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Biodata for son or daughter marriage: a practical guide for parents
In most Indian families it is the parents who make the biodata, send it to relatives and take the first calls. The hard part is not the design. It is getting your child’s details exactly right, writing about them in a way they would agree with, and keeping one correct version as it is forwarded around. This guide walks you through a biodata for son or daughter marriage, step by step.
- Collect facts from your child in writing; do not fill them in from memory.
- Let your child write, or at least approve, About Me and partner preferences.
- Give a parent’s number as contact; the child’s number comes later.
- Describe your child accurately; families verify and overselling backfires.
- Keep one master copy and send only the latest PDF.
Start with a 15-minute conversation
Before opening any template, sit with your son or daughter and go through these questions. Write the answers down.
- Exact job title, employer and city, as it would appear on an offer letter
- Full name of the degree and college, and the year of passing
- Height, measured recently, not remembered from school
- Income: are they comfortable showing it, and as what range?
- Diet, and whether they smoke or drink, if you plan to include it
- Which cities they would live in, and whether they would move abroad
- What matters to them in a partner, in their own words
- Which photo they are happy for other families to see
Written from memory, “Associate Consultant, Capgemini, Pune” easily becomes “Software Engineer at a big MNC”. The exact version is better, because job and employer are the first things the other family checks.
Facts parents most often get wrong
| Detail | Written from memory | Checked with your child |
|---|---|---|
| Job | Manager in IT company | Senior Business Analyst, Infosys, Hyderabad |
| Education | Engineer | B.Tech (Electronics), PES University, Bengaluru, 2019 |
| Height | 5′ 10″ | 5′ 8½″ |
| Income | Good package | ₹14 – 16 Lakh per annum |
| Birth time | Early morning | 5:47 AM, from the birth certificate |
If your family uses horoscope matching, take the birth time from the birth certificate or hospital record; see horoscope details in a marriage biodata.
Involve your child in About Me and preferences
These two sections are read as your child’s own voice, and the other family will compare them with the person they meet. A parent’s version tends to sound like praise; your child’s version sounds like a person.
Written by a parent
Our daughter is very talented, homely, cultured and good at everything she does.
Written with the daughter
I work as a physiotherapist at a sports clinic in Chandigarh. I like long walks, cooking Punjabi food on weekends and reading. I am close to my parents and hope to build a calm, respectful home.
A good way to do it: ask your child to write four lines on their phone and send them to you, then you fix only spelling. Do the same for partner preferences. There are more examples in About Me and partner preferences.
Whose number to give
| Option | When it works |
|---|---|
| Father’s or mother’s mobile | The usual choice; the first call is between parents |
| Both parents | Useful if one parent is often unreachable at work |
| A relative or matchmaker | When the biodata goes into large community groups |
| Your son’s or daughter’s number | Only after both families have spoken and agree |
Write the name with the number, “Suresh Kulkarni (father): 98XXXXXX27”, and make sure it is on WhatsApp. Do not add a home address; the city is enough. For a daughter’s biodata especially, keep her own number off the page.
Describe, do not sell
It is natural to want your child to stand out. But families meet, check with common acquaintances and ask colleagues. Every exaggeration found at that stage hurts trust more than a modest detail would have.
- Write “Assistant Manager” if that is the title, not “Manager”.
- Leave out complexion. Words like “fair” or “wheatish” add nothing and put many families off.
- Leave out property, cars and family income.
- Avoid “from a highly reputed family”; let the family section show it.
- Do not use a photo that is several years old.
The photo: let your child choose
Ask your son or daughter to send you two or three recent photos, and let them pick the one that goes on the biodata. A clear, recent photo from the chest up, in daylight, works best. Do not crop a face out of a wedding group photo. If your child does not want a photo shared widely, you can make a version without a photo for groups.
Sharing with relatives and matchmakers
- Send a PDF, not a photo or a Word file. A PDF looks the same on every phone and stays sharp when forwarded.
- Name the file with the name and year: Aditi_Kulkarni_Biodata_2026.pdf.
- Ask relatives to forward only your PDF, not a version they have retyped or edited.
- Keep a simple list: who you sent it to, the date, who referred them, and the reply. A notebook or a note on your phone is enough.
- Tell your child when a family is interested, before you agree to a call or a meeting.
More on this in how to send a biodata on WhatsApp.
Keep one updated version
Biodatas go out of date quietly: a promotion, a move to another city, a new qualification. Keep one master copy and change only that. When something changes, make a fresh PDF, send it to anyone currently in conversation, and delete older copies from your phone so an old one is not sent by mistake. Use date of birth rather than age, so the biodata does not need changing every birthday.
If you use the Marriage Biodata Maker app, the biodata is stored on your phone and every field can be edited or hidden, so updating the master copy and exporting a new PDF takes a few minutes.
Checklist before you send
- Job title, employer and city match your child’s offer letter
- Degree, college and year are correct
- Height and birth details are checked, not remembered
- About Me and partner preferences approved by your child
- Photo chosen by your child, recent and clear
- Parent’s name and WhatsApp number in contact; no home address
- No complexion, property or family income
- Spelling of every name checked, including grandparents and village
- Saved as a PDF with a clear filename
- Your child has seen the final version
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Last updated 30 September 2026 · Biodata for Marriage team
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