Sikh Marriage Biodata Format for a Girl and a Boy

Below are two complete Sikh marriage biodata formats, one for a girl and one for a boy, and both paste straight into Word or Google Docs. Most of a Sikh biodata is the same as anyone else's. Three lines are where it differs: whether you've taken amrit or keep kesh, your got, and the gurdwara your family goes to.

Each of those has its own section after the formats, with lines you can copy. For why the general sections are there at all, the marriage biodata format guide covers the basics.

What to change in a downloaded format

Many free formats online are built around a horoscope block and a gotra row. A Sikh biodata needs a few changes:

• Keep the gotra row only if your family uses one, and call it Got or Gotra, whichever your family says.
• Drop manglik, rashi, nakshatra, birth time and birth place, unless your family matches kundlis.
• Drop the caste row, unless your family genuinely looks for it. The section on community lines below covers it.
• Add a line on amrit and kesh, and one on your gurdwara or how you practise.

Delete what doesn't apply rather than writing "N/A" beside it. A row of N/As tells the reader the format wasn't made for you. If your family needs a Muslim, Christian or Jain biodata too, the Muslim, Christian and Jain formats make the same kind of fix.

Sikh marriage biodata format for a girl

Plenty of people write their own biodata now, and the first person suits that. This one is from an architect in Mumbai whose family is in Amritsar. She has taken amrit, and her family doesn't use got.

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PERSONAL DETAILS
Name: Simran Kaur
Date of Birth: 11 November 1998
Age: 27
Height: 5 ft 4 in
Marital Status: Never married
Mother Tongue: Punjabi
Native Place: Amritsar
Current Location: Mumbai

EDUCATION & CAREER
Education: B.Arch (2021), M.Arch, Urban Design (2023)
Occupation: Architect with a design studio in Mumbai, works mostly on
housing projects
Annual Income: ₹16 lakh per annum

RELIGION & LIFESTYLE
Religion: Sikh
Amritdhari: Yes, took amrit in 2019
Practice: Does nitnem every morning; goes to the gurdwara in Dadar
most Sundays
Food: Vegetarian
Alcohol: No
Smoking: No

FAMILY DETAILS
Father: Jaspal Singh, runs a hardware business in Amritsar
Mother: Harleen Kaur, retired government school teacher
Siblings: One elder brother, married, chartered accountant in Ludhiana
Family Background: The family is from Amritsar. My parents live there,
and I've been in Mumbai since 2021.

ABOUT ME
I design housing, which mostly means listening to families explain how
they actually live and then fitting that into fewer square feet than
they'd like. I moved to Mumbai for my master's and stayed. Mornings
start with nitnem and a walk by the sea, and Sundays are for the
gurdwara and long lunches with friends. I'd like to keep working after
marriage, and I'm happy to live in Mumbai or move back to Punjab.

PARTNER PREFERENCES
Age: 28 to 33
Education: Graduate or above
Profession: Working professional
Religion: Sikh; Amritdhari preferred
Location: In India; not looking to move abroad

CONTACT
Phone: 98XXXXXX47
Email: simran.kaur@example.com

Two lines do a lot of work here. "Amritdhari preferred" tells a family where the son keeps kesh but hasn't taken amrit that they can still get in touch, which "Amritdhari only" wouldn't. And "not looking to move abroad" ends some conversations before they start, which is exactly what it's for.

For the questions girls get asked about most, like height, salary and photos, see the marriage biodata format for a girl.

Sikh marriage biodata format for a boy, written by a parent

Parents often put a son's biodata together, and it reads naturally in the third person when they do. This one is from a family in Jalandhar whose son works in Canada. He keeps kesh and wears a turban, and hasn't taken amrit. The family uses got, so it's in.

Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa, Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh

PERSONAL DETAILS
Name: Gurjot Singh Dhillon
Date of Birth: 22 June 1996
Age: 30
Height: 5 ft 11 in
Marital Status: Never married
Mother Tongue: Punjabi
Native Place: Jalandhar
Current Location: Surrey, British Columbia, Canada
Residency: Canadian permanent resident since 2023

EDUCATION & CAREER
Education: B.Tech, Civil Engineering (2018); Postgraduate Diploma,
Construction Management, Canada (2021)
Occupation: Project coordinator with a construction company in Vancouver

RELIGION & LIFESTYLE
Religion: Sikh
Kesh: Keeps kesh and wears a turban; not Amritdhari
Got: Dhillon; mother's got: Grewal
Practice: Goes to the gurdwara in Surrey most Sundays and does seva in
the langar on Gurpurabs
Food: Non-vegetarian
Alcohol: No
Smoking: No

FAMILY DETAILS
Father: Baljit Singh Dhillon, retired from the state power corporation
Mother: Rajwinder Kaur, homemaker
Siblings: One younger sister, married, lives in Ludhiana
Family Background: The family is from a village near Jalandhar and has
lived in the city since 1990. We spend a few months each year with
Gurjot in Canada.

ABOUT GURJOT
Gurjot moved to Canada in 2019 to study and has worked in construction
project management since. He plays kabaddi with a local club in the
summer and cooks for his flatmates more often than they cook for him.
He calls home every evening, India time. He plans to settle in Canada,
and he'd like us to spend part of every year with him there.

PARTNER PREFERENCES
Age: 25 to 30
Education: Graduate or above
Religion: Sikh; Amritdhari not a condition
Location: Should be open to settling in Canada

CONTACT
Phone: +91 98XXXXXX12 (father, Baljit Singh Dhillon)
Email: dhillon.family@example.com

The residency line answers the question most families would ask first, and "permanent resident since 2023" is far more useful than "settled in Canada", which could mean anything from a student visa to citizenship. The last line of the About section matters too. If parents will spend months of the year in the couple's home, both sides want to know that early.

The marriage biodata format for a boy covers the questions men tend to get pressed on, such as income, property and where you'll live after marriage.

The name line: Singh, Kaur and a family name

Most Sikh names on a biodata include Singh or Kaur, and many Sikh first names, like Harpreet, Amandeep or Jaspreet, are used for both girls and boys. So Singh or Kaur is often what tells a reader at a glance whose biodata it is.

What comes after varies. Some families add a surname, which is often the got, some add a family or village name, and some write only Singh or Kaur. Write it the way your family writes its name on invitations and documents, so the name on the biodata is the name the other family will hear.

Name: Simran Kaur

Name: Gurjot Singh Dhillon

Name: Amandeep Kaur (family name: Kohli)

If your got is also your surname, you don't need it twice. Keep it in the name, or in a Got row, and drop the other.

Amritdhari, keshdhari, or neither

Many Sikh biodatas carry one line on this. Written as plain facts, it answers the question before anyone has to ask it. Amritdhari means someone who has taken amrit, the Khalsa initiation. Keshdhari means someone who keeps kesh, their hair uncut.

Amritdhari: Yes, took amrit in 2019

Amritdhari; wears a keski

Kesh: Keeps kesh and wears a turban; not Amritdhari

Kesh: Keeps kesh; not Amritdhari

Kesh: Doesn't keep kesh

A keski is a small turban that some Sikh women, and some men, wear. Write what's true now. If you're planning to take amrit, or you've stopped keeping kesh, one honest line now saves a harder conversation later.

You'll see the word "Mona" on some downloaded formats, used for a Sikh man who cuts his hair. Some people find it hurtful. "Doesn't keep kesh" says the same thing, and nobody will read it as a judgement.

Your got

Got is the family's clan name, passed down the father's side. Many Sikh families write it on the biodata, and some add the mother's got as well, because they look at both. If your family doesn't use got, leave the row out. Nobody misses a row that isn't there.

Got: Dhillon

Got: Dhillon; mother's got: Grewal

Got: Kalsi (father's side), Matharu (mother's side)

Gurdwara, and how you practise

A line on practice tells a reader more than "religious" ever will. Write what you do, not how devout you are. Nitnem is the daily set of prayers. Seva is voluntary service, often in the langar, the gurdwara's community kitchen. Gurpurabs are the days that mark the Gurus' anniversaries. Kirtan is the singing of hymns.

Practice: Does nitnem every morning and evening

Practice: Goes to the gurdwara with family most Sundays

Practice: Does seva in the langar on Gurpurabs

Practice: Learning kirtan; plays the harmonium

Practice: Everyone at home has taken amrit

Practice: Goes to the gurdwara on Gurpurabs and for family occasions

You can also name your gurdwara, the way a Christian family might name its parish. In a city with several, it helps another family place you. If religion is a small part of your life, the last line above is a better choice than a grand one. A family that meets you will notice the gap between the two.

Food, drinking and smoking

If you include a food line, or a line on drinking or smoking, keep it to what's true, because the other family will plan around it.

Food: Vegetarian

Food: Vegetarian; eats eggs

Food: Non-vegetarian

Alcohol: No
Smoking: No

Alcohol: Occasionally, socially
Smoking: No

If you live abroad, or would move. Or wouldn't.

Where you live, and whether you'd move, settles a lot early. If you live outside India, say where and on what status, in plain words. "Settled abroad" can mean a citizen, a permanent resident or a student, and a family planning around it will want to know which.

Current Location: Brampton, Ontario, Canada
Residency: Canadian citizen

Residency: Permanent resident, Australia, since 2022

Residency: On a UK work visa until 2028

Residency: Student in New Zealand; graduates in 2027

Plans: Will settle in Canada

Plans: Open to living in India or abroad

Plans: Not looking to move abroad

If you'd rather not move abroad, say so. It's as useful as the opposite, and it saves both families a conversation that can't go anywhere.

Community lines

Some Sikh biodatas carry a caste or community line. Some families look for it, and many don't hold to caste strictly.

If it's a real condition for your family, write it in one line with no commentary, because a condition nobody stated tends to come up later, at a worse moment. If it isn't, leave the row out. Plenty of biodatas don't have one.

Partner preferences

Most of what a Sikh family writes here is the same as anyone else's: age, education, work and city. The lines that differ are about amrit and kesh, and about living abroad:

Religion: Sikh

Religion: Sikh; Amritdhari preferred

Religion: Sikh; a partner who keeps kesh preferred

Religion: Sikh preferred

Location: Open to settling abroad

Location: In India; not looking to move abroad

Pick "preferred" or "only" on purpose. Readers treat whatever's written as a requirement, so "preferred" keeps open a door that "only" closes. The partner expectations guide has more on telling a real condition from a preference.

The line at the top

A biodata can start with ੴ (Ik Onkar), the symbol that opens the Guru Granth Sahib, or with "Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa, Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh", the Sikh greeting, or with neither. Use what your family uses.

If you searched for a Punjabi biodata

Plenty of Punjabi families aren't Sikh, and if yours is one of them, the marriage biodata format guide is the better place to start. The got line and the lines for living abroad may still be useful to you.

Copy it into Word or Google Docs

1. Copy one of the formats and paste it into a blank Word or Google Docs file.
2. Make the section headings bold, keep one plain font, and delete any line that doesn't apply.
3. Save it as a PDF before you send it, so it looks the same on every phone.

To write it in Gurmukhi, type the same sections in Punjabi. Word and Google Docs both handle Gurmukhi, though you may need to add a Punjabi keyboard to your phone or computer first. Before it goes out, how to share a marriage biodata covers the choice between a file and a link.

What to leave off

• Dowry, in any wording. That includes lines about gold, or about what the family "will give". Demanding dowry is an offence under section 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961.
• Your home address. A city is enough. The family details guide explains how quickly a locality, your parents' names and an employer add up to a findable house.
• A photo that isn't you now. Use a recent one in which you look the way you do day to day, with your turban or dastar if you wear one. The other family will meet the person in the photo.

Common mistakes

"Mona" in the kesh row. Write what you mean in plain words: "doesn't keep kesh".

"Settled abroad" with no status. Citizen, permanent resident, work visa or student. The family reading it will ask, so say it first.

Horoscope rows nobody will read. If your family doesn't match kundlis, delete them. Don't fill them in because the format had them.

Adjectives in place of facts. "Religious, God-fearing, from a respected family" turns up on biodata after biodata, so it tells nobody anything. One line about what you actually do tells them more.

"Sikh only" when you mean "Sikh preferred". Readers take what's written as a requirement. If it's a preference, say so.

Making it on Marriage Profile

A biodata on Marriage Profile lives at one link that stays the same when you edit it. So when it's being passed between Ludhiana and Brampton, every family is looking at the same, current version, not a PDF from last year.

Religion is a dropdown in the Astrology & Culture step, and Sikh is one of the options. Write your got in the field labelled Gotra, and it prints on the biodata as "Gotra". Surname and caste are both optional. There's no built-in field for amrit, kesh or practice, but you can add your own at the end of the Personal Details step. Each one is a name and its details, such as "Amritdhari" and "Yes, took amrit in 2019", and it prints at the end of your personal details. The free plan includes two of these per biodata.

Food, alcohol and smoking are dropdowns that print with your personal details. Food has Vegetarian, Non-Vegetarian, Vegan and Jain Vegetarian, and alcohol and smoking each have Never, Occasionally, Socially and Regularly. Anything more specific, like eating eggs, can be one of your own fields too, or a line in About Me.

Anything you leave blank doesn't appear on the biodata or in its PDF, and if every birth detail is empty, the Astrology section disappears entirely. One thing to know: a date of birth, if you add one, appears under a heading called Astrology even when there's no horoscope. Age has its own field, so you can leave the date of birth out.

A profile photo is required before you can publish. If you'd rather it didn't travel freely, make the biodata private with a view password, and give that password only to the families you choose. Password protection is part of the paid plans.

The biodata can be read in English, Hindi, Marathi or Gujarati from the same link. Punjabi isn't one of them, so for grandparents who read Gurmukhi best, a text format in Punjabi is the better place to start. The template gallery shows how the same details look in eight different designs.