How to make a marriage biodata online, step by step

1. Collect the details first

The slow part of a biodata is not the typing. It is asking an uncle for the exact time of birth, or checking how a sister's job title should read. Gather these before you open the form:

• Full name, date, time and place of birth
• Height, and complexion only if your family usually writes it
• Education with college names, current job, employer and city
• Father's and mother's names and occupations, siblings and whether they are married
• Gotra, rashi and nakshatra if your family uses kundli matching
• A phone number that a parent or the person will answer

Not sure what a row means or how to word it? What to write in a marriage biodata goes row by row.

2. Choose a starting set of rows

A Sikh family's biodata and a Tamil family's biodata do not carry the same rows. The form opens with a general set; the community picker swaps in the rows those families usually print — kundli rows for many Hindu families, none for Muslim and Christian families, and so on. It only decides which rows start filled. You can add, rename or remove any row.

3. Fill the form

Type the details in plain, short lines. Write dates the way families read them (14 March 1997), height in feet and inches, and income as a yearly figure if you include it at all. Leave out anything you would not say at the first meeting.

The draft is kept in your browser as you type, so you can close the tab and come back to it on the same device.

4. Choose a design and add a photo

Every design is free. The picker shows your own details on each one, so you choose by how your biodata looks, not a stranger's. Floral and traditional covers have a photo frame; you can drag and zoom the photo inside it. For more photos, add a photo page at the end.

Tips on choosing the picture are in marriage biodata with photo.

5. Preview and download the PDF

Open the full preview and read every line once, slowly, the way the other family will. Then press Download Free PDF. The file is A4, prints cleanly and is small enough to send on WhatsApp.

Changed your mind about a row later? Edit it and download again — every download is free.