What to write in a marriage biodata — row by row, with examples
Write each row as one short line, in the order families read: personal details, education and work, family, then contact. Below is exactly how to word every row — dates, height, degree, job, income, parents, siblings — with the common mistakes beside the better version.
Updated 14 October 2026
Personal details
| Row | How to write it |
|---|---|
| Full name | As on your documents, with the surname: “Priya Sharma”. No nickname, no ‘Ms.’. |
| Date of birth | In words: “15 August 1995”. Never 15/08/95 — families in different cities read it differently. |
| Time of birth | With AM/PM: “7:20 AM”. Write it only if you know it; it is needed only for kundli matching. |
| Place of birth | City and state: “Indore, Madhya Pradesh”. |
| Height | “5 feet 6 inches”. Add “(168 cm)” if you like. |
| Complexion, weight | Optional. A good photo answers both; many families leave these out. |
| Religion, caste | Optional. Plain words: “Hindu, Brahmin”. Add a sub-caste only if you want families to filter on it. |
Instead ofDOB: 15/8/95
WriteDate of Birth: 15 August 1995
Instead ofHeight: 5.6
WriteHeight: 5 feet 6 inches
Instead ofBirth time: morning
WriteTime of Birth: 7:20 AM
Education and work
Write the highest degree with its subject and institution, and the job as “Designation, Company”. Expand short forms only when everyone knows them.
Instead ofbtech cs
WriteB.Tech in Computer Science, NIT Bhopal
Instead ofworking in tcs as software engg
WriteSoftware Engineer, TCS (Pune)
Instead ofmba finance from symbiosis 2019
WriteMBA in Finance, Symbiosis Pune
Instead ofdoing job
WriteSenior Accountant, HDFC Bank
Income
Optional. If you include it, write the yearly figure in lakhs and round it — “₹12 LPA” — rather than a monthly salary or an exact number. For a family business, describe the business instead: “Family business (textiles), Surat”.
Family details
Name each parent with a respectful prefix — Sh. or Shri for the father, Smt. for the mother — and give their occupation in a few words. List siblings as a count with their marital status in brackets.
| Row | How to write it |
|---|---|
| Father's name | “Sh. Rajesh Sharma” |
| Father's occupation | “Retired, State Bank of India” · “Business (hardware), Jaipur” |
| Mother's name | “Smt. Sunita Sharma” |
| Mother's occupation | “Homemaker” · “Teacher, Kendriya Vidyalaya” |
| Siblings | “1 elder brother (married), 1 younger sister (unmarried)” |
| Family type | “Joint family” or “Nuclear family” |
| Native place | “Jodhpur, Rajasthan” — where the family comes from, if different from where you live. |
Instead ofSiblings: bhai shadishuda, behen
WriteSiblings: 1 brother (married), 1 sister (unmarried)
Instead ofFather: Rajesh ji, business
WriteFather's Name: Sh. Rajesh Sharma · Occupation: Business (steel trading)
Contact details
One contact person — usually a parent — and one number. A biodata is forwarded far beyond the family you send it to, so share only what you are comfortable with strangers having.
- Contact person: “Sh. Rajesh Sharma (Father)”.
- Contact number: one mobile number, with +91.
- Address: the city is enough. The full street address is optional.
- Email: optional; useful if relatives abroad will send their biodata back.
About me, hobbies and expectations
Two to four lines at most — this is the only place a biodata sounds like a person. We have ready lines you can copy in about me for marriage biodata, and polite wording for what you are looking for in partner expectations.
What to leave out
- Long paragraphs about the family's history or property.
- Anything you would not want a stranger to have — Aadhaar or PAN numbers, the full address of a workplace.
- Demands about dowry, gifts or a ‘fair’ partner. Leave them out entirely.
- Old or heavily edited photographs.
- Abbreviations only your family understands.
The photo, and the file you send
Use a recent photo where the face is clearly visible: daylight, plain background, simple clothes, no sunglasses, no group photo. A cropped full-length photo can go on a second page.
Send the biodata as a PDF. It opens the same on every phone, prints on A4 at any shop, and does not blur when it is forwarded on WhatsApp the way a photo of a printout does.
Questions
What should I write in a marriage biodata?
The name, date, time and place of birth, height, education, occupation, parents' names and occupations, siblings, family type, native place, and one contact person with a number. Add a photo, a one-line ‘about me’, and horoscope rows only if your family uses them.
Should I mention caste in my biodata?
Only if it matters to your family's search. It is an optional row: leave it out, or write it plainly (for example ‘Brahmin’ or ‘Agarwal’) without a sub-caste unless you want families to filter on it.
Should I mention salary in a marriage biodata?
It is optional. If you include it, write the annual figure in lakhs (‘₹12 LPA’) rather than a monthly salary, and round it. Many families leave it out and discuss it later.
How do I write height in a biodata?
In feet and inches, in words: ‘5 feet 6 inches’. Add centimetres in brackets if you like — ‘5 feet 6 inches (168 cm)’.
Should I write my complexion?
It is an optional row and many families now leave it out. If you include it, a photo says more than any word.
More guides
- How to make a biodataFive steps from an empty form to a PDF you can send on WhatsApp or print.
- Biodata for a girlWhat a girl's biodata usually carries, wording for each row, and a finished sample.
- Biodata for a boyWhat a boy's biodata usually carries — job, income, family — with a finished sample.
- Biodata with photoWhich photo to use, how it sits on the page, and adding more photos on a second page.
- Word format (.docx)Free blank Word files in English, Hindi and Marathi — no email asked.
- Biodata in Marathiलग्नाचा बायोडेटा: Marathi row names, devak and kuldevat, and a Marathi sample.