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Important

  • This site provides details of all births, deaths and marriages electronically registered in Local Governments (Registration units) where SEVANA application software of Information Kerala Mission is being used uninterruptedly for registering these events.
  • Details of births, deaths and marriages that are registered and recorded in writing will not be available in this site unless that are digitised and ported in the electronic register after verification of the officials.
  • For any corrections in the entries of the electronic register, please contact the Registrar of the respective Registration unit (Local Government).
  • Online Birth Certificates are permitted as a valid age proof document for School admission procedures (G.O(M.S) No. 173/10/.. Dated .02/09/2010 ..).
  • The Birth & Death Certificates of those Localbodies which are completed the computerisation process of Birth & Death can be downloaded from the website www.cr.lsgkerala.gov.in .These online certificates can be considered as valid proof. (Circular No.B1-20741/2009 Para no. 8.3 dated 8/12/2010..).
  • Events to be registered in Local Governments

    1. Live births

    2. Stillbirths (Foetal deaths with period of pregnancy 28 weeks or more)

    3. Death

    4. Marriages (Under Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 or Kerala Registration of Marriages(Common) Rules, 2008)

  • The events (Live births/ Stillbirths/ Deaths/ Marriages) are to be registered in the Local Government (Gramapanchayat/ Municipality/Municipal Corporation/ Kannur Cantonment) where it occurred
  • If a child is born outside India and the parents are Indian citizens then the event can be registered at the Indian Consulate under the Citizenship Act, 1955 and that birth need not registered again under Registration of Births and Deaths Act, 1969 in India.
  • But if the birth is not registered as said above, the same can be registered in India, under Registration of Births and Deaths Act, 1969; if the parents are returning to India with a view to settling therein. In such a situation the birth is to be registered at the registration unit (Local Government) where the parents usually reside.
  • Death of an Indian Citizen occurred outside India can be registered only at the Indian Consulate in that country under the Citizenship Act, 1955.
  • Death of Indian national on abroad sailing ships while on sea are reported to the director General of shipping and registered formally only in the local registration office of the area (Local Government) of which the deceased Indian Citizen was a normal resident under section214 of the Merchant shipping Act, 1958.
  • Statutory provisions available for the registration of marriages in the state are:

  • Hindu Marriage Act,1955 and the Kerala Hindu Marriage Registration Rules,1957 ( Applicable to Hindus, Buddhists, Jainas and Sikhs and registration done at the local government where marriage solemnization occurred)
  • Kerala Registration of Marriages (Common) Rules, 2008 (Applicable to all and registration done at the local government where marriage solemnization occurred)
  • Special Marriage Act, 1954 and the Kerala Special Marriage Rules, 1958 (Applicable to all and marriage solemnisation & registration or registration done before any Sub Registrar at the Sub Registrar Office of Registration Department)
  • Child Rights
  • The child shall be registered immediately after birth and shall have the right from birth to a name, the right to acquire a nationality and. as far as possible, the right to know and be cared for by his or her parents. (Article 7 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, 1989)
  • Registration of Births and Deaths Act, 1969; has been implemented from 1970 and from then it is mandatory to register every birth and death occurred within the country
  • In Kerala state it is mandatory to register every marriage solemnized on or after the date when the Kerala Registration of Marriages (Common) Rules, 2008 came into force, i.e. 29.02.2008
  • News

  • e-filing for Marriage Registrations of Grama Panchayaths
    State wide curtain raiser by
    Dr .M K Muneer (Hon: Minister for Panchayths )
    on 09 Jan 2012 at Kadinamkulam Grama Panchayath
  • Circular/Inter-religious Marriages (63882/R.C.3/2010 ) Dated 28/02/2011
  • GO/Place of Birth Correction in Adoption Register (RT.NO 768/2011 Dated 11/03/2011)
  • Birth and Death Guideline from Chief Registrar - B1-20741/2009 08/12/2010
  • The Sevana CivilRegistration Software has won the Kerala state E-Governance Award 2009 (Category - Citizen Services).
  • Online Birth Certificate - Order (G.O(M.S) No. 173/10/.. Dated .02/09/2010 ..)
  • Hospital Kiosk - 5 th anniversary
  • Extract of birth registration (Birth Certificate) will be recognized as a valid document for educational purposes such as admission to school
  • Kerala is the first state in India to have a centralized database of civil registration record from all registration units.
  • Report Sevana Web
  • What is New

  • e-filing for Marriage Registrations of Grama Panchayaths
    State wide curtain raiser by
    Dr .M K Muneer (Hon: Minister for Panchayths )
    on 09 Jan 2012 at Kadinamkulam Grama Panchayath
  • GO/relating to online Birth & Death Certificates - B1-20741/2009 08/12/2010...page 10
  • Circular/Inter-religious Marriages (63882/R.C.3/2010 ) Dated 28/02/2011
  • GO/Place of Birth Correction in Adoption Register (RT.NO 768/2011 Dated 11/03/2011)
  • Birth and Death Guideline from Chief Registrar - B1-20741/2009 08/12/2010
  • The Sevana CivilRegistration Software has won the Kerala state E-Governance Award 2009 (category - Citizen Services).
  • Online Birth Certificate - Order (G.O(M.S) No. 173/10/.. Dated .02/09/2010 ..)
  • 068413/RD3/21/01/2010

    Direction of simplifying procedures

  • KRM( C) Amendment Rules 2010

    Kerala Registration of Marriages (Common) amendment rules 2010

  • Extract of birth registration (Birth Certificate) will be recognized as a valid document for educational purposes such as admission to school
  • Kerala is the first state in India to have a centralized database of civil registration record from all registration units.
  • About IKM
    Information Kerala Mission is a pioneering e-governance project of the government of Kerala. Without models to emulate, footprints to follow. It is unique in more than one ways. It is massive, challenging and engrossing. It placed people at the centre. Emphasising capacity building and empowerment. Approaching technology as a means for facilitating change. It is not only about computerising the local bodies. It is about technology application for improving productivity, ensuring better service delivery, guaranteeing faster and objective decision-making, and enhancing accountability. It is more than an e-governance project. It is a promise. A tireless quest towards realising the local governments of our dream. It is driven by a passion to excel.

  • CSI-TCS AWARD FOR BEST IT USAGE 2001
  • Finalist of Stockholm Challenge award 2006
  • Manthan AIF National award for best e-content 2006
  • CSI - Nihilent e-GOVERNANCE 2008-09 AWARDS
  • Gold Medal in National Awards for e-Governance 2009-10 (Sulekha Formulation and Plan monitoring )
  • Bronze Medal in National Awards for e-Governance 2009-10 (Sevana Civil Registration System and Hospital Kiosks)
  • Kerala state E-Governance Award 2009 award in the Citizen Services category (Sevana Civil Registration System and Hospital Kiosks).