In Telugu, biodata is written బయోడేటా. For a marriage it is పెళ్లి బయోడేటా (pelli biodata) — and it is not the same thing as jatakam.
In Telugu, "biodata" is బయోడేటా — a one-page profile of a person's personal, family and education details. For marriage it is called పెళ్లి బయోడేటా (pelli biodata). The older Telugu term is జాతకం (jatakam), which literally means "horoscope, birth chart" and is not interchangeable with a biodata.
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బయోడేటా is the Telugu spelling of the English word "biodata", and it means what the English word means: a short written account of who someone is. In తెలుగు-speaking families it almost always refers to the one-page profile exchanged when a marriage is being arranged — పెళ్లి బయోడేటా.
The part that causes confusion is జాతకం (jatakam), which literally means "horoscope, birth chart". People searching for this often find the two words used near each other and assume they are synonyms. They are not, and the difference matters when a family asks you for one of them.
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బయోడేటా is a direct transliteration, so it carries no separate Telugu etymology — it is the English "biodata" written in తెలుగు script. What it refers to is a single page listing a person's personal details, education, occupation, family and contact information.
Where the marriage sense needs to be explicit, Telugu speakers say పెళ్లి బయోడేటా (pelli biodata).
This is the important distinction in Telugu and it is not a matter of register. A జాతకం is the birth chart — planetary positions computed from date, time and place — and it is a different document from a biodata. In many Telugu families the jatakam is exchanged first, matched by an astrologer, and only then does the biodata with education, job and family follow. Being asked for your jatakam is not being asked for your biodata.
| Telugu term | Romanised | What it refers to |
|---|---|---|
| బయోడేటా | biodata | The one-page profile of a person |
| పెళ్లి బయోడేటా | pelli biodata | That profile, in the marriage sense specifically |
| జాతకం | jatakam | Literally "horoscope, birth chart" — see above |
For employment, Telugu speakers say resume. బయోడేటా carries a matrimonial sense in ordinary conversation.
The two documents overlap only in the name. A marriage biodata leads with family, community and often horoscope details and gives work a line or two. A job CV inverts that entirely and carries no family section at all — putting your father's occupation on a job application reads as odd, and leaving your family off a marriage biodata reads as evasive.
The practical problem with typing a biodata in Telugu is not the words, it is the export. A Word file typed in తెలుగు renders correctly on your machine and can fall apart on someone else's if the script's font is missing — which is exactly the moment it matters, since the person opening it is the family deciding on the match.
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“My aunt kept asking for the parichay patra and I thought she meant something different from a biodata. Turned out to be the same page.”
“The family asked for the jathagam, not the biodata. Knowing the difference saved a very awkward second phone call.”
In Telugu, biodata is written బయోడేటా. It means a one-page account of a person — personal details, education, occupation, family and contact information.
పెళ్లి బయోడేటా, romanised as pelli biodata.
This is the important distinction in Telugu and it is not a matter of register. A జాతకం is the birth chart — planetary positions computed from date, time and place — and it is a different document from a biodata. In many Telugu families the jatakam is exchanged first, matched by an astrologer, and only then does the biodata with education, job and family follow. Being asked for your jatakam is not being asked for your biodata.
For employment, Telugu speakers say resume. బయోడేటా carries a matrimonial sense in ordinary conversation.
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