural Development
Government Of West Bengal
Joint Administrative Building,
(6th to 10th Floors)
Block: HC, Plot No.7
Sector-III, Salt Lake City
Kolkata – 700106
Telephone No: 033-2334 0047/58 033-2334 5542
Contact Link

West Bengal Municipal Service Commission
149, ACHARYA JAGADISH CHANDRA BOSE ROAD
KOLKATA - 700 014
ENQUIRY NO. - 033 2265 7920
Contact 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

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• 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.

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• 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.