Name Change Procedure in Rajasthan (2026) Guide

Video guide

Watch: Name Change Procedure in Rajasthan

A quick walkthrough of the affidavit, newspaper and gazette steps, and how the Rajasthan name correction service works.

What this video covers

Where the gazette office for a Rajasthan name change actually is
The affidavit: what it must say and who attests it
How the state route and the Central route differ in paperwork and cost
What to do once the notice is published

Published 10 December 2021 by YourDoorstep. Runtime 6 minutes 55 seconds. Spoken in Hindi.

In this video, the YourDoorstep team explains the full name change procedure in Rajasthan: which gazette to choose, the documents you need, the real fees, and how we handle the whole process at your doorstep.

Changing your name is a big step. Maybe you just got married, you are fixing a spelling mistake in your school records, or you want a fresh start after a divorce. Whatever the reason, the name change procedure in Rajasthan follows a clear legal path. This guide breaks down every step in plain words, from the affidavit to the final gazette, and shows how to get it done from home, whether you live in Jaipur, Jodhpur, Udaipur, Kota or a far district like Barmer.

Quick Answer

To change your name in Rajasthan, follow three steps. Make a notarised affidavit with your old and new name, publish one advertisement in a daily newspaper, English or Hindi, under a Public Notice heading, then file for a gazette notification. Rajasthan also runs its own online citizen gazette route through ReAMS, which needs no advertisement at all. Any Rajasthan resident can apply to the Central Gazette, the stronger option, valid across India. The fee is Rs 1,100 for adults and Rs 1,700 for minors, and neither government publishes a turnaround, the Department's only figure is that you should wait about a month before enquiring about status, all of it doable from home.

Definition: A gazette notification is an official notice published in the Government Gazette that turns your name change into a public, legally recognised record, accepted by the passport office, banks, UIDAI and government departments across India.

Rajasthan name change at a glance

Steps: Affidavit → one newspaper ad → gazette (Central). The ReAMS route skips the ad
Central Gazette fee: Rs 1,100 adult, Rs 1,700 minor on BharatKosh, the published 2016-17 rate
Time: Not published. The Department asks you to wait a month before enquiring
Newspapers: One daily, English or Hindi. Not two
Where to file: Dept. of Publication, Civil Lines, Delhi-110054
State portal: ReAMS (reams.rajasthan.gov.in)

Key takeaways

Three steps on the Central route, notarised affidavit, one newspaper advertisement, then the gazette. Two on the Rajasthan ReAMS route, which needs no advertisement at all.
Any Rajasthan resident can apply to the Central Gazette (Gazette of India). There is no state restriction.
The Central Gazette is the stronger choice, valid all over India and abroad, so it works for passport, PAN, Aadhaar, banks and jobs.
Rajasthan also has an online State Gazette (ReAMS portal), but that is the one offices inside Rajasthan will recognise most readily.
Central Gazette fee: Rs 1,100 adult, Rs 1,700 minor, paid online on BharatKosh.
The Central Gazette office is in Delhi (Civil Lines). You do not need to travel there.
After the gazette, you update Aadhaar, PAN, Voter ID, passport and more with the same PDF.

The key point

Why the Central Gazette Is the Stronger Choice

Name change in Rajasthan, the affidavit, the ReAMS online state gazette route and the Central Gazette of India

Here is a point many people miss. The Central Gazette, the Gazette of India, is not limited to any one state. Every Rajasthan resident has the full right to apply to it, with no restriction. It is run by the Government of India in Delhi, and once your name appears in it, that record is valid across all of India and abroad.

That is why the Central Gazette is treated as the stronger gazette. It is the notification the passport office, UIDAI, banks, public sector employers, universities and embassies are used to seeing, which in practice means fewer questions. No government source ranks the two gazettes against each other, this is about familiarity, not a published rule. If your new name has to work anywhere beyond a local Rajasthan record, this is the route to choose from the start.

Compare the routes

State Gazette vs Central Gazette for Rajasthan

Rajasthan is one of the very few states where the local gazette route is real, online, and genuinely used by ordinary citizens, and we can prove it, not just assert it.

Most state gazettes in India publish government notifications and nothing else. Rajasthan's does more. Its Ordinary Gazette carries a formal document category called "Citizen Name Change", and the published archive is full of them. Pick a recent issue and you will find real applications with real numbers, application 108987, Sushil to Sushil Mohanpuriya, Ordinary Gazette No. 6 of 7 May 2026; application 118521, Kali Patel to Kanika Patel, Ordinary Gazette No. 15 of 9 July 2026, printed with the applicant's notarised affidavit from Banswara. The imprint on the page reads "State Central Press, Jaipur".

Point	Rajasthan Ordinary Gazette (ReAMS)	Central Gazette of India, Part IV
Run by	Printing and Stationery Department, Government Central Press, Jaipur, through the Rajasthan e-Archival Management System	Department of Publication, Civil Lines, Delhi-110054
Open to a private individual?	Yes, and it is a documented, named service, "Citizen Name Change"	Yes, in person or by post or courier
How you apply	Online, with your Rajasthan SSO ID, at reams.rajasthan.gov.in. Jan Aadhaar is used for identity	A physical file posted or couriered to Delhi, with the fee paid on BharatKosh
Newspaper advertisement	Not mentioned in the portal's citizen instructions	One advertisement, in original, English or Hindi, under a Public Notice heading
Documents	Self-attested ID proof, self-attested Aadhaar, and a notarised affidavit (a bond instead, for government employees)	Undertaking, original newspaper, proforma in duplicate with two witnesses, CD, similarity certificate, photos, ID, request letter
Government fee	Not published. A fee exists, the portal promises a refund if an application is rejected, but no amount appears anywhere on it	Rs 1,100 adult, Rs 1,700 minor, per the published guidelines
If it is rejected	The amount is refunded. The portal warns that poorly scanned documents are a rejection reason	The fee is non-refundable
Accepted by	Used inside Rajasthan. No government source publishes a rule limiting where a state gazette is valid, but offices outside the state are far more familiar with the Central one, which is the practical difference	Across India and abroad, passport, PAN, Aadhaar, banks, PSU employers, embassies

Infographic: name change procedure in Rajasthan, the Rajasthan Ordinary Gazette Citizen Name Change service on ReAMS applied for online with an SSO ID and refunded if rejected, against the Central Gazette at Rs 1,100 with one newspaper advertisement and a non-refundable fee, the published Central fee schedule, the two Regional Passport Offices at Jaipur and Kota, the Jan Aadhaar warning, and four common myths corrected — Both Rajasthan routes on one page: what each asks for, what each costs, what happens if you are rejected, and the four claims other pages get wrong.

The honest rule: the Rajasthan route is genuinely convenient, online, from your own SSO ID, no newspaper advertisement, and refundable if rejected. If your new name only has to work inside the state, use it. If it has to hold on a passport, a bank account, a PAN or anywhere outside Rajasthan, take the Central Gazette. Many people do both, because the state one is easy and the central one is the one no office argues with.

What we will not tell you: the Rajasthan state fee, or how long it takes. Neither is published anywhere on the portal. We looked. Any page quoting you a confident rupee figure for the Rajasthan state gazette has invented it, and the one real figure on the portal, Rs 3,075, is the per-page charge for an Extraordinary Gazette notification by an autonomous body such as a nigam or zila parishad, which has nothing to do with you.

Where the presses and offices are

The department is the Printing and Stationery Department, and the press is the Government Central Press, Jaipur. Note the naming, because it is a quick way to spot a copied page: there is no "Directorate of Printing and Stationery, Rajasthan", no official source uses that title.

Office	Address / channel	Contact
Rajasthan state gazette, how you apply	Online only, at reams.rajasthan.gov.in, with your SSO ID	None
Superintendent, Government Central Press	Sardar Patel Marg, C-Scheme, Jaipur-302001	0141-2373112
Central Gazette, where the file goes	The Controller of Publications, Department of Publication, Civil Lines, Delhi-110054, behind the old Vidhan Sabha, near Vidhan Sabha Metro Station	Counter 10:00–13:00 and 14:00–16:00

One caveat on the Jaipur address, because we would rather be precise than confident: it appears on the ReAMS portal as the demand-draft deposit address for Extraordinary Gazette fees, not as a stated walk-in counter for citizen name changes. The citizen route is the online one. Officer names and mobile numbers are also published there, but people rotate, so we are not printing them.

Living near a border? We keep dedicated state guides too: see the full name change guide for Haryana, the name change procedure in Punjab and the name change procedure in Uttar Pradesh. The Central Gazette route is identical, with local details for each state.

Good news

Change Your Name Without Going Anywhere

Yes, and in a large state like Rajasthan this matters. A legal name change in India runs on paperwork, not office visits. There is no single name change office you must line up at.

For the Central Gazette route, the only place the file must physically reach is the Department of Publication in Delhi. If you live in Barmer, Jaisalmer or Sri Ganganagar, that office is hundreds of kilometres away, and travelling makes no sense. You do not need to go. Our own office is in Delhi. You share your details from your home in Rajasthan, we prepare the affidavit, book the the newspaper advertisement, pay the government fee, and hand your file to the Gazette office in Delhi ourselves. Once it is published, we send you the gazette PDF.

The process

The 3 Legal Steps

Three steps on the Central route. On the Rajasthan state route it is closer to two, because that one asks for no newspaper advertisement at all.

1

Make the affidavit

A sworn statement on stamp paper with your old name, new name, address, father's or husband's name and the reason, signed before a Notary Public. Both routes start here.

2

Publish the notice

Central route only. One advertisement, in one daily, English or Hindi, under a Public Notice heading. Not two, and not in a weekly or evening paper.

3

Get the gazette

Either an online application on ReAMS with your SSO ID, or a physical file to the Department of Publication in Delhi with the fee paid on BharatKosh.

Step 1: Make the name change affidavit

An affidavit is a short sworn statement on non-judicial stamp paper. It lists your old name, new name, address, father's or husband's name, and the reason for the change. You sign it in front of a Notary Public. Both routes want it: the Rajasthan portal asks you to upload a notarised affidavit, and the Central route needs one for everything downstream even though the Department's own list names an undertaking rather than an affidavit.

We are not going to give you a stamp paper figure, and here is why. The Schedule to the Rajasthan Stamp Act, 1998, the part that would actually fix the duty on an affidavit, is not readable on any government source we could reach, and the Rajasthan Finance Bill 2024, which amended twenty-eight Schedule articles, did not touch the affidavit article at all. The Rs 20, Rs 50 and Rs 100 figures you will find on other pages come from commercial stamp-paper sellers, not from the Schedule. Ask your notary or the stamp vendor, and know that a licensed vendor must sell at face value.

What we can tell you is the modern way to buy it. Rajasthan runs e-stamping through SHCIL-authorised centres, with e-GRAS challan as the other payment channel, and the Registration & Stamps Department's own status report says the SHCIL integration also allows online viewing and verification. An e-stamp certificate carries a unique identification number that anyone can verify, which survives scrutiny at a passport counter far better than a hand-filled vendor sheet.

For the notary, Rajasthan is unusually well served. The Law & Legal Affairs Department publishes a district-wise register of appointed notaries at law.rajasthan.gov.in, appointment letters by district and location with registration numbers, and, usefully, a separate table of notaries whose licences have been terminated. Check both before you hand over money. What will not help you is notary.gov.in: its own text says its online services are for Central Notaries only, and its live flow is for Tamil Nadu.

Step 2: Publish the change in one newspaper, Central route only

One advertisement, in one daily newspaper, English or Hindi. Not two, and not one of each. See the newspaper section for the exact wording, the Public Notice heading rule, and the papers that will not be accepted.

Skip this step entirely if you are using the Rajasthan state route. Its citizen instructions do not mention a newspaper advertisement anywhere.

Step 3a: The Rajasthan state route, online

Log in at reams.rajasthan.gov.in with your SSO ID and apply under the Ordinary Gazette citizen service. What the portal's own instructions say you upload: "self attested Id proof, self attested aadhar card & affidavit (for citizen name change) / bond (in case of government employee name change)." The application is made by the person changing the name, and the instructions add, in as many words, "even if person is a minor." For a minor, a parent or guardian presents the notarised affidavit and self-attested Aadhaar on the child's behalf; and if the child is under five and has no Jan Aadhaar ID of their own, the parent's Jan Aadhaar ID may be used.

The portal also publishes the forms you will need, as downloads on the same instructions page: a Citizen Name Change format, a Government Employee Name Change format, a Partnership Amendment format, a Name Change Notification, a GAD circular, and the two fee documents. Download the citizen format before you start rather than drafting from scratch.

Two lines from the portal worth taking seriously. "If the uploaded documents are not properly scanned then the application will be rejected." Scan flat, in good light, at full page. And: "Amount will be refunded in case of rejection of application." That refund promise is the opposite of the Central route, where the fee is gone whatever happens.

Step 3b: The Central Gazette, by post

The file goes to The Controller of Publications, Department of Publication, Civil Lines, Delhi-110054. It includes the undertaking, the original newspaper, the prescribed proforma in duplicate signed in your old name with two witnesses, a CD with the print matter in MS Word, a certificate that the hard and soft copies match, two self-attested passport photos, ID proof, and a request letter with the BharatKosh receipt. Counter hours are 10:00 am to 1:00 pm and 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm on working days.

Your notice is printed in Part IV of the Gazette of India, published weekly and dated Saturday, and you download the PDF yourself from egazette.gov.in. Hard copies stopped entirely on 1 October 2015, so nothing arrives by post.

Four Central-route rules that catch people out. The fee is payable only through BharatKosh (NTRP), and it is non-refundable. No document may be older than one year. Nothing you submit comes back, the guidelines say documents will not be returned "in any circumstances neither original nor Xerox Copy." And the Department states plainly that it does not publish anything relating to a change of date of birth, so do not put one in your notice.

A quick note on order: some sites list the newspaper ad before the affidavit. In real practice the affidavit comes first, because both the newspaper ad and the gazette file copy their details from it.

Fact check

What Other Websites Get Wrong About Name Change in Rajasthan

The pages ranking for this topic copy each other, and the same errors travel from site to site. Three of them were on this page until we went back to the government sources. Here is the list, ours included.

What many websites say	The verified position
"Publish in two newspapers, one Hindi and one English"	Wrong, and it was on this page. The Department's guidelines say one advertisement, in one daily, English or Hindi, submitted in original. The minor guideline says "one of the daily leading newspaper" too. Nothing anywhere requires an English paper alongside a Hindi one
"Rs 250 for each extra alias name"	Wrong, and it was on this page. The Rs 250 is a one-time add-on for adopting a name of another religion without converting, Rs 1,100 + Rs 250 = Rs 1,350. It does not multiply and it has nothing to do with aliases
"Rajasthan has no citizen gazette route" / a fee of Rs 200 to Rs 1,500 for the state gazette	Rajasthan does have one, an online "Citizen Name Change" service on ReAMS through your SSO ID, and you can read the published results in the Ordinary Gazette. But no state fee is published anywhere, so every rupee figure quoted for it is invented
"There is a tatkal or urgent gazette for an extra Rs 1,000"	No Department of Publication guideline describes any expedited scheme. The Department instead disclaims responsibility for press delays. Any urgency charge is a private markup
"Make the demand draft in favour of Controller of Publications, Rajasthan"	No such payee exists, and demand drafts are not accepted at all. Since 01/10/2018 the Central fee goes through BharatKosh (NTRP) only
"Send your Central Gazette file to Civil Lines, Rajasthan-110054 or Jaipur-110054"	No such office. 110054 is a Delhi pincode. The only Central Gazette office is the Department of Publication, Civil Lines, Delhi-110054, behind the old Vidhan Sabha
"There is a Regional Passport Office in Jodhpur"	Jodhpur has a Passport Seva Kendra. Rajasthan's two Regional Passport Offices are Jaipur and Kota, see the district section below
"Rajasthan has 33 districts"	Rajasthan now has 41 districts and 7 divisions, after nine were dissolved in December 2024. Several government pages have not caught up, and neither have most name-change guides
"NRI gazette fee is Rs 7,500 to Rs 9,000"	Rs 3,500 for an adult living abroad, Rs 5,100 for a minor
"The affidavit must be signed by a magistrate"	A Notary Public attests it. No magistrate hearing and no court appearance is part of a standard adult name change, the one exception being where you adopt a surname different from your father's or mother's
"Your printed gazette copy will arrive by post"	Central hard copies stopped completely on 1 October 2015. You download the PDF yourself from egazette.gov.in, Part IV, published weekly and dated Saturday
"The fee is just Rs 1,100, nothing more"	Rs 1,100 is the adult rate. A minor is Rs 1,700, abroad is Rs 3,500 and Rs 5,100, adoption is Rs 1,700 per case, and every figure carries a 2016-17 date the Department itself says varies each financial year
"Any old affidavit and newspaper ad will work"	No document may be older than one year, and nothing submitted is returned, original or photocopy
"Fix your birth certificate or your date of birth through the gazette"	A birth certificate correction is a Registrar matter under the Registration of Births and Deaths Act, 1969. And the Department states plainly that it does not publish anything relating to a change of date of birth
"Times of Jaipur (English)" as an example newspaper	No such publication exists. It appears on a competitor page as a placeholder that nobody checked

Where we could not verify something, we say so

We publish no stamp-paper figure for a Rajasthan affidavit, because the Schedule to the Rajasthan Stamp Act, 1998 is not readable on any government source we could reach and the 2024 Finance Bill did not amend the affidavit article. We publish no Rajasthan state gazette fee or turnaround, because the portal states neither. We publish no count of empanelled Rajasthan newspapers, because the Central Bureau of Communication publishes that as a dashboard rather than a list. We publish no RBSE correction fee or time limit, because the Board publishes none. And we name no districts under RPO Jaipur or RPO Kota, because their own disclosures give counts but not names, and a wrong list costs you a wasted journey.

Why this matters: on the Central route the fee is non-refundable. A fake payee, a Tamil-style second advertisement nobody asked for, a stale document or a wrong address does not just delay your file, it means paying again.

Checklist

Documents Required for Name Change in Rajasthan

The two routes want different things, and mixing the lists is the commonest reason a Rajasthan file comes back.

For the Rajasthan state gazette, on ReAMS

Short, and taken straight from the portal's own citizen instructions.

Document	Notes
Self-attested ID proof	Uploaded, not posted
Self-attested Aadhaar card	Uploaded
Notarised affidavit	For a citizen. A bond instead, if you are a government employee
An SSO ID	The application is made through your own Rajasthan SSO login
Jan Aadhaar ID	Used for identity. For a child under five without one, the parent's Jan Aadhaar ID may be used

Note what is not on that list: a newspaper advertisement, passport photographs, a CD, or witnesses. The Rajasthan route asks for none of them. What it does insist on is scan quality, poorly scanned uploads are named on the portal as a rejection reason.

For the Central Gazette

Document	Needed?	Notes
Undertaking in the Department's proforma	Yes	In original, signed in your old name
Original newspaper carrying the notice	Yes	One paper, full original page, under a Public Notice heading
Prescribed proforma, two typed copies	Yes	Signed in the old name, with two witnesses' full details
CD with the print matter in MS Word	Yes	Without the witness portion
Certificate that hard and soft copies match	Yes	Signed by you
Two passport-size photos	Yes	Self-attested
Photo ID for the old name, and address proof	Yes	Aadhaar, PAN, voter ID, passport, driving licence, ration card, birth certificate or 10th/12th certificate
Request letter with the BharatKosh receipt	Yes	Typed on A4
Notarised affidavit	Practically yes	Not named in the Department's list, but banks, UIDAI, RTOs and boards will all ask for one
Marriage certificate / divorce decree	If applicable	For a married or maiden surname
Deed for change of name	Government employees, and applicants abroad	Applicants living abroad submit the deed attested by the Indian Embassy or High Commission, in original

Three Central-route rules worth repeating. No document may be older than one year. Nothing you submit is returned, the guidelines say so in terms, original or photocopy. And the Department will not publish anything relating to a change of date of birth, so keep that out of your notice.

Real costs

Name Change Fees in Rajasthan (2026)

Government fees first, kept separate from what any service provider charges. Every figure below is what the government publishes.

Central Gazette, Part IV

Case	Published fee
Adult (major), resident in India	Rs 1,100
Adult, Indian living abroad	Rs 3,500
Minor, in India	Rs 1,700
Minor, living abroad	Rs 5,100
Adopting a name of another religion without converting	Rs 1,100 + Rs 250 = Rs 1,350
Change of religion (actual conversion)	Rs 1,700
Public notice, or change of name and gender	Rs 1,400
Adoption of a child	Rs 1,700 for each case

The caveat almost every page leaves out. Every one of those amounts is printed in the Department's guidelines as applying "w.e.f. 01/04/2016 to 31/03/2017", and the name-and-gender guideline adds in its own words that the fee "varies each financial year and varies from case to case." They are the published rates, not a 2026 price list. What you actually pay is what BharatKosh shows at the time of filing.

Rajasthan state gazette

We are not going to quote you a number, but we can tell you exactly where the number lives, which is more than any competing page does. The ReAMS citizen instructions page carries two downloadable documents nobody else mentions: a "Fees Charge Notification" dated 11 November 2019 and a "Fee Office Order" for 2023-24. Both are scanned Hindi documents rather than machine-readable text, so we will not transcribe a figure out of a scan and present it as fact. Open them yourself from the instructions page, or let the portal show you the amount when you file through your SSO ID.

What the Rs 3,075 on that portal is not. It is the per-page charge for an Extraordinary Gazette notification by an autonomous body, a nigam, a board, a zila parishad, paid by demand draft to the Superintendent, Government Central Press, Jaipur. It has nothing to do with a citizen name change, and anyone quoting it to you as your fee has skim-read the page.

The other costs

Item	What to expect
Stamp paper for the affidavit	We publish no figure, the affidavit article in the Schedule to the Rajasthan Stamp Act, 1998 is not readable on any government source we could reach, and the 2024 Finance Bill did not amend it. Buy from a licensed vendor at face value, or take an SHCIL e-stamp
Notary charges	Varies by notary. Check the Law Department's district-wise register first
Newspaper advertisement	One advertisement is what the Central route needs. Rates vary by paper, city and word count; the Rajasthan DIPR publishes a newspaper rate list
Courier to Delhi (Central route)	Speed Post or courier rates from your district
Aadhaar name update afterwards	Rs 75 for a standalone demographic update at an enrolment centre, free if done with a biometric update

Four fee myths, corrected

"Rs 250 for each extra alias name." No, and this was on our own page until we re-read the guideline. The Rs 250 is a one-time add-on for a person adopting a name or surname of another religion while not converting: Rs 1,100 + Rs 250 = Rs 1,350, with a declaration that you are not changing your religion. There is no per-alias charge in any official schedule, and it does not multiply.

"NRIs pay Rs 7,500 to Rs 9,000." No. The published figure for an applicant abroad is Rs 3,500 for an adult and Rs 5,100 for a minor.

"There is a tatkal or urgent gazette for an extra thousand rupees." No. No Department of Publication guideline describes any expedited or priority scheme. The Department in fact disclaims control over press timing. Any "urgent" charge you are quoted is a private markup.

"Make a demand draft payable to the Controller of Publications." Seven years out of date. Since 01/10/2018 the fee goes through BharatKosh (NTRP) at bharatkosh.gov.in, and there is no "Controller of Publications, Rajasthan" to draw a draft on in the first place.

Payment: BharatKosh only for the Central route, and it is non-refundable, a wrong category or a short payment means paying again. The Rajasthan route is the opposite: its own instructions say the amount is refunded if the application is rejected. Never hand cash to anyone who calls it a "government charge."

Public notice

Newspaper Publication in Rajasthan

How many papers do you actually need? One. And this page used to say otherwise.

Almost every guide in this niche, including, until we went back and checked, this one, tells you to publish in two newspapers, one Hindi and one English. The Department of Publication's guidelines say the opposite, twice over. The adult guideline: the change "should be advertised in one of the daily local leading newspapers stating therein Father's / Husband's name along with residential address and forward it in original to this department." The name-and-gender guideline: "One recent advertisement Only in Daily Local National Newspaper (In Original), either in English newspaper or Hindi Newspaper and matter should be in Hindi or English language only." The minor guideline says the same, in the singular.

One advertisement. One newspaper. English or Hindi. Submitted in original. Nothing anywhere mandates an English paper alongside a Hindi one, and nobody should bill you for a second advertisement as though the government demanded it.

Two rules that get files objected

The heading. It must run under a Public Notice heading. The guideline says explicitly that it "should not be advertised in Change of Name heading", which is exactly where a busy classifieds desk will put it unless you insist.
The kind of paper. The guideline adds a note in brackets: "Weekly, Evening Daily, Fortnightly Newspaper etc. will not entertained." A cheap slot in an evening or weekly paper is the fastest way to waste a non-refundable fee.

Which papers work in Rajasthan

The requirement is a daily local leading newspaper, and there is no government-approved list, so anyone telling you a particular title is "the approved one" is selling something. Rajasthan Patrika and Dainik Bhaskar are the two Hindi dailies with the deepest reach across the state, in cities and rural districts alike, and both appear on the Rajasthan DIPR's own newspaper rate list alongside the English nationals. That DIPR list, at dipradvt.rajasthan.gov.in, is the practical place to see what circulates where.

One honesty note: the Central Bureau of Communication publishes its empanelment data as a dashboard rather than a downloadable state list, so we cannot tell you how many Rajasthan titles are empanelled or in which languages, and we are not going to guess a number. In any case CBC empanelment governs eligibility for government advertising, it is not a legal condition for your notice.

Keep the full original page with the masthead and date clearly readable. The Department asks for the newspaper in original, and a cutting where the date cannot be read is treated as invalid. Buy two or three copies of that day's paper at the stand, from Jaisalmer or Barmer, a back copy is genuinely hard to get once the day passes.

Every document

Name Change Services We Handle in Rajasthan

A gazette on its own is only useful once your other records match it. We help you update your new name across all the documents that matter for Rajasthan residents.

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Aadhaar Card

Name change or spelling correction with the gazette as proof.

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PAN Card

Name update through the NSDL or UTIITSL route.

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Voter ID (EPIC)

Name correction on the electoral roll via Form 8.

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Passport

Re-issue with your new name using the gazette notification.

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Driving Licence

Name update at the RTO with the gazette copy.

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Bank & KYC

Update your name across bank accounts and KYC records.

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School & University

Records including RBSE and other boards and universities.

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LIC & Insurance

Name change on policies and insurance records.

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Ration Card & Property

Updates on ration card and property documents.

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Birth Certificate

Spelling correction through the local Registrar (RBD Act route).

Tell us which documents you need updated. Call 9540005026 and we guide you through each one after the gazette.

Across Rajasthan

Areas in Rajasthan We Serve

We handle name change work for people all across Rajasthan, from big cities to far-off districts. Wherever you are, the process runs the same way, and you never have to travel to Jaipur or Delhi.

From Jaipur, Jodhpur and Udaipur to Kota, Ajmer and far districts like Barmer and Sri Ganganagar, the legal steps are identical, because a name change runs on paperwork, not on which of Rajasthan's districts you live in. The same Central Gazette file works for the whole state and everywhere in India, and birth certificate corrections stay with your municipal body or local Registrar.

Jaipur Jodhpur Udaipur Kota Ajmer Bikaner Alwar Sikar Bharatpur Bhilwara Sri Ganganagar Hanumangarh Churu Barmer Jaisalmer Pali Nagaur Tonk Dausa Jhunjhunu Chittorgarh Beawar

Do not see your town? We still cover it. Call 9540005026 and we will confirm.

Next step

After the Gazette: Update Your Records

The gazette does not update anything by itself. And in Rajasthan there is one record on this list that no other guide mentions, the one that money actually flows through.

Record	What actually happens
Aadhaar	A name change is a demographic update: Rs 75 standalone at an enrolment centre, free if done together with a biometric update. UIDAI's own FAQ is explicit that a user may update their name twice, so do not burn an update on a spelling you have not finalised
Jan Aadhaar	The Rajasthan-specific one, and the one that matters most. Pensions, Chiranjeevi, scholarships, PDS, Palanhar and every DBT payment in this state run on Jan Aadhaar. Edit it "through their own SSO ID or nearest e-Mitra"; the correction is made by the head of family or an adult member with Aadhaar authentication, and the department's citizen editing material indicates at least two documents. If Jan Aadhaar and Aadhaar disagree, benefits stop. Helpline 0141-2850287 or 181
PAN	Correction through Protean (NSDL) or UTIITSL
Passport	Re-issue, but note that Rajasthan has two Regional Passport Offices, Jaipur and Kota, and which one adjudicates your file depends on your district. See the section below
Driving licence	Online. The Rajasthan Transport Department's own page lists नाम परिवर्तन among its permanent-licence services, applied for through Sarathi at sarathi.parivahan.gov.in. No fee, no document list and no answer on whether an RTO visit still follows is published, so ask your RTO rather than trusting a figure from a blog
Bank accounts	Branch visit with the gazette, affidavit and ID. Each bank sets its own requirement
Voter ID	Form 8 for correction of entries
RBSE certificates	Corrections are made only at the Board's head office in Ajmer, the 29 regional student service centres cannot issue corrected documents. Two online routes are published, one for the correction application and one for duplicate documents and fee payment. The Board publishes no fee, no time limit and no document list, so ask Ajmer directly
University degrees	RTU Kota publishes a real "Correction in Name" procedure: the original marksheet or provisional degree, a forwarding letter from your college, a photocopy of your Class X marksheet and a photo ID copy, submitted to the Controller of Examination, Rawatbhata Road, Kota-324010, with the corrected document dispatched to your college within one month. University of Rajasthan, MDSU Ajmer, JNVU Jodhpur and MLSU Udaipur publish nothing, apply to the Controller of Examinations and ask
Employer records	HR, with the gazette copy. Government employees use a bond on the state route and a deed on the central one

The RBSE point nobody writes down. A board correction is made to your school's Scholar Register entry, not away from it. If the SR itself carries the wrong spelling, a gazette notification will not fix your 10th marksheet, the school record is what the Board corrects against. Check the SR first, before you spend anything on a gazette for that purpose.

A sensible order for Rajasthan: gazette → Aadhaar → Jan Aadhaar → bank → everything else. Jan Aadhaar sits early because so many state benefits authenticate against it, and a mismatch there is the one that stops money rather than just causing paperwork. Note also that nothing on the Jan Aadhaar portal documents whether a gazette notification is accepted as the proof, its name data is e-KYC driven from Aadhaar, so fix Aadhaar first and ask at the e-Mitra counter.

Around the state

41 Districts, Two Passport Offices, and Documents Naming Places That No Longer Exist

Rajasthan is the largest state in India by area, and two things about its geography change what happens after your gazette. No competing guide covers either.

Rajasthan has two Regional Passport Offices, not one

Almost every page in this niche writes as though Jaipur handles the whole state, and the "name change in Jodhpur" pages imply a passport office there. Neither is right.

Office	Address	Network
RPO Jaipur 28 districts	J-14 Jhalana Institutional Area, Jhalana Doongari, Jaipur-302004 0141-2702515 · rpo.jaipur@cpo.gov.in	3 Passport Seva Kendras, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Sikar. 16 POPSKs: Ajmer, Alwar, Barmer, Bharatpur, Bikaner, Churu, Dausa, Dholpur, Hanumangarh, Jaisalmer, Jhunjhunu, Kotputli, Nagaur, Pali, Sirohi, Sri Ganganagar
RPO Kota 14 districts, the 37th passport office in India	E-10B, Exchange Building, Plot No. SP-1, Road No. 2, Indraprasth Industrial Area (IPIA), Kota-324005	1 PSK, Udaipur, plus a front office at Kota. 8 POPSKs: Banswara, Bhilwara, Chittorgarh, Jhalawar, Kankroli, Kota, Pratapgarh, Sawai Madhopur

So Jodhpur has a PSK, not an RPO. You can apply at Jodhpur, Sikar or one of the sixteen POPSKs, but the file is adjudicated at RPO Jaipur, which is why a Barmer or Jaisalmer applicant with a name-change re-issue can be called to Jaipur even though they applied nearer home. If you are in the south or south-east, Udaipur, Banswara, Chittorgarh, Jhalawar, Pratapgarh, you belong to Kota instead. We publish no district-by-district map, because the official disclosures give counts (28 and 14) but not names, and a wrong list costs you a day. Check the official locator.

The nine districts that stopped existing

In December 2024 Rajasthan dissolved nine of the districts created shortly before, leaving 41 districts and 7 divisions. If your documents were issued during that window, they may name Dudu, Kekri, Shahpura, Neemkathana, Sanchore, Anupgarh, Gangapur City, Jaipur Rural or Jodhpur Rural, districts that are no longer on any current list.

This is a real and recurring problem at passport counters, banks and RTOs, and it is not a name discrepancy: the change is in the administrative map, not in you. Do not try to "fix" it with a gazette notification. Write your address in the affidavit exactly as your current address proof shows it, keep the two consistent, and let the issuing authority explain its own reorganisation. Note too that RPO Jaipur's own published disclosure still says 28 districts, government pages have not all caught up either.

Distance is not the obstacle people think it is

Jaisalmer and Barmer are 550 to 600 km from Jaipur and close to 900 km from Delhi, and applicants there reasonably assume this will mean travel. It does not. The Rajasthan route is entirely online through your SSO ID. The Central route accepts a file by post or courier, with the fee paid on BharatKosh. The newspaper advertisement is booked by phone or through a district agency. The only step that might realistically pull you to Jaipur or Kota is a passport adjudication, and both of those cities have a POPSK network precisely so that the first visit does not have to be to them.

SSO, e-Mitra and Jan Aadhaar

Rajasthan's Own Digital Stack, and Where It Stops

Rajasthan runs one of the most developed e-governance stacks in the country. Knowing exactly what it can and cannot do for a name change saves a wasted trip to an e-Mitra kiosk.

What you want	Can the state stack do it?
Publish a name change in the Rajasthan Ordinary Gazette	Yes. Online on ReAMS with your SSO ID. This is the state's own citizen service
Correct a name in Jan Aadhaar	Yes, through your own SSO ID or your nearest e-Mitra, by the head of family or an adult member with Aadhaar authentication, and at least two documents
Buy an e-stamp for the affidavit	Yes, at a SHCIL-authorised centre, with e-GRAS challan as the other payment route
Look up an appointed notary in your district	Yes, the Law & Legal Affairs Department publishes a district-wise register, and a separate list of terminated licences
File the Central Gazette application	No. Not through e-Mitra, not through SSO, not through any state portal. It is a physical file to Delhi with the fee on BharatKosh
Correct an RBSE certificate	Not through e-Mitra. Only through the Board's own portals, and only at the head office in Ajmer

The boundary is the useful bit. An e-Mitra operator can genuinely help with your Jan Aadhaar edit, your e-stamp and your state gazette application. They cannot file a Central Gazette application for you, and nobody at a kiosk can make the Department of Publication move faster. If an operator quotes you a price for "the central gazette", they are reselling someone else's service.

One thing we could not establish. Nothing published on the Jan Aadhaar portal says whether a gazette notification is accepted as proof for a name update, or which documents are. Its name data appears to be e-KYC driven from Aadhaar, which suggests fixing Aadhaar first, but that is our inference, not the state's published rule, so treat it as a question to ask at the counter rather than a fact.

Expert insights

Three Things the Experienced Know

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Decide correction or change, first

Most Rajasthan cases are a Roman spelling of a Devanagari name that two offices typed differently. That is a correction, and it goes back to whoever issued the wrong document, often for far less than a gazette. Only a genuine change needs a notification. Getting this wrong is the commonest expensive mistake here.

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Pick the gazette by where the name has to work

Rajasthan's ReAMS route is genuinely good, online, from your own SSO ID, no advertisement, refundable if rejected. It is also the less widely recognised of the two outside the state. If a passport, a bank or an employer outside Rajasthan is anywhere in your future, take the Central Gazette as well or instead, so you are not paying twice.

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Keep more copies than you think

The Department of Publication returns nothing, original or photocopy. Keep your own full newspaper page and several printouts of the gazette PDF, because Aadhaar, Jan Aadhaar, PAN, the bank, the RTO and the passport counter will each want their own.

Honest view

Benefits & Drawbacks of the Gazette Route

✔ Accepted everywhere

A Central Gazette notification is the version UIDAI, the passport office, banks and universities see most often, so it usually draws fewer follow-up questions. Each of them still applies its own correction procedure on top.

✔ Permanent and easy to reprint

Since October 2015 the gazette is digital. If you lose your copy, you download it again free, with no office visit.

✔ Done from anywhere in Rajasthan

The whole process runs on paperwork, so a resident of Barmer or Jaisalmer completes it without travelling to Jaipur or Delhi.

✕ It takes weeks, not days

Between the affidavit, the newspaper wait and gazette processing, plan for a month or more. It is not instant.

✕ Mistakes cost money and time

A wrong fee category or a spelling gap can mean a rejection, a fresh payment and a restart. Careful checking up front matters.

✕ The file is physical

Fee payment and download are online, but the Central Gazette file still has to reach the Delhi office by post, courier or in person.

Special cases

Marriage, Divorce, Minors & Spelling

Four situations where the general advice is wrong often enough to be worth spelling out.

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After marriage

For a passport, the Passport Seva instruction booklet accepts an attested marriage certificate or a joint photo declaration by both spouses, no gazette needed. UIDAI's valid-documents list accepts a marriage certificate too. Take the gazette when you want the new name to hold everywhere, or when you have used your two Aadhaar name updates.

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Going back to a maiden name

The Department publishes a separate Guidelines for Adopting Maiden Surname document, and is reported to require a copy of the divorce decree or an NOC from the husband before it will notify the change. The Department publishes a separate Guidelines for Adopting Maiden Surname document on its guidelines index, which is the place to read the rule first-hand; the divorce-decree-or-NOC requirement as we describe it here comes from press reporting on a departmental notification and a July 2024 Rajya Sabha answer. Either way, plan for the decree.

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For a minor

On the Rajasthan route the portal is explicit: the application is made by the person changing the name "even if person is a minor", with a parent or guardian presenting the notarised affidavit and self-attested Aadhaar. Under five and no Jan Aadhaar of their own? The parent's Jan Aadhaar ID may be used. Central fee Rs 1,700, and the minor guideline wants the full newspaper page.

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Spelling and transliteration

Most Rajasthan cases are not name changes at all. Mahaveer and Mahavir, Bhanwar and Bhanvar, Rathore and Rathaur and Rathod, Choudhary and Chaudhary, Ram Kishan and Ramkishan, and the very Rajasthani habit of Devi, Kanwar or Bai sitting as a middle name on one document and a surname on another. Say plainly in the affidavit that it is a spelling correction.

The decision that saves the most money. Ask first whether yours is a correction or a change. A correction goes back to the authority that issued the wrong document, the school, the Board, the Registrar, and often costs a fraction of a gazette. A change goes to the gazette. Getting this backwards is the single commonest reason a Rajasthan applicant pays a non-refundable fee for a notice that does not solve their problem.

Adoption works differently on the newspaper rule. Every other category needs one advertisement. Adoption needs two, the guideline requires a notice from the side of the natural guardian and from the side of the adopting guardian, both submitted in original. The fee is Rs 1,700 for each case. If your case is an adoption, ignore the one-advertisement rule above.

Avoid these

Common Mistakes to Avoid

Every one of these is something an official guideline or a portal actually treats as a defect.

Mistake	Why it hurts
Buying two newspaper advertisements because a website said so	The Central guideline asks for one. The Rajasthan state route asks for none
Booking the notice in a weekly or evening paper to save money	The guideline says in brackets that weekly, evening daily and fortnightly papers "will not entertained"
Letting the paper run it under a "Change of Name" heading	It must appear under Public Notice. The guideline rules the other out by name
Different spellings across affidavit, advertisement and ID	Top cause of rejection. The gazette prints exactly what you submit
Uploading a crooked or dim scan to ReAMS	The portal names poor scanning as a rejection reason in its own instructions
Signing the Central proforma with the new name	It must be signed in the old name
Sending a cutting instead of the full original page	The Department wants the newspaper in original; the minor guideline wants the full page
Letting documents age past one year	The guidelines refuse them outright
Keeping no copy of what you sent	Nothing submitted is returned, original or photocopy
Putting a date-of-birth change in the notice	The Department does not publish anything relating to a change of date of birth
Paying by demand draft, or to a "Controller of Publications, Rajasthan"	BharatKosh only since 01/10/2018, and no such payee exists
Choosing the state route when the name has to work outside Rajasthan	Convenient and refundable, but state-level. A passport or a bank abroad will want the Central one, and you will pay twice
Assuming the gazette rewrites your old certificates	It does not. RBSE, your university, the Registrar and Jan Aadhaar each have their own correction process
Updating Aadhaar carelessly	UIDAI allows a name update twice. Finalise the exact spelling before you spend one

The six-month deadline, and what "how long" really means

If the Department raises an objection on the Central route, a fee shortfall, a missing CD, a spelling that does not match, the name-and-gender guideline gives you six months from its first email, phone call or objection letter to fix it. Miss that and the case is treated as cancelled, at a fee that does not come back.

As for the wait: the Department publishes no service commitment at all. The only figure in its own documents is that "for the status enquiry approx. a month time period is required", and it adds that it "will not be responsible for any delay in printing on the part of concerned Press." The Rajasthan portal publishes no turnaround either. So any page giving you "10 to 15 days" or "30 to 45 days" as a government timeline is describing its own service, not the state's.

One more, specific to the Central route: disputes are stated to fall in the jurisdiction of the Delhi High Court only.

Why YourDoorstep

Why People in Rajasthan Choose Us

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In the same city as the Gazette office

We are based in Delhi. We assemble the file, check it against the Department's own guidelines, and get it in, and we will tell you honestly when the cheaper Rajasthan route on ReAMS is all you actually need.

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The advertisement, done right

One advertisement, under a Public Notice heading, in a daily rather than a weekly or evening paper, and we will tell you when you do not need one at all.

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A real help for far districts

Everything runs on call, WhatsApp and a short form. Jaipur and Delhi are both a long way off, so we bring the office to you.

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One team for everything

The gazette plus updating Aadhaar, PAN, Voter ID, passport and the rest, with clear pricing and no hidden charges.

An example of a case we handle. A schoolteacher in Barmer wanted her married surname on her passport, but Barmer is far from Jaipur and much farther from Delhi. She sent her old and new name, marriage certificate and address on WhatsApp. We drafted the affidavit, arranged the notary, booked one daily under a Public Notice heading, paid the BharatKosh fee, and filed the complete kit in Delhi. In a few weeks the notice appeared in Part IV, and she used the gazette PDF to get her passport re-issued. She never left Barmer. This is an illustrative example of the type of case we handle, not a named client review.

Quick Answers to Common Searches

How much does the Central Gazette cost for Rajasthan residents? Rs 1,100 for adults and Rs 1,700 for minors, paid on BharatKosh (NTRP). Applicants living abroad pay Rs 3,500. A one-time Rs 250 add-on applies only if you adopt a name of another religion without converting. The fee is non-refundable.

How fresh do my documents need to be? The Department of Publication does not accept documents older than one year, so complete the affidavit, the newspaper advertisement and the gazette filing without a long gap. Documents once submitted are not returned.

Can Rajasthan residents apply to the Central Gazette? Yes. There is no state restriction. Any Rajasthan resident can apply to the Central Gazette, and it is the stronger, pan-India valid option.

Does Rajasthan have its own online gazette portal? Yes, the ReAMS portal (reams.rajasthan.gov.in), run by the Government Central Press, Jaipur, for the State Gazette. For pan-India work, most people still use the Central Gazette.

Do I have to go to Delhi for the Central Gazette? No. The file can be sent by post or courier, or submitted through a Delhi-based service. You can complete the whole process from anywhere in Rajasthan.

Is the Rajasthan State Gazette valid for a passport? For a passport, PAN, bank or work abroad, the Central Gazette is the safe choice, since it is accepted across India and by embassies. The State Gazette is the one offices inside Rajasthan will recognise most readily.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How old can my affidavit and newspaper advertisement be?+

Not more than one year. The Department of Publication does not accept documents older than one year, so file the gazette while your papers are fresh. Documents once submitted are not returned, so keep clear copies.

Will I get a printed gazette copy by post?+

No. Printed copies stopped from 1 October 2015. Once published, you download the PDF from egazette.gov.in under Weekly Gazette, Part IV, published every Saturday. The downloaded PDF needs no certification or stamp.

How can I change my name through the gazette in Rajasthan?+

Make a notarised affidavit, publish one advertisement in a daily newspaper under a Public Notice heading, then file for a gazette notification. Rajasthan also has its own online citizen route on ReAMS, which needs no advertisement. Use the Central Gazette when the name has to work outside the state, the notice is printed in Part IV of the Gazette of India, for all-India validity.

Can Rajasthan residents apply to the Central Gazette?+

Yes. There is no state restriction. Any Rajasthan resident can apply to the Central Gazette, and it is the stronger, pan-India valid option.

Does Rajasthan have its own online gazette portal?+

Yes, the ReAMS portal (reams.rajasthan.gov.in), run by the Government Central Press, Jaipur, for the State Gazette. For pan-India work, most people still use the Central Gazette.

What is the fee for name change in Rajasthan?+

The Central Gazette fee is Rs 1,100 for adults and Rs 1,700 for minors, paid on BharatKosh. Stamp paper, notary and the newspaper advertisement is extra. Applicants living abroad pay Rs 3,500. There is no per-alias charge, the Rs 250 you may have read about is a one-time add-on for adopting a name of another religion without converting.

How long does a name change take in Rajasthan?+

The Department publishes no service commitment. Its only figure is that "for the status enquiry approx. a month time period is required", and it adds that it is not responsible for delays at the press. The Rajasthan state portal publishes no turnaround either. Add your own preparation time on top, and remember that an objection on the Central route starts a six-month clock.

Do I have to go to Delhi for the Central Gazette?+

No. The file can be sent by post or courier, or submitted through a Delhi-based service. You can complete the whole process from anywhere in Rajasthan.

Is the Rajasthan State Gazette valid for a passport?+

For a passport, PAN, bank or work abroad, the Central Gazette is the safe choice, since it is accepted across India and by embassies. The State Gazette is the one offices inside Rajasthan will recognise most readily.

Which cities in Rajasthan do you serve?+

We serve Jaipur, Jodhpur, Udaipur, Kota, Ajmer, Bikaner, Alwar, Sikar, Bharatpur, Bhilwara, Sri Ganganagar, Hanumangarh, Churu, Barmer, Jaisalmer, Pali, Nagaur, Tonk, Dausa, Jhunjhunu, Chittorgarh and nearby towns.

Do you help update Aadhaar, PAN and Voter ID after the gazette?+

Yes. We help update Aadhaar, PAN, Voter ID, passport, driving licence, bank records, school and university certificates, and insurance policies with your gazette PDF.

Can I change my name online in Rajasthan?+

It depends which route. The Rajasthan route is genuinely online, you apply on ReAMS with your SSO ID and upload three documents. The Central route is only partly online: the BharatKosh payment and the final download are, but the file itself goes to Delhi by post or courier. Either way you can run all of it remotely.

Where do I download my gazette once it is published?+

From egazette.gov.in under Weekly Gazette, Part IV, for the Saturday dates near your publication. Keep several printouts.

Do I need a lawyer to change my name in Rajasthan?+

No. A notary attests the affidavit. Help from a consultant mainly saves you from format mistakes and rejections.

Which newspapers should I use in Rajasthan?+

One paper, not two. The guideline says "one recent advertisement Only in Daily Local National Newspaper (In Original)", in English or Hindi. Rajasthan Patrika and Dainik Bhaskar have the deepest reach in the state; an English national works equally well. It must run under a Public Notice heading, and weekly, evening and fortnightly papers are not accepted. The Rajasthan state route needs no advertisement at all.

I want to change my surname after marriage. What extra do I need?+

Add your marriage certificate to the file. The affidavit states your maiden name and married name. The rest is the same.

Do I need signatures from two gazetted officers on my affidavit?+

For an ordinary name change, no. That extra step mainly applies to government employees, who follow their department's deed rules.

What if there is a spelling mismatch in my documents?+

Mismatched spellings across the affidavit, newspaper ad and ID proof are the biggest cause of rejection. Every spelling must match exactly.

How do I update Aadhaar and PAN after the gazette?+

Use the gazette PDF as proof and apply through the normal Aadhaar and PAN update routes, or let us handle it for you.

Can NRIs from Rajasthan change their name?+

Yes, with valid Indian ID. Someone living abroad needs the deed attested by the Indian Embassy or High Commission.

Will the department return my original documents?+

No. The Department of Publication does not return submitted documents. Keep your own extra copies.

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Official Sources & References

Every fee, address, rule and timeline on this page traces to one of these. Where a source contradicts what is commonly published, or what this page used to say, we followed the source.

The Rajasthan route

ReAMS, Rajasthan e-Archival Management SystemThe state's own portal, which hosts the Printing & Stationery e-Gazette module and the citizen name-change service.
ReAMS, instructions for citizen usersThe upload list, the minor and government-employee rules, the poor-scan rejection warning, the refund-on-rejection promise, and the Government Central Press address.
Law & Legal Affairs Department, Rajasthan, Notaries CellThe district-wise register of appointed notaries, and the list of terminated licences.
Jan Aadhaar, edit and updateThat edits are made through your own SSO ID or nearest e-Mitra, and the helpline numbers.
RBSE Ajmer, correction in documentsThe Board's two online correction routes. Note that it publishes no fee, time limit or document list.
Rajasthan Technical University, Kota, correction in nameThe only Rajasthan university name-correction procedure we could verify, including its one-month dispatch commitment.
Transport Department, Rajasthan, driving licence services onlineThat नाम परिवर्तन is listed among permanent-licence services, applied for through Sarathi.
DIPR Rajasthan, newspaper rate listThe state's own list of publications and advertisement rates.

The Central Gazette route

Guidelines for Change of Name for Adult (Major) (PDF)Rs 1,100 and Rs 3,500 abroad; the one-newspaper rule; the Rs 250 other-religion add-on; the one-year limit; documents not returned; BharatKosh-only payment.
Guidelines for Change of Name for Minor (PDF)Rs 1,700 and Rs 5,100 abroad; "one of the daily leading newspaper"; the full-page requirement.
Guidelines for Change of Name and Gender in Public Notice (PDF)"One recent advertisement Only"; the Public Notice heading rule; the exclusion of weekly, evening and fortnightly papers; the six-month deficiency deadline; the fee-varies-each-year caveat; the date-of-birth exclusion; Delhi High Court jurisdiction.
Guidelines for Notification of Public Notice (PDF)Rs 1,400; Part IV published weekly on Saturday; hard-copy printing ceased 01.10.2015; the Delhi counter address and hours.
Guidelines regarding adoption of a child (PDF)Rs 1,700 for each case, and the two-notice rule unique to adoption.
Department of Publication, Change of Name guidelines indexThe full set, including the maiden-surname, different-surname and minor-after-divorce guidelines.
e-Gazette portal, Government of IndiaWhere the published Part IV notification is downloaded, free.
BharatKosh (NTRP), Ministry of FinanceThe only accepted channel for the Central fee since 01/10/2018.

Updating records afterwards

RPO Jaipur, RTI disclosure (PDF)Its address, its 28 districts, three PSKs and sixteen POPSKs.
RPO Kota, RTI disclosure (PDF)Rajasthan's second Regional Passport Office, its fourteen districts, PSK Udaipur and eight POPSKs.
UIDAI, enrolment and update charges (PDF)Rs 75 for a standalone demographic update.
Registration & Stamps Department, Rajasthan, status report (PDF)That e-stamping runs through SHCIL-authorised centres, with e-GRAS as the other channel.

Government fees, addresses and timelines change. The Central schedule still carries a 2016-17 date and the Department says the amount varies each financial year, so confirm before you pay. The Rajasthan state fee and turnaround are not published at all, the amount appears when you file on ReAMS. Last checked against these sources in August 2026.

In short

The Short Version

Rajasthan is one of the few states with a genuine choice. Its own Ordinary Gazette publishes citizen name changes, applied for online through your SSO ID on ReAMS, a notarised affidavit, self-attested ID and Aadhaar, no newspaper advertisement, and the amount refunded if the application is rejected. The state does not publish that fee or a turnaround, so nobody honestly can.

The Central Gazette is the stronger proof and the one no office argues with: affidavit, one newspaper advertisement under a Public Notice heading, and a physical file to Civil Lines, Delhi-110054 with Rs 1,100 paid on BharatKosh. That fee is non-refundable, no document may be older than a year, and nothing you send comes back.

Two things specific to this state that other guides miss. Rajasthan has two Regional Passport Offices, Jaipur and Kota, not one. And your Jan Aadhaar matters as much as your Aadhaar, because pensions, Chiranjeevi, scholarships, PDS and every DBT payment run through it, a name mismatch there stops money, not just paperwork.

None of it needs a trip. Whether you are in Jaipur, Kota, Udaipur or a village in Barmer, this runs on an SSO login and the post. Share your details, and our team assembles and files it for you.

Name Change Procedure in Rajasthan (2026)

Watch: Name Change Procedure in Rajasthan

What this video covers

Rajasthan name change at a glance

Key takeaways

Why the Central Gazette Is the Stronger Choice

State Gazette vs Central Gazette for Rajasthan

Where the presses and offices are

Change Your Name Without Going Anywhere

The 3 Legal Steps

Make the affidavit

Publish the notice

Get the gazette

Step 1: Make the name change affidavit

Step 2: Publish the change in one newspaper, Central route only

Step 3a: The Rajasthan state route, online

Step 3b: The Central Gazette, by post

What Other Websites Get Wrong About Name Change in Rajasthan

Where we could not verify something, we say so

Documents Required for Name Change in Rajasthan

For the Rajasthan state gazette, on ReAMS

For the Central Gazette

Name Change Fees in Rajasthan (2026)

Central Gazette, Part IV

Rajasthan state gazette

The other costs

Four fee myths, corrected

Newspaper Publication in Rajasthan

Two rules that get files objected

Which papers work in Rajasthan

Name Change Services We Handle in Rajasthan

Aadhaar Card

PAN Card

Voter ID (EPIC)

Passport

Driving Licence

Bank & KYC

School & University

LIC & Insurance

Ration Card & Property

Birth Certificate

Areas in Rajasthan We Serve

After the Gazette: Update Your Records

41 Districts, Two Passport Offices, and Documents Naming Places That No Longer Exist

Rajasthan has two Regional Passport Offices, not one

The nine districts that stopped existing

Distance is not the obstacle people think it is

Rajasthan's Own Digital Stack, and Where It Stops

Three Things the Experienced Know

Decide correction or change, first

Pick the gazette by where the name has to work

Keep more copies than you think

Benefits & Drawbacks of the Gazette Route

✔ Accepted everywhere

✔ Permanent and easy to reprint

✔ Done from anywhere in Rajasthan

✕ It takes weeks, not days

✕ Mistakes cost money and time

✕ The file is physical

Marriage, Divorce, Minors & Spelling

After marriage

Going back to a maiden name

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