Name Change in Pithoragarh
The local side of a name change for people of Pithoragarh district: how we serve a district far from every big office, where each record is corrected, and the points that come up for families with ties across the border, for the high valley communities, and for soldiers.
A name change in Pithoragarh follows the same three steps as anywhere in the state: an affidavit, a newspaper notice and the Gazette. The Gazette of India file goes to Delhi. Nobody has to leave the district for it. We serve Pithoragarh, Dharchula, Munsiyari and Didihat on WhatsApp and by courier.
This page is about name change in Pithoragarh district: the town, Dharchula, Munsiyari, Didihat, Berinag and Gangolihat. It does not repeat the process. It tells a resident where things are here, and covers the points that come up often with a name change in Pithoragarh.
For the steps themselves, read gazette name change in Uttarakhand.
How Do We Serve Pithoragarh?
We have no office in Pithoragarh district. Our associate office is in Dehradun, and our gazette desk is in Delhi. Both are a long way off, and a name change needs no visit to either.
How a Pithoragarh client works with us
- Photos of the papers on WhatsApp 9540005064
- We say, free, if a Gazette is needed
- Drafts sent back for you to read and approve
- You sign before a notary near you, and courier the papers once
- The published Gazette is sent to you as a file to print
Our office, for the record
Dehradun District Court, 47/9, Haridwar Road, Near Prince Chowk, Court Road, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, 248001
Mon to Sat: 9 AM to 6 PM
Call 9540005026. Please do not travel from Pithoragarh to see us. There is nothing we can do across a desk that we cannot do on the phone.
We are a private documentation consultancy, and not a Government office.
What Are the Three Steps, for a Pithoragarh Resident?
The process is the same across the state and is set out in full elsewhere. This is the outline, with the local point at each step.
Step 1: Decide if you need a Gazette at all
A spelling slip on one paper is corrected at the office that issued it. Send us the papers and we will tell you, free.
Step 2: Sign the affidavit before a notary
Notaries sit at the court complex at Pithoragarh and near the tehsil offices. Read our draft first. See name change affidavit in Uttarakhand.
Step 3: Publish the newspaper notice
In a daily local leading newspaper, in the edition that reaches this district. Keep the full original page.
Step 4: Sign the Gazette form, the undertaking and the certificate
With two witnesses, on the same day as the affidavit if you can. We prepare the typed copies and the CD.
Step 5: Pay the Government charge on BharatKosh
Online, from anywhere. Print the receipt.
Step 6: Send the file to the Department of Publication in Delhi, and wait for the Gazette
The Gazette of India is published online. Download the notification and print clear copies.
For the detail, read newspaper notice for a gazette name change and how to send the gazette file from Uttarakhand to Delhi.
Where Is Each Record Corrected?
Each record is updated at its own office. These are the kinds of office a resident of the district deals with. Check the address and timings of each before you go.
| Record | Where a resident of the district goes | Our page |
|---|---|---|
| Aadhaar | An Aadhaar centre, or a bank or post office that offers updates | Aadhaar |
| PAN | Online, or through a PAN service centre | PAN |
| Passport | The passport office for the state and its service centres, by appointment | Passport |
| Birth and death certificates | The municipal body of your town, or the village's local body | Birth certificate |
| Marriage certificate | The registrar of marriages for your area | Marriage certificate |
| Tribe, caste and residence certificates | The tehsil for your address, or the state's service portal | Caste certificate |
| Land records | The tehsil where the land lies | Khatauni |
| A soldier's family particulars | The unit while serving, the record office after retirement | Pension records |
| State board marksheet | Through the school, to the state board | Education documents |
| Post office savings | The post office that holds the account | Post office savings |
| Bank account | Your own branch | Bank records |
Dharchula and Munsiyari are each several hours from the district headquarters. A resident there deals with that tehsil, not with Pithoragarh town.
How Do You Manage in a District Far From Every Big Office?
The passport office, the regional offices of most central bodies and the state's own headquarters are all a day or more away by road. That shapes how a name change is best done from here.
- Do the paperwork in one outing. The affidavit, the Gazette form and the undertaking can all be signed before a notary on the same day, if the drafts are approved beforehand.
- Do online what can be done online. PAN, the provident fund, the voter card and much of the passport form are filled from a phone or a common service centre.
- Save the long trip for what needs you in person, such as a passport appointment, and take the published Gazette with you so that it is one trip and not two.
- Send papers once, by a tracked service. Photograph everything before it leaves. Roads close in the monsoon and in snow.
- Families from the high valleys who move between a summer and a winter village should use the address on their Aadhaar, and tell us where the post reaches them in that season.
- A relative in Haldwani, Delhi or the forces can handle the messages. The person whose name it is still signs.
What Comes Up for Families With Ties Across the Border?
The district lies along the border with Nepal, and families on the two banks of the river have married into each other for generations. A bride's papers from her parents' side and her papers here are made by two countries' offices.
- Her name on her own country's papers is in that country's spelling and form. Her name on papers made here after marriage may differ.
- The marriage certificate is the paper that ties the two together. Register the marriage, and see that it carries her name as on the paper she brought and as she uses it now.
- A difference of spelling between the two is explained by the marriage certificate and her own declaration. It is not, by itself, a change of name.
- Her citizenship, and what papers she can hold here, are questions of nationality law. They are not questions about a name, and they are outside our work. Take a lawyer's advice.
- Children's birth certificates should carry the mother's name exactly as on the marriage certificate.
We prepare a Gazette notification for a person's change of name. Ask us before assuming it applies to your case, and we will tell you plainly if it does not. Read name correction in a marriage registration certificate and name change after marriage in Uttarakhand.
What Comes Up for the High Valley Communities?
The communities of the district's high valleys hold tribe certificates, and many of their family names are taken from the name of the ancestral village. Those names are long, little known outside the district, and spelt in English in more than one way.
- An ending written two ways, or a vowel doubled on one paper and not on another, is a difference of spelling. It is corrected at each office.
- A clerk outside the district who has never seen the name may shorten or mangle it. Check every new paper on the day it is issued.
- The tribe certificate, the class 10 certificate and Aadhaar should carry one spelling before any application for a reserved seat or post. A panel reads the three together.
- An older paper with only a first and second name, and a newer one with the family name added, are the same person written to two customs.
- A tribe certificate is not altered. A fresh one is issued by the tehsil in the present spelling.
Where both spellings have been used for years on papers that cannot all be changed, a Gazette notice stating both ties them together. Read name change in caste certificate and name mismatch at document verification.
What Comes Up for Soldiers and the Border Forces?
The district has an army station and posts of the forces that guard the two borders, and its villages send many men into uniform.
- A local recruit should have one name on his class 10 certificate, Aadhaar, and his residence and tribe or caste certificates before the rally.
- A serving soldier corrects a wife's or child's name through his unit.
- A pensioner or a widow applies to the record office named on the pension order, usually through the district's soldier welfare office.
- A man of a border guarding force is a central employee. His own change of name follows the Government's deed procedure, and his family's particulars go through his battalion.
- A man posted here from another state can have a Gazette file prepared from here. His home records are corrected in his home state.
Read name change in pension and family pension records, name change for government employees and name change for railway and army candidates.
Which Newspapers Serve for the Notice?
The Department of Publication asks for the change of name to be advertised in a daily local leading newspaper. It does not name newspapers.
- The Hindi dailies that reach the district carry Pithoragarh pages in their Kumaon editions.
- The paper reaches the town late in the day, and the far tehsils later still. Ask the agent in advance to keep several copies of the issue your notice is in.
- Choose a daily, not a weekly.
- Read the proof before it prints, letter by letter, where the family name is an unusual one.
- Keep the full original page, and photograph it the day you get it.
We do not sell newspaper space. We give you the wording. See newspaper notice for a gazette name change.
What About Older Records, and Champawat?
| When | What changed | What it means for a paper |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | Pithoragarh district was formed out of Almora district | A very old paper may name Almora |
| 1997 | Champawat district was formed out of this district | An older paper from Champawat or Lohaghat names Pithoragarh |
| 9 November 2000 | Uttarakhand was formed | Papers before this were issued under Uttar Pradesh |
- A paper that names the older district or the older state is not a mismatch in your name.
- Land records stayed with the tehsil and were carried forward.
- A degree is corrected by the university named on it. The district's colleges have been under more than one university over the years.
- An old tribe, caste or residence certificate is best replaced by a fresh one from the tehsil, in your present name.
What Does It Cost, and How Long Does It Take?
| Item | Cost | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Government fee, Gazette of India | Commonly Rs 1,100 for an adult and Rs 1,700 for a minor, paid on BharatKosh | Commonly 3 to 7 weeks to publication |
| Newspaper notice | The newspaper's own rate | A few days |
| Notary | The notary's fee and stamp | The same day |
| Courier | The courier's rate | Allow up to a week each way, more in bad weather |
| Our charge | Quoted per case | We start the day your papers are complete |
The Government fee is the same from every district. From here the courier time is the part to plan for. Read gazette name change time and fees in Uttarakhand.
Which Areas of the District Do We Serve?
The whole district, on WhatsApp and by courier.
For other districts of Kumaon, see name change in Almora and name change in Nainital.
People Also Ask About Name Change in Pithoragarh
Where can I get a name change done in Pithoragarh?
The Gazette of India file is sent to Delhi. We prepare it on WhatsApp and by courier.
Do I have to go to Dehradun or Delhi?
No. You sign before a notary in the district and courier the papers once.
Do you have an office in Pithoragarh?
No. Our associate office is in Dehradun, and no visit is needed.
My family name is spelt two ways on my papers. Is that a change of name?
No. It is a spelling, corrected at each office.
How is a tribe certificate corrected?
It is not altered. The tehsil issues a fresh one.
How long does a gazette name change take from Pithoragarh?
Commonly 3 to 7 weeks, plus courier time each way.
When was Pithoragarh district formed?
Pithoragarh was a tehsil of Almora district until 1960, when it was made a district. Champawat district was later carved out of it in 1997. See name change in Champawat.
Which countries border Pithoragarh district?
It is the easternmost district of Uttarakhand, with the Tibet plateau to the north and Nepal to the east. The Kali river forms the boundary with Nepal.
What are the tehsils of Pithoragarh district?
The district's industrial profile lists six tehsils, Munsyari, Dharchula, Didihat, Gangolihat, Berinag and Pithoragarh, with sub-tehsils at Dewalthal and Kanalichhina. Newer tehsils have been added since, so ask which one serves your village.
Which communities hold tribe certificates in Pithoragarh?
The Bhotiya and the Van Rawat are the tribes of the district. The northern tracts were once known as the parganas of Darma and Johar, names that can still appear on very old land papers.
Who issues the inner line permit for Adi Kailash and Om Parvat?
The Sub-Divisional Magistrate at Dharchula. The permit carries the traveller's name, father's name and age, so they should match the identity proof shown at the check posts.
Is the inner line permit issued all year?
No. The administration has stopped issuing it in the monsoon because of landslides on the route, and restarted it after the rains. Check with the Dharchula office before you travel.
Talk to Us About a Pithoragarh Case
Send photos of the papers that do not match. We will tell you, free, if you need a Gazette or only a correction at a local office, and which office that is. Nobody needs to travel.
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Name Change in Pithoragarh: Frequently Asked Questions
How is a name change in Pithoragarh done?
Do you have an office in Pithoragarh?
Do I have to travel out of the district?
Where do I get the affidavit notarised?
I live in Dharchula. Do I go to Pithoragarh for certificates?
Can everything be signed in one visit to a notary?
How long does courier take?
My wife is from across the border and her name is spelt differently on her papers here. What ties them together?
Our family name comes from our village and is spelt two ways. Do I need a Gazette?
My tribe certificate has an old spelling. Can it be corrected?
I am in a border guarding force. How do I change my name?
My old paper says Pithoragarh but I am from Champawat. Is that a problem?
Which newspaper counts as local here?
Is the Government fee different for a border district?
What do you charge?
Will you tell me if I do not need a Gazette?
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Who Wrote and Reviewed This Page?
This page is written by the Documentation Desk Team of UttarakhandNameChange.com, the team that prepares Gazette files for people across Uttarakhand.
It is reviewed by Advocate Vipin Chauhan.
This is a local page. It names kinds of office and not their addresses or timings, which change. The requirement of a daily local leading newspaper is from the Department of Publication's guideline. The notes on the district's history, its borders, its communities and its naming customs are general knowledge. Nothing here is advice on citizenship. Check each office before you visit.
Official Sources
- District Pithoragarh, official websiteThe district administration, tehsils and public services.
- Department of Publication: Change of Name and Public NoticesThe change of name guideline, for the Gazette of India.
- The Gazette of India, e-Gazette portalWhere the central notification is published.
- Apuni Sarkar, Government of UttarakhandTehsil certificates and local body services online.
- Passport Seva, Ministry of External AffairsPassport appointments and offices.
Name Change in Pithoragarh: The Short Version
The steps are the same as in the rest of the state, and the Gazette of India file goes to Delhi by courier. Sign everything in one outing to a notary, and save the long trip for a passport appointment. A family name spelt two ways is a correction at each office. A tribe certificate is reissued, not altered. A marriage certificate ties together a bride's papers from two countries.
We serve the district on WhatsApp and by courier. Send your papers on WhatsApp 9540005064, and we will reply in working hours.
Name Change in Pithoragarh, Without Leaving the District
Send photos of the papers that do not match. We tell you, free, what is needed.