Correction in Birth Certificate

The Government have issued instructions to liberalise the procedure of correction of name in Birth Certificates.  It is reported that hundreds of complaints received regarding correction in the Birth Certificate. So Government have issued circular about the procedures to be followed:

1. If parents have entered wrong name in the birth certificates (like pet names etc., spelling mistakes etc), the name can be corrected as per the name entered in the Admission Register of the concerned school. For this the parents (Joint affidavit by Father and Mother) (in case of minors)/person have to submit an affidavit stating the reasons why the wrong name entered in the Birth Register and to remit Rs.50/- as compounding fee. The name is only corrected as same in the SCHOOL CERTIFICATE and not as entered in any other documents (like PASSPORT, DRIVING LICENCE ETC). To get a copy of the circular please click here. 

Like wise you can expand the initials of your name also. The procedure is same. To get a copy of the circular please click here.

For correcting the Birth Certificate you should approach the Local Birth Registrar of the concerned Local Self Government Institutions i.e. Secretaries of Grama Panchayats and Registrars of Municipalities and Corporations with the affidavit, the original birth certificate issued earlier and affidavit. You have to remit Rs.50/- as compounding fee. After correction you have to apply for a new certificate. 

Online Birth and Death Certificates introduced in Kerala

The Kerala Government have issued Order to legalise the online Birth and Death Certificates downloaded from the site of Local Self Government Department. The order can be downloaded from here.

The Birth, Death and Marriage Certificates of Panchayats, Corporation and Municipalities are available in the website www.cr.lsgkerala.gov.in


From the website first you have to chose, the District and type of LSGI and then concerned Panchayat/Municipality/Corporation.

For downloading the Birth Certificate, you should know the Date of Birth, Sex of Child and name of Mother. There are Mandatory.

For downloading Death Certificate, name of the deceased, date of death and sex of the deceased are mandatory.

Now this certificate with bar code (without signature) will accept for all Government Purposes.