Name Change in Giridih
Giridih is a district where most people do not live in the district town. The corporation was formed only in 2016, with thirty-six wards drawn by taking in twenty-six villages, while the population sits across thirteen blocks, Bagodar, Bengabad, Birni, Deori, Dhanwar, Dumri, Gandey, Gawan, Giridih Sadar, Jamua, Pirtand, Sariya and Tisri. So the first question here is almost never the process; it is which office wrote your entry. The district is also younger than many of its residents' papers, carved out of Hazaribagh on 4 December 1972, and it is a place people leave for work, which is why a certificate here and an employer record somewhere else so often disagree. This page is the local map for all of that.
For a name change in Giridih, the affidavit is sworn before a notary at the district court, the two newspaper notices go into the Giridih editions of a Hindi and an English daily, Aadhaar is updated at a Seva Kendra in the town or at a block headquarters, and the Gazette of India file is posted from any Giridih post office to the Department of Publication at Civil Lines, Delhi 110054, because no gazette counter exists in Giridih or anywhere in Jharkhand. Births in the town are registered by Giridih Municipal Corporation, which was formed in 2016 with thirty-six wards after twenty-six villages were brought inside its limits, so a household that was a village in 2015 and a ward in 2017 may hold certificates from either authority. Everywhere else in the district the registrar is the block or panchayat office, across Bagodar, Bengabad, Birni, Deori, Dhanwar, Dumri, Gandey, Gawan, Giridih Sadar, Jamua, Pirtand, Sariya and Tisri. Anything written before 4 December 1972 belongs to Hazaribagh, the parent district, because a register stays where it was written when a boundary moves. Caste, residence, income and EWS certificates are reissued through JharSewa under the Giridih administration, school certificates run through your school to the Jharkhand Academic Council, and Hindi and Urdu are both official in the blocks here, alongside Khortha in daily speech, which is why so many local cases are spelling corrections rather than changes of name. For the many people from this district working in other states, the practical need is usually a one-and-the-same-person affidavit while the certificate correction runs.
Search for name change in Giridih and nothing local comes back. The results are national guides and agent pages, and they carry errors worth naming: that the file is proof only once the Government posts a printed gazette to your address, which stopped in October 2015; that you must send newspaper clippings, when a clipping is one of the commonest reasons a file is returned; that the affidavit must be sworn before a First Class Magistrate or on a Rs 100 stamp paper; that two passport photographs are required; and that a gazette is compulsory for every name change, when six categories reach Aadhaar without one.
The process itself is the same across the state and sits on the name change process page; the bill is on the cost page. This page stays local.
At a glance
- District
- Giridih, carved out of Hazaribagh on 4 December 1972; district site giridih.nic.in
- City records
- Giridih Municipal Corporation, formed 2016, 36 wards including 26 former villages
- Rural records
- Thirteen blocks: Bagodar, Bengabad, Birni, Deori, Dhanwar, Dumri, Gandey, Gawan, Giridih Sadar, Jamua, Pirtand, Sariya, Tisri
- Older records
- Anything from before December 1972 sits with Hazaribagh
- Affidavit
- Notary at the district court; commonly Rs 100 to Rs 500 with stamp
- Languages
- Hindi and Urdu are both official in the blocks, with Khortha and Santali in daily speech
- Newspapers
- Giridih editions of a Hindi and an English daily; Rs 800 to Rs 4,000 for the pair
- Certificates
- JharSewa, with the district NIC unit at the Deputy Commissioner's office
- Work outside the state
- A one-and-the-same-person affidavit holds an employer file together while the correction runs
- Gazette
- No counter here; Speed Post to Civil Lines, Delhi 110054, two to four working days
Key takeaways
- Ask which office wrote the entry: the corporation, one of thirteen block registrars, or Hazaribagh for anything pre-1972.
- Villages taken into the corporation in 2016 may hold certificates from either authority; both are valid.
- Urdu and Khortha spellings written into Hindi registers are corrections, not changes of name.
- If you work outside the state, swear a one-and-the-same-person affidavit the day you notice the difference.
- No printed gazette is posted to you; the copy is a free PDF, digital since October 2015.
- Nothing about the gazette happens in Giridih; the file is built here and posted to Delhi in your own name.
Which Office Holds Your Birth and Certificate Records in Giridih
| Where the record was made | Who holds it | What to do |
|---|---|---|
| Giridih town wards | Giridih Municipal Corporation | Apply for a Section 15 correction at the corporation's birth and death section |
| A village brought into the corporation in 2016 | The corporation now, the panchayat or block before that | Read the certificate; an older one names the earlier authority and is still valid |
| Dumri, Isri, Pirtand and the Parasnath side | The block registrar for that block | Apply at the block office that registered the birth |
| Bagodar, Sariya, Birni, Bengabad, Deori, Dhanwar, Gandey, Gawan, Jamua, Tisri | Their own block registrars | The same; a certificate from one block cannot be corrected by another |
| Anything written before 4 December 1972 | Hazaribagh, the parent district | Read the issuing office on the certificate and apply there, not at Giridih |
| Caste, residence, income and EWS certificates | The Giridih district administration through JharSewa | A fresh certificate in the correct name; certificates are reissued, not amended |
| School and board certificates | Your school and the Jharkhand Academic Council | Through the school, escalated to the District Education Officer |
Why the Giridih Corporation and the Block Registrars Hold Different Entries
Giridih Municipal Corporation was formed in 2016, and the limits were drawn by taking twenty-six villages into thirty-six new wards. That is recent enough to matter: a family whose address was a village until 2016 and a ward afterwards can hold a birth certificate from the panchayat or block for the older children and one from the corporation for the younger.
Both certificates are valid
Neither is cancelled by the change of limits. The correction goes to the authority that wrote the entry, and no office can demand a fresh certificate merely because the boundary moved.
Ask before you travel
Coming in from Dhanwar, Tisri or Gawan to the corporation counter for a block entry costs a full day. The certificate itself names the registering authority; read that line first.
The 1972 line
Anything older than December 1972 was written while this area was part of Hazaribagh district, and the register stayed there. The Hazaribagh page covers that side.
Name Mismatches for Giridih Workers Employed in Other States
Giridih sends a large number of people out to work, in construction, factories, mines, security and shops across the country. The papers travel with them, and the mismatch usually surfaces far from home: at a provident fund claim, a bank account opening, an employer's verification, or when an Aadhaar and a school certificate are read side by side for the first time in twenty years.
| Where it shows up | What is usually wrong | What to do |
|---|---|---|
| Employer and provident fund records | The name was typed from whichever paper was handed over at joining | A notarised one-and-the-same-person affidavit now, the certificate correction in parallel, then the employer record |
| Bank and KYC | Aadhaar and the school certificate disagree | An old-name document stays valid KYC with a gazette or a marriage certificate under the RBI rule; the bank records page |
| A correction that needs the school | You are in another state and the school is in Jamua or Dhanwar | A family member can carry the application to the school; the board still corrects against its register |
| The gazette file itself | You cannot travel home to post it | The papers are signed by you and posted in your own name; the file can be prepared and sent to you wherever you are |
| A verification date already fixed | The correction will not finish in time | Affidavit, written representation, and the corrections that can be done fast; the pre-verification page |
The Notary, the Newspapers and the Aadhaar Kendras in Giridih
The affidavit
Sworn before a notary at the district court; stamp paper and fee commonly Rs 100 to Rs 500 together. A notary's attestation is enough, and no First Class Magistrate is needed for a gazette file. No stamp value is prescribed by the Department of Publication, whatever a package site says.
The two notices
Booked at the classified desks of the Giridih editions of a Hindi daily and an English daily circulating in Jharkhand. Ask to see the set text before it runs, buy two complete copies of each on the morning of publication, and never send a cutting.
Aadhaar and PAN
Seva Kendras operate in the town and at block headquarters; a name update is Rs 50 to Rs 75 per attempt with two in a lifetime. PAN is corrected online from anywhere, which helps if you are working outside the state.
The Gazette Route From Giridih: The Central Process, Step by Step and Paper by Paper
Everything before this happens in Giridih; this part does not. There is no gazette counter in Giridih, in Ranchi or anywhere in Jharkhand, so the file is built here and posted to the Department of Publication in Delhi in your own name. Here is the whole process, in the order it happens, with what each paper says.
Route check and wording, day 0
Confirm that you need a gazette at all: a marriage surname, a divorce and a spelling correction do not, and the six UIDAI categories reach Aadhaar without one. In Giridih the usual case is an Urdu or Khortha name written by ear into a Hindi register, which is a correction. Then fix the exact wording and confirm it in writing.
Affidavit, day 1 to 2
Sworn on non-judicial stamp paper before a notary at your district court, in the OLD name as on your current Aadhaar: old name, new name, father's or husband's name, address with pin code, reason, verification clause, notary seal and register number. Stamp paper and notary commonly Rs 100 to Rs 500. Format on the affidavit page.
Two newspaper notices, day 3 to 7
One Hindi daily and one English daily in editions that circulate in Jharkhand, identical wording quoting the affidavit number and date. Keep the complete original page of each paper, masthead and date visible, two copies. Rs 800 to Rs 4,000 at actual cost. Detail on the newspaper page.
Proforma, CD and request letter, day 7 to 8
The Department's proforma typed in two copies, headed "No. ADVT IV /", signed in the old name, two witnesses with full addresses and pin codes, two photographs, self-attested IDs of you and both witnesses; a CD with the notice in Word without the witness portion plus a signed certificate that soft and hard copy match; a request letter to the Controller of Publications. Full list on the documents page.
Fee on BharatKosh, day 8
Only on bharatkosh.gov.in, in your own name, selecting the Department of Publication and the Gazette notification purpose: commonly Rs 1,100 for an adult, Rs 1,700 for a minor, revised each financial year, non-refundable. Print the receipt for the file. No demand draft, no cash, no counter anywhere in Jharkhand.
Delivered in Delhi in your name, day 8 to 10
The five papers, affidavit and pages in original, to the Department of Publication, Civil Lines, behind Delhi Vidhan Sabha Metro Station, Delhi 110054, in person or by tracked post in the applicant's name. Our Delhi office delivers Jharkhand files in your name. Nothing is returned, so keep a scanned set.
Published and downloaded, day 40 to 55
Part IV is released weekly; publication commonly takes 30 to 45 days. Search your old or new name on egazette.gov.in, download the free PDF, and note the Gazette number, date and page. No attestation is needed for use in India. A wrong print is corrected by corrigendum within six months.
Then Aadhaar, PAN and every record
Carry the printed Gazette PDF with the affidavit and both newspaper pages to an Aadhaar Seva Kendra in Giridih first, then PAN, then the school or board, then your employer, wherever you work. The gazette pillar, with the July 2025 story of the Jharkhand Gazette, is the gazette name change page.
The five papers, line by line
| Paper | What it contains, clause by clause | The mistake that returns the file |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Affidavit | Title "Affidavit for change of name". Deponent's old name, son or daughter or wife of, age, address with pin code. Clause 1: that the deponent is a citizen of India and a resident of the address. Clause 2: the old name as on Aadhaar and the documents it appears on. Clause 3: that the deponent has decided to be known as the new name, spelt in full, from the date of the affidavit. Clause 4: the reason, in one line. Clause 5: that the old and new names refer to one and the same person. Verification clause: that the contents are true to the deponent's knowledge, sworn at the place on the date. Deponent's signature in the OLD name; notary's seal, signature, register serial and date. | Signed in the new name; a spelling in clause 3 that differs from the proforma by a letter; a photocopy sent instead of the original. |
| 2. Two newspaper pages | Wording: "I, [old name], son or daughter or wife of [name], resident of [address, pin code], have changed my name to [new name] by affidavit No. [number] dated [date] sworn before [notary, place]. Henceforth I shall be known as [new name]." One Hindi daily and one English daily in editions circulating in Jharkhand, on any date after the affidavit. The complete page of each, masthead and date visible, in original, two copies each. | A cutting instead of the page; a notice dated before the affidavit; the two notices worded differently; the new name spelt differently from the affidavit. |
| 3. Proforma, two copies | Headed "No. ADVT IV /" with the date. Wording for a change of name: "I, [old name], son or daughter or wife of [name], employed as [occupation] at [address] or residing at [address], have changed my name and shall hereafter be known as [new name]. It is certified that I have complied with other legal requirements in this connection." Signature in the OLD name. Two witnesses, each with full name, father's name, full address with pin code and signature. Computer typed, no cutting or overwriting. | Handwritten; one witness; a witness without a pin code; signed in the new name; the wrongly-written-name wording used for a change, or the reverse. |
| 4. CD with certificate | The proforma's notice in a Word file, without the witness portion, with the old name typed in place of the signature. A signed certificate on paper: "Certified that the soft copy on the enclosed CD and the hard copy of the notice are the same." The CD labelled with the applicant's name. | A PDF instead of Word; the witness portion left in; the certificate unsigned. |
| 5. Request letter | To the Controller of Publications, Department of Publication, Civil Lines, Delhi 110054. Subject: publication of change of name in the Gazette of India, Part IV. The request, the list of enclosures, the BharatKosh receipt number and date, the applicant's mobile and email, the applicant's signature in the old name. | No receipt number; the letter signed by an agent. |
What goes with the five
Two passport photographs; self-attested copies of the applicant's Aadhaar and PAN and of both witnesses' Aadhaar; the BharatKosh receipt; for an applicant abroad, the affidavit attested by the Indian mission and the higher fee. Documents not older than about a year.
BharatKosh, field by field
bharatkosh.gov.in, Non-Registered Users, Quick Payment; Ministry: Housing and Urban Affairs; Purpose: Department of Publication, Gazette notification; the amount for adult or minor; the payer's name exactly as the old name on the affidavit; the address; UPI, net banking or card. Download the receipt with its transaction reference and print it for the file.
Reading the published notice
The e-Gazette PDF carries the Gazette of India number, the Part IV heading, the date of publication, the page number and your notice in its own paragraph. Every office reads the number, the date and the page; write them on every covering letter. A notice with a misprint is corrected by corrigendum within six months, free where the press erred; a corrected notice is what each office gets.
Where to Go in Giridih, in Order, for a Name Change
Read the registering authority on your certificate
The corporation, a panchayat, one of thirteen blocks, or Hazaribagh for anything before December 1972. That line saves the wasted trip.
Settle the spelling against the Class 10 certificate
It is the anchor every employer, board and panel reads first, and it decides whether you need a correction or a gazette at all.
District court, then the classified desks
The affidavit sworn before a notary, then two notices with identical wording in a Hindi and an English daily, two complete copies of each bought on the day.
Post the file, then update every record
Speed Post to Civil Lines, Delhi 110054 in your own name; then Aadhaar, PAN, the school or board, the bank, your employer and the JharSewa certificates.
The five papers that go in the envelope are on the gazette documents page; the sending itself on the sending page.
JAC Certificate Correction in Giridih and the District Education Officer Route
A Jharkhand Academic Council certificate is corrected against the school's admission register, and the application travels through the school rather than through you. In Giridih that means the school office first, with the original admission form if it survives, and the District Education Officer or District Superintendent of Education when a school delays or refuses to forward the file. In a district spread across thirteen blocks, the school is often a long way from the town, so send the application through a family member rather than waiting for a trip home. If the admission register carries the same wrong spelling, the board has nothing to correct against and the route becomes a public notice quoting the wrong form exactly.
What a Name Change Costs From Giridih
| Item | Cost | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Affidavit at the district court | Commonly Rs 100 to Rs 500 | Stamp paper and notary together; no value is prescribed by the Department |
| Two newspaper notices | Rs 800 to Rs 4,000 | Giridih editions cost less than the Ranchi editions of the same dailies |
| Government gazette fee | Commonly Rs 1,100 adult, Rs 1,700 minor, Rs 1,350 public notice | BharatKosh only, in your own name, revised each financial year |
| Speed Post to Delhi | At actual cost | Two to four working days from Giridih |
| Birth certificate correction | The corporation's or block's own small fee | Section 15; a margin correction, the original entry is never erased |
| Gazette copy | Free | Downloaded as a PDF; nothing is posted to your address |
| Aadhaar and PAN | Rs 50 to Rs 75; Rs 72 or Rs 107 | Per attempt; Aadhaar is not refunded on rejection |
| Our charge | Quoted per case; the route check is free | Full bill on the cost page |
Name Change Myths and Mistakes in Giridih
The myths the search results carry
- "The gazette will be sent to your address as legal proof"; printed copies stopped in October 2015 and the PDF is free.
- "Send newspaper clippings"; a clipping returns the file, the Department wants complete original pages.
- "The affidavit must be attested before a First Class Magistrate on a Rs 100 stamp paper"; a notary is enough and no value is prescribed.
- "A gazette is compulsory for every name change"; six UIDAI categories reach Aadhaar without one.
The local mistakes
- Travelling to the corporation counter for a birth registered in Dhanwar, Tisri or Gawan.
- Assuming a village certificate from before 2016 is invalid now that the area is a ward.
- Treating a pre-1972 certificate as a Giridih record when it was written under Hazaribagh.
- Waiting for a trip home instead of swearing a one-and-the-same-person affidavit where you work.
- Paying for a gazette when an Urdu or Khortha spelling only needed a correction.
Giridih Name Change Terms Explained
- Giridih Municipal Corporation
- The civic body for the town, formed in 2016 with thirty-six wards after twenty-six villages were brought inside its limits.
- Block registrar
- The registering authority for each of the district's thirteen blocks, which is where most births here are entered.
- Registering authority
- The office named on your certificate; the only one that can correct that entry.
- Parent district
- Hazaribagh, from which Giridih was carved out on 4 December 1972; older registers stayed there.
- Section 15 correction
- The Registrar's correction of a birth entry under the Registration of Births and Deaths Act, 1969; a margin entry, not an erasure.
- One-and-the-same-person affidavit
- A notarised statement that two spellings are one person; it holds an employer or bank file together while a correction runs.
- Anchor certificate
- The Class 10 certificate, which employers, boards and panels read first.
- Complete original page
- The whole newspaper page carrying your notice, masthead and date included; a cutting is not accepted.
- Khortha
- The everyday speech of this belt alongside Hindi and Urdu; a common source of spelling differences.
- Public notice
- The gazette route for a name wrongly written on a certificate, quoting the wrong spelling exactly.
- Part IV
- The section of the Gazette of India carrying private notices, published from Delhi and downloaded free.
- e-Gazette
- The portal where the published notice is searched and downloaded, with no attestation needed for use in India.
Name Change Help Across Giridih District and Nearby
The whole state is covered from our Ranchi desk and the Delhi filing office; other district pages are linked from the services page.
Send your Giridih documents on WhatsApp
Photograph the Class 10 certificate, the Aadhaar, and the birth certificate with the authority that issued it; the first reply says which register holds your entry, whether the case is a correction or a gazette, and what it will cost. If you are working outside the state, say so in the first message, because the affidavit comes first in that situation. Details on the contact page.
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Name Change in Giridih: Frequently Asked Questions
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My area was a village and is now a corporation ward. Which office do I go to?
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I work in another state. Can I still do this?
Can I send newspaper clippings with the file?
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Official Sources for Giridih Name Changes
- Giridih district administrationThe district's own pages on the corporation, the blocks and certificates.
- Giridih Municipal CorporationThe civic body listing for the town.
- JharSewa e-District portalCaste, residence, income and EWS certificates.
- Civil Registration SystemBirth and death registration and the Registrar's correction route.
- Department of Publication, Government of IndiaThe gazette guidelines, proformas and fees.
- The Gazette of India, e-Gazette portalWhere the published notice is searched and downloaded free.
Name Change in Giridih in Eight Lines
The short version
- Giridih Municipal Corporation, formed 2016 with 36 wards, holds the town's registers.
- Thirteen block registrars hold the rest of the district; a certificate from one is corrected only there.
- Anything written before 4 December 1972 belongs to Hazaribagh, the parent district.
- Village certificates from before the 2016 ward change are still valid.
- Urdu, Hindi and Khortha spelling differences are corrections, not changes of name.
- Working outside the state: swear a one-and-the-same-person affidavit first, correct in parallel.
- No printed gazette is posted to you; the PDF is free, and clippings return a file.
- Three to seven weeks end to end; Government fee commonly Rs 1,100, our charge quoted separately.
Thirteen blocks, one register that matters: yours
Send your documents on WhatsApp and hear which office wrote your entry before you travel to it.