Status Check, Procedures, Facilities

Organization : Government of Jharkhand
Facility :Obtain Birth Certificate

Home Page :https://www.jharkhand.gov.in/
Download here :https://www.statusin.in/uploads/5321-form_birth.pdf

Obtain Birth Certificate :
Birth registration has been done in the State of Jharkhand as per Birth & Death Registration Act, 1969 and Jharkhand Birth & Death Registration ruling, 2009. Accordingly every Birth is to be reported and registered within 21 days at the place of its occurrence in the prescribed reporting forms.

When the Birth has taken place in a house :
The head of the house in which a birth has taken place or nearest relative of the head of the House or oldest person in the family or Anganwadi Sewika or Chawkidar should inform the concerned registrar :

When the Birth has taken place outside the house :
** When occurrence took place in a Sadar Hospital/Sub-Divisional Hospital/Medical College Hospital/Referral Hospital people will get certification of Birth from the same concern as the deputy superintendent of the hospitals and officers In-charge of referral hospital and PHCs are denoted as registrar for their jurisdiction.
** In a Jail : Jail In-charge is informer.
** In a Dharmshala, Boarding House etc : Person In-charge is informer.
** In a Moving Vehicle : Person In-charge of the Vehicle is informer.
** Found deserted in a public place : Headman of the Village/In-charge of the local police station are informer.
** If a baby is born to a family who has come from a foreign country and has moved to India with the motive to settle down in India, the birth registration can be done within sixty days of their arrival to that place. It will be treated as if occurrence has been taken within 21 days.

Procedure
Birth Certificates in Jharkhand are issued by the Local Bodies namely Medical College hospital, Sadar Hospital, Sub divisional Hospital, Nagar Nigam, Municipality, NAC, Referral Hospital, PHC, Panchayat and Cantonment Board, within 7 days from the date of receipt of prescribe application form from the applicant. After a short enquire registrar will register the case and provide the certificate. In case of Birth took place in Moving Vehicle, Registration will be done in the first place of halt of the vehicle.

Additional Information
** Fee for obtaining the copies of certificate
** No fee is required for certificate but every duplicate copy cost Rs 5/- each.

Procedure of Late Registration
** A birth can be registered after 21 days but before 30 days of occurrence on payment of late fee.
** A birth can be registered after 30 days but before 1 year of occurrence after obtaining written permission from the specified officer and on payment of late fee.
** A birth can be registered after 1 year of occurrence after obtaining an order from the Executive Magistrate deputed for this job by S.D.O and on payment of late fee.