Name Change Cost in Jharkhand
The pages that rank for this keyword quote seven different Gazette fees, send the money to Mumbai, Bhopal or a "Controller of Publications, Jharkhand" who does not exist, and headline a Rs 999 price that cannot contain the Rs 1,100 Government fee. This page is the bill as it actually falls: each line, who is paid, whether it is fixed or at actual cost, the total for an adult change, a minor, a public notice and a marriage case, the lines that are zero, and the hidden costs a returned file adds.
A name change in Jharkhand costs, in Government fees, commonly Rs 1,100 for an adult, Rs 1,700 for a minor and Rs 1,350 for a public notice of a wrongly written name, paid only on bharatkosh.gov.in to the Department of Publication in Delhi, revised each financial year and non-refundable. Around that sit third-party costs at actual rates: stamp paper and notary Rs 100 to Rs 500, one Hindi and one English newspaper notice Rs 800 to Rs 4,000 together, and after publication Aadhaar Rs 50 to Rs 75 per attempt and PAN Rs 72 or Rs 107. Downloading the published Gazette is free. A self-done adult file therefore lands at about Rs 2,500 to Rs 6,000 if nothing comes back. Our service charge is quoted per case and always shown as a separate line. The Jharkhand Gazette has no fee because it has no personal name change route.
Ask Google the name change cost in Jharkhand and you get a spread from Rs 200 to Rs 3,200 for the same Gazette fee, depending on which copied page you open. One says Rs 200 to Rs 500 for a "State Gazette" that does not publish personal notices. One says post the demand draft to Mumbai. One lists a Bhopal office. One prints a "Controller of Publications, Jharkhand". Three headline "starting at Rs 999". None of them separates the Government fee, which is fixed and public, from the third-party costs, which vary by district and paper, from the service charge, which is whatever the provider wants.
This page keeps the three apart. The Government line comes from the Department of Publication's own schedule, with the caveat that it is revised each financial year. The third-party lines are what notaries and newspapers in Jharkhand were charging at review, and they are always passed on at actual cost with receipts. The service line is ours, quoted per case, and never mixed into the other two. The stages these costs attach to are on the name change process page.
At a glance
- Gazette fee, adult change
- Commonly Rs 1,100, on BharatKosh, revised each financial year, non-refundable
- Gazette fee, minor
- Commonly Rs 1,700
- Gazette fee, public notice of a wrongly written name
- Commonly Rs 1,350 (Rs 1,100 plus Rs 250 with an undertaking); Rs 250 per alias
- Applicants abroad
- A higher rate, revised from time to time; confirmed before filing, no number here
- Stamp paper and notary
- Rs 100 to Rs 500, at actual cost
- Two newspapers
- Rs 800 to Rs 4,000 together, at actual cost
- Download
- Rs 0, from egazette.gov.in
- Aadhaar, PAN afterwards
- Rs 50 to Rs 75 per attempt; Rs 72 or Rs 107
- Self-done total, adult
- About Rs 2,500 to Rs 6,000 if nothing comes back
- Our charge
- Quoted per case, always a separate line from the Government fee
Key takeaways
- There is one Government fee, it is paid on BharatKosh in your name, and nobody in Jharkhand collects it. Everything else is a third party or a service charge.
- The fee is revised each financial year and is non-refundable. A returned file costs it again plus about six weeks; that is the real hidden cost.
- A price below the Government fee cannot include the Government fee. "Rs 999" is a service charge with the fee added later, or it is not a Gazette of India notice.
- A third of enquiries cost nothing, because a marriage certificate, a decree or a matching document does the job with no gazette.
- The newspapers are the widest variable: the English daily's Jharkhand edition costs more than the Hindi daily, and a national package is money wasted.
- Downloading the Gazette is free. Anyone charging for a "certified copy" is charging for a public record.
Name Change Cost in Jharkhand: The Full Bill, Line by Line
Three kinds of line: fixed Government, third party at actual cost, and service. They are never one number.
| Line | Type | Typical amount | Paid to |
|---|---|---|---|
| Route check and wording | Service, free | Rs 0 | Nobody |
| Non-judicial stamp paper | Third party | Low denomination, set by the state | Licensed stamp vendor |
| Notary attestation | Third party | Rs 100 to Rs 300 | Notary at your court complex |
| Hindi daily notice, Jharkhand edition | Third party | Rs 400 to Rs 900 | The newspaper or an accredited agency |
| English daily notice, Jharkhand edition | Third party | Rs 700 to Rs 2,000 | The newspaper or an accredited agency |
| CD, printing, photographs, copies | Third party | Rs 50 to Rs 200 | Stationer, photo studio |
| Gazette of India fee | Government, fixed | Commonly Rs 1,100 adult; Rs 1,700 minor; Rs 1,350 public notice | Department of Publication, on bharatkosh.gov.in, in your name |
| Postage or delivery to Civil Lines, Delhi 110054 | Third party | Rs 100 to Rs 300 by tracked post, or included in our charge | India Post or courier |
| Gazette download | Government, free | Rs 0 | Nobody |
| Aadhaar name update | Government | Rs 50 to Rs 75 per attempt | UIDAI, at the Seva Kendra or online |
| PAN correction | Government | Rs 72 or Rs 107 | Protean or UTIITSL |
| Passport re-issue | Government | Passport Seva fee for the booklet type | Passport Seva |
| Voter ID, Form 8 | Government | Rs 0 | Election Commission |
| Driving licence correction | Government | Sarathi fee, small | Transport Department |
| Our charge | Service | Quoted per case | Jharkhandnamechange.com, as a separate line |
The Gazette Name Change Fee Schedule for Jharkhand Residents
One schedule for the whole country, because the only office is in Delhi. Always with the caveat: revised each financial year, confirm on the day, non-refundable.
| Case | Fee commonly applied | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Adult change of name | Rs 1,100 | The standard "hitherto known as" notice. |
| Minor | Rs 1,700 | Parent or guardian applies on the specimen form for a minor. |
| Public notice of a wrongly written name | Rs 1,350 | Rs 1,100 plus Rs 250 with an undertaking. Some providers quote Rs 1,400; the difference is an extra Rs 250 line item on some proformas. We confirm the exact figure for your proforma on the day. |
| Alias name | Rs 250 per alias | Added to the base fee where "X alias Y" appears. |
| Government employee | Same as the adult fee, at the employee's own expense | The 1987 MHA memorandum adds a deed, not a different Gazette fee. A separate "Government employee rate" is not something we have seen in the Department's schedule; confirm on the day. |
| Applicant abroad | A higher rate | Revised from time to time. We state no number; we confirm it before you pay. |
| Corrigendum | Rs 0 if the Government press erred; the full fee again if the error came from your file | Sought within six months of publication. |
| Jharkhand Gazette | No fee | Because there is no route. It publishes Government notifications only. "Rs 200 to Rs 500 for the State Gazette" describes something that does not exist for Jharkhand. |
Third-Party Name Change Costs in Jharkhand: Notary and Newspapers
These vary by district and by paper. They are passed on at actual cost with receipts, and none of them is a fee we set.
Stamp paper and notary
Commonly Rs 100 to Rs 500 together at any district court complex in Jharkhand. The stamp denomination is set by the state and confirmed by the vendor on the day; it does not affect whether the Department accepts the affidavit. Detail on the affidavit page.
Two newspapers
Rs 400 to Rs 900 for a twenty-word classified in a Hindi daily's Jharkhand edition, Rs 700 to Rs 2,000 in an English daily's Jharkhand edition, so Rs 800 to Rs 4,000 for both. Bold text, borders and national all-edition packages add cost and add nothing to the file. Detail on the newspaper page.
Printing, CD, copies, postage
Rs 50 to Rs 200 for the proforma copies, photographs and a CD, and Rs 100 to Rs 300 if you post the file to Delhi yourself by tracked service. If we deliver it, delivery sits inside our charge.
Total Name Change Cost in Jharkhand by Case
Government fee plus third-party lines, before our charge, assuming nothing comes back.
| Case | Government fee | Third-party lines | Self-done total, roughly |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adult change of name | Rs 1,100 | Notary Rs 100 to 500; papers Rs 800 to 4,000; copies and post Rs 150 to 500 | Rs 2,200 to Rs 6,100 |
| Minor | Rs 1,700 | Same | Rs 2,800 to Rs 6,700 |
| Public notice, wrongly written name | Rs 1,350 | Same; the longer notice costs a little more per paper | Rs 2,500 to Rs 6,500 |
| Surname after marriage, usual case | Rs 0 | None. The marriage certificate does the work | Only the Aadhaar and PAN update fees, under Rs 200 |
| Reverting after divorce, usual case | Rs 0 | Certified copy of the decree, court fee | Under Rs 300 plus record update fees |
| Aadhaar correction in the six no-gazette categories | Rs 0 Gazette | None | Rs 50 to Rs 75, the Aadhaar update fee |
| Birth certificate correction | Rs 0 Gazette | Registrar's own fee under Section 15 of the RBD Act, 1969 | The Registrar's fee only; a gazette adds nothing |
| Government employee | Rs 1,100 | Same, plus the deed's stamp and attestation | Rs 2,400 to Rs 6,500, at the employee's expense |
Which of these payments happen on a portal is on the name change online page. Add the record update fees after publication, roughly Rs 150 to Rs 250 for Aadhaar and PAN together, plus the passport fee if you re-issue one. Add our charge as its own line if you use us.
Name Change Costs in Jharkhand That Are Zero
Anyone charging for these is charging for something the Government gives away.
Free from the Government
- Downloading the published notification from egazette.gov.in, forever, as many times as you like.
- Attestation of the Gazette PDF for use in India: none is needed.
- A corrigendum where the Government press made the error.
- Voter ID correction on Form 8.
- Reading the Department of Publication's guidelines and proforma on deptpub.gov.in.
Free from us
- The route check: whether you need a gazette at all.
- The answer that you do not, which about a third of callers hear.
- The two-line quote before you pay anything.
- The record update checklist that goes out with the PDF.
Record Update Costs After a Name Change in Jharkhand
| Record, in order | Fee | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Aadhaar | Rs 50 to Rs 75 per attempt | Not refunded on rejection; two name updates in a lifetime. |
| 2. PAN | Rs 72 or Rs 107 | By dispatch type. The number never changes. |
| 3. Bank | Rs 0 | Some banks charge for a new cheque book or card. |
| 4. Passport re-issue | Passport Seva fee by booklet type | A re-issue, not a correction; new number. |
| 5. Voter ID | Rs 0 | Form 8. |
| 5. Driving licence and RC | Small Sarathi and Vahan fees | Plus a new smart card where issued. |
| 6. EPFO, insurance | Rs 0 | Self-serve or through the employer. |
| 7. JAC, university | JAC's own correction fee; university fee for a linking letter | Through the school or college. |
| 8. Ration, caste, residence, land | Portal and mutation fees, small | Aahar Jharkhand, JharSewa, JharBhoomi. |
How the Jharkhandnamechange.com Charge Works
Two lines, always
Government fee on BharatKosh in your name, receipt shown. Our charge, quoted per case, as its own line. Third-party costs at actual rates with receipts. Nobody on this desk gives you one blended number.
Why per case, not a price list
A plain adult change and a minor with a custody order and a parent's name to correct are different amounts of work. A published price would be wrong for one of them. Call and you get a fixed quote for yours before you pay anything.
What the charge covers
The route check, wording for your written yes, affidavit drafting, both newspaper bookings and proof checks, the proforma, CD and request letter, the three acceptance checks, delivery in Delhi in your name, weekly tracking, the PDF and the update checklist.
If your case needs no gazette, the call is free and there is no charge. The full list of what each service includes is on the services page.
When Each Name Change Cost Is Paid in Jharkhand
Day 0: nothing
Route check and quote. If you do not need a gazette, this is the end and it cost Rs 0.
Day 1 to 7: notary and papers
Stamp paper and notary at the court complex; two newspaper notices at booking. Rs 900 to Rs 4,500 at actual cost.
Day 8: the Government fee
BharatKosh, in your name, before the file is delivered. Commonly Rs 1,100, Rs 1,700 or Rs 1,350. Non-refundable from this moment.
Day 55 onward: updates
Aadhaar, PAN and any passport fee, at each office, in order. The Gazette PDF itself is free.
Name Change Prices Quoted for Jharkhand That Do Not Add Up
| The quote | What it actually is |
|---|---|
| "Gazette name change starting at Rs 999" | A service charge. The Rs 1,100 Government fee, notary and newspapers are added later, or the notice is not the Gazette of India. |
| "State Gazette Rs 200 to Rs 500" | Jharkhand has no state route. The figure is copied from another state's page. |
| "Rs 523 to 550, fully online, 15 to 22 working days" | Maharashtra's state portal. Not Jharkhand. |
| "Government employee fee Rs 1,750; religion change Rs 3,200" | Not figures we have seen in the Department's schedule. Confirm on BharatKosh on the day rather than trust a table with no source. |
| "Demand draft in favour of the Controller of Publications, Jharkhand" | No such officer. Fee on BharatKosh only; the Controller sits in Civil Lines, Delhi 110054. |
| "Certified Gazette copy Rs 500" | The PDF is free on egazette.gov.in and needs no certification for use in India. |
| "Expedited publication for an extra fee" | Part IV is weekly. There is no expedite fee and no faster queue. |
| "All inclusive Rs 2,499, nothing more to pay" | Ask whether the BharatKosh receipt will be in your name and shown to you. If the answer is vague, the fee is not in it. |
Name Change Cost Terms Explained for Jharkhand
- Government fee
- The Department of Publication's charge for printing a notice in Part IV of the Gazette of India: commonly Rs 1,100 adult, Rs 1,700 minor, Rs 1,350 public notice. Fixed nationally, revised each financial year, non-refundable.
- BharatKosh
- The Non-Tax Receipt Portal at bharatkosh.gov.in, the only channel for the Government fee, paid in the applicant's own name with a printed receipt for the file.
- Non-refundable
- Once paid, the fee is not returned if the file comes back for correction. The second filing pays it again.
- Revised each financial year
- The Department may change its fees from 1 April. Any figure on any website, including this one, is what commonly applied at review; the amount on BharatKosh on the day governs.
- Third-party cost
- A charge by someone other than the Government or your service provider: stamp vendor, notary, newspapers, courier. Passed on at actual cost with receipts.
- Actual cost
- The amount on the third party's receipt, with nothing added. The opposite of a marked-up "package".
- Service charge
- What a consultancy charges for its own work, separate from the Government fee and third-party costs. Ours is quoted per case as its own line.
- Undertaking fee
- The extra Rs 250 that turns the base fee into the public notice fee for a wrongly written name, commonly Rs 1,350 in total.
- Alias fee
- Rs 250 added for each alias where the notice reads "X alias Y".
- Corrigendum
- A correction to a published notice, free if the press erred and the full fee again if the applicant did, sought within six months.
- Blended price
- A single number that mixes the Government fee, third-party costs and a service charge, so you cannot see what reached the Government. Always ask for the lines.
- Zero-gazette case
- A situation where a marriage certificate, a decree, an adoption order or a matching document does the job and no Gazette fee is payable at all: about a third of enquiries.
The Same Government Fee for All 24 Districts of Jharkhand
The Government line is identical everywhere. Only the notary and newspaper lines move a little by district.
Get a two-line quote for your case
Send one scan of an old-name ID and the new name. You get the route, the Government fee that applies, and our charge as a separate line, before you pay anything. Details on the contact page.
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Official Sources for Name Change Costs in Jharkhand
- Department of Publication, Government of IndiaCivil Lines, Delhi 110054. The change of name guidelines and the fee schedule this page follows.
- BharatKosh, the Non-Tax Receipt PortalThe only channel for the Government fee; the amount shown here on the day governs.
- The Gazette of India, e-Gazette portalFree download of the published notification; see that no fee is charged.
- Unique Identification Authority of IndiaAadhaar update fees and the lifetime limit on name updates.
- Passport Seva, Ministry of External AffairsRe-issue fees by booklet type.
- e-Gazette JharkhandThe Jharkhand Gazette. No personal name change route and therefore no fee.
- Civil Registration System, Office of the Registrar General of IndiaBirth certificate corrections under Section 15 of the RBD Act, 1969, where the Registrar's fee, not a gazette, applies.
Name Change Cost in Jharkhand in Eight Lines
The short version
- Government fee: commonly Rs 1,100 adult, Rs 1,700 minor, Rs 1,350 public notice, Rs 250 per alias. BharatKosh only, in your name, revised each financial year, non-refundable.
- Third-party lines at actual cost: notary Rs 100 to Rs 500, two newspapers Rs 800 to Rs 4,000, copies and post Rs 150 to Rs 500.
- Self-done adult total: about Rs 2,200 to Rs 6,100 if nothing comes back.
- Download is free. Voter ID is free. The route check is free.
- A returned file costs the fee again plus six weeks; that is the real hidden cost.
- A surname-only marriage change or a six-category Aadhaar correction costs no Gazette fee at all.
- The Jharkhand Gazette has no fee because it has no route.
- Our charge is quoted per case as a separate line. "Rs 999" cannot contain a Rs 1,100 fee.
One Government line, one service line, nothing blended
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