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Looking for a trusted name change agent in Tumakuru? We handle the affidavit, the newspaper notice and the Central Government Gazette notification for you, fully online. From Tumakuru city and Sira to Madhugiri, Tiptur, Gubbi, Kunigal, Turuvekere, Koratagere, Chikkanayakanahalli and Pavagada, nothing needs a personal visit.

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To change your name legally in Tumakuru, you follow three steps. A notarised affidavit sworn here with two witnesses, a public notice in one daily local leading newspaper, and a Central Gazette notification with the fee paid on Bharatkosh. There is no Central Gazette office in Tumakuru to visit, whatever you have been told.

One Instruction, Three Different Cities

There Is No Gazette Office in Tumakuru to Visit

This is the strangest piece of advice we have found while writing for any city in Karnataka, and it is aimed straight at you. A page ranking for the Karnataka gazette office address tells its readers that there is a Tumkur government office dealing with all name change matters, calls it the central gazette office at Tumkur, and says that if you intend to change your name you will have to go to the gazette office in Tumkur. Then it gives the address of that office, and the address is in Bengaluru, on Mysore Road, about seventy kilometres away.

So one instruction names three different cities. The Central Gazette is published by the Department of Publication at Civil Lines in Delhi, not in Tumakuru. The Karnataka state department sits in Bengaluru, not in Tumakuru. And there is no gazette office in Tumakuru for you to go to. If you had followed that page you would have set out for a building that does not exist, using an address in another city, for a process run from a third.

The only address that matters, and you do not have to go to it. For the Central Gazette route the completed file goes by post or courier to the Controller of Publications, Department of Publication, Civil Lines, Delhi 110054. Nobody stands at a counter. The same page also gives office timings of half past ten to half past six, Monday to Saturday, where the department's published public dealing hours are ten to one and two to four on working days. Read any page that invents an office with real caution.
Central Gazette

The Central Gazette Process for a Name Change in Tumakuru

This is the route accepted everywhere in India and abroad. Here is each step.

Prepare and Notarise the Affidavit Here

A sworn declaration on non-judicial stamp paper with two ordinary witnesses, attested by a Notary Public or First Class Magistrate in Tumakuru. Not in Bengaluru and not in Delhi.

Publish One Local Newspaper Notice

One daily local leading newspaper, carrying your father's or husband's name and your full residential address. The original paper goes with the file.

Pay on Bharatkosh and Send the File

Pay through the Non-Tax Receipt Portal, print the receipt, and the complete file goes by post or courier to the Controller of Publications, Civil Lines, Delhi 110054.

Step 1 in Detail

What Your Name Change Affidavit Must Contain

Your old name exactly as printed on your existing documents
Your new name, spelt exactly as you want it recorded forever
Your father's or husband's name, which the guidelines require
Every spelling your name appears in, including any Kannada form
The city and the taluk as printed, with the year on each paper
Your signature, two witness signatures, and the notary stamp with date
The taluk line matters more here than almost anywhere. If an old paper of yours names Maddagiri, Honnavalli or Kadaba, that is not an error. Those are earlier names of taluks that exist today as Madhugiri, Tiptur and Gubbi. We name the taluk as your document names it, with the year, so a clerk reading the affidavit can follow the change rather than question it. Our name change affidavit page sets out the full wording.
Step 2 in Detail

One Local Paper, and No National Daily

One of the daily local leading newspapers, not two papers
The guidelines say local. They do not say national
No language condition for a simple adult name change
The notice must state your father's or husband's name and full address
The original newspaper is forwarded, not a photocopy
The affidavit is sworn here, with two ordinary witnesses
Pages ranking for this state name specific national dailies, and one says a local paper will not do. One tells you to place one advertisement in a local paper, preferably Kannada, and one in a national newspaper, naming two by title. Another states in so many words that a national daily matters and that a local paper does not satisfy the central process. The Department of Publication's guidelines for change of name for an adult say the change should be advertised in one of the daily local leading newspapers. Local is the word in the guidelines, and a national rate is several times a local one.
Step 3 in Detail

The Fee and How It Is Paid

Rs 1,100 for an adult under the department's published schedule
Rs 3,500 for Indians living abroad
Paid through the Non-Tax Receipt Portal at bharatkosh.gov.in only
Payment moved to that portal from 1 October 2018
NEFT and RTGS were stopped from 18 March 2019
No demand draft, no cash counter, and no compact disc
The documents must not be older than one year. This is the rule that quietly costs people the most. An affidavit sworn and a notice published, then the file left while life got busy, and a year and a half later both have to be redone and paid for again. If you have papers already prepared, tell us the date on them before anything else. And the hard copy of the Gazette was discontinued from 1 October 2015, so nobody should be charging you extra for one.
Maddagiri, Honnavalli, Kadaba

Three Taluks in This District Have Changed Their Own Names

Published histories of this district list its taluks as they stood in the late nineteenth century, and three of them are unrecognisable today. Maddagiri, also written Maddigiri, is now Madhugiri. Honnavalli is now Tiptur. Kadada, also written Kadaba, is now Gubbi. The taluks did not disappear. They carried on under different names, and old records naming the earlier forms are still perfectly good records.

The boundaries moved as much as the names. Sira taluk was moved into Tumkur district from Chitaldrug in 1866. In 1882 Chitaldrug district itself became a sub-division under Tumkur, and when it was reinstated in 1886 it came back without Pavagada, which stayed here. Koratagere and Turuvekere were sub-taluks that became full taluks in 1928 and 1938. In 1956 the district was placed in the Bangalore Division. Very little about this district's map has stayed still.

What that means when you send us your papers. Tell us the taluk exactly as the document prints it, not as you would say it today. A land record naming Maddagiri or an old school certificate naming Honnavalli is telling us its own date, and an affidavit that quietly modernises it into Madhugiri or Tiptur is describing a document that does not exist. We keep the printed form and add the year.
A Flower, or Three Different Drums

Even the Meaning of This City's Name Has Four Explanations

The Zilla Panchayat's own page sets it out carefully. Popular tradition holds that the area once belonged to a territory whose capital was Kridapura, now a small village called Kaidala, and that a ruler presented it to a tom-tom beater, so the town may have been called Tumuke-Ooru after the tumuke, a small drum. But, the same page says, the original name of the place according to the tenth century was Tummeguru, meaning the place of the tumme or tumbe, a common fragrant herb found abundantly in the area. Other published accounts add tamate ooru, after a folk percussion instrument, and a story of Chola soldiers standing on the hills with an instrument called a tumaki to warn the town of danger.

A flower, or three different drums. The district administration lays out both kinds of explanation and tells you which one the tenth century record supports, without pretending the others never existed. That is precisely the honesty we ask of an affidavit. Name every version, say which is which, and let the reader see the whole picture rather than the tidy one.

And notice that the old capital changed its name too. Kridapura is Kaidala now. A capital city, a district, three taluks and the district town itself have all been recorded under more than one name in this one district. If your certificate and your Aadhaar disagree on a letter, you are in extremely ordinary company here.
Announced 2006, Effective 2014

Tumakuru Was Renamed on the Same Day as Two Cities We Also Write About

Published accounts record that Tumkur was renamed Tumakuru on the occasion of Suvarna Karnataka, the fiftieth anniversary of the state, in 2006. The change took effect for official purposes on 1 November 2014, when the Central Government approval covering twelve cities came through. The same 2006 announcement is behind Shimoga becoming Shivamogga and behind the proposal for Mangalore, which was announced then as Mangalooru and eventually took effect as Mangaluru.

One announcement, three of our city pages, and three slightly different outcomes. That is worth knowing because it explains something people find confusing. There is the date a change was announced, the date it took effect, and sometimes a spelling that shifted in between. Only the effective date belongs in an affidavit. Our pages for the other two are at Shivamogga and Mangaluru.

The practical version, in one line. Anything issued here before November 2014 correctly prints Tumkur, and anything after prints Tumakuru. Both are right for their year, and no office should be sending you away over it. We print each one exactly as your document does.
Check This Before You Pay Anybody

Not Every Case in Tumakuru Needs a Gazette

A name error in a birth certificate is corrected by the Registrar of Births and Deaths at the body that registered the birth, under section 15 of the Registration of Births and Deaths Act, 1969. You apply to that Registrar with the correct supporting documents. No Gazette and no newspaper advertisement are involved. An SSLC or PUC marks card is corrected by the board that issued it. Caste, income and residence certificates are corrected by the issuing authority.

A Gazette is for a full legal name change, after marriage, after divorce, for numerology or by personal choice, and for cases where the same difference repeats across enough records that fixing them one at a time costs more than publishing once. If your degree prints Tumkur and your Aadhaar prints Tumakuru, that is not a case at all. Our name spelling correction page sets out the difference in full.

Send photographs and ask us the plain question, do I actually need this. A good share of the people who write to us do not, and we say so and they pay us nothing. That is not generosity. An agent who will send you to a gazette office in Tumakuru that does not exist is not going to be careful with the wording that gets published permanently under your name either.
Compare the Two Routes

Karnataka State e-Gazette or Central Gazette in Tumakuru?

Sixty odd kilometres from Bengaluru, and that usually decides it.

PointKarnataka State e-GazetteCentral Gazette of India
Published byDepartment of Printing, Stationery and Publications, BengaluruDepartment of Publication, Civil Lines, Delhi
Tumkur University or Karnataka board recordsOften the one those offices ask forAlso accepted
Working in Bengaluru, which many here doAccepted, since it is the same stateAccepted, and also everywhere else
Papers printing Tumkur before 2014Explained office by officeOne published proof settles it everywhere
Papers naming Maddagiri, Honnavalli or KadabaExplained again at each counterCovered by the same notification
Passport reissue and going abroadUsually not accepted for attestationThe published national record embassies expect
Bank, PAN and provident fundNot what those systems work fromThe central notification they expect
Where you download the copyThe state e-Gazette portalegazette.gov.in, Weekly Gazette, Part IV
Our honest advice for Tumakuru: take the Central Gazette. This district sits about sixty kilometres from Bengaluru on the national highway and a very large number of people from here work, study or bank there and beyond, which means records held by central employers, provident fund accounts and passport files. If your case is purely a Tumkur University record, a Karnataka board certificate or a state service file, say so and the state e-Gazette may be exactly what those offices want. The state comparison is on our Karnataka page and the national guide is at name change agent in India.
Get Ready

Documents Required for a Name Change in Tumakuru

Keep clear copies ready, and check the dates on anything already prepared.

Notarised name change affidavit on stamp paper, which we draft
The original newspaper carrying your notice, not a cutting or copy
Aadhaar, voter ID or passport as identity proof
Address proof showing your taluk, with a 572 series pin code
Any paper printing Tumkur, or naming an older taluk name
Two photographs, two witnesses, and the printed Bharatkosh receipt
One thing worth knowing before you send anything: the guidelines state that documents once submitted are not returned to the applicant, in original or photocopy form, so keep your own copies of everything, and that matters here because old land and school records naming a former taluk are often the only ones a family has. You download your notification from egazette.gov.in under the Weekly Gazette, Part IV. For central Government staff, the deed follows the format prescribed under the Ministry of Home Affairs memorandum of 12 March 1987.
Cost and Time

Name Change Cost in Tumakuru

Simple, honest numbers so you know what to expect.

Government Fee

₹1,100 adult

Paid online on Bharatkosh

  • Rs 3,500 living abroad
  • Check current rate first
  • Newspaper charges extra
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Timeline

4 to 6 weeks

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  • Affidavit ready in 1 to 2 days
  • Newspaper within a week
  • Nothing older than a year
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Ask any quote one question before you accept it. How much of this goes to the Government, and can I see the receipt. Our Government fee is paid on Bharatkosh in your own name and the receipt comes to you. Our service fee is separate and stated. Newspaper charges depend on the paper and are billed at cost. A quote that books you a national daily is charging you for a step the guidelines do not ask for, and a quote that sends you to an office in your own city that does not exist has not been checked at all.
One Platform, Start to Finish

Your Complete Name Change Journey in Tumakuru, Handled by NameChangeAgent

Most people think the Gazette is the finish line. It is the middle. Here is the whole journey.

NameChangeAgent is a platform built for exactly this one job, done properly. We are based in Delhi and we work with people across Tumakuru district entirely online, from the city and Sira to Madhugiri, Tiptur, Gubbi, Kunigal, Turuvekere, Koratagere, Chikkanayakanahalli and Pavagada. You send photographs of what you have on WhatsApp. We read them, tell you honestly which route your case needs, and then carry it through. Your affidavit is sworn here, with two ordinary witnesses.

What makes a Tumakuru file different is how much of the map has moved. Three taluks carry different names today than they did on older records, Sira arrived from another district, Pavagada stayed here when its old district was reinstated without it, and the city itself became Tumakuru in 2014 after a 2006 announcement. Meanwhile a page ranking for this state sends you to a gazette office in Tumakuru that does not exist, at an address in Bengaluru, for a process run from Delhi. We ask before a single word is drafted.

Free Consultation on Your Tumakuru Case

Send your papers on WhatsApp with the taluk and the years, exactly as printed. We tell you whether your difference is a correction or a change, whether the state or Central route fits, and whether you need a Gazette at all. No charge and no obligation.

Affidavit Drafted and Notarised in Tumakuru

We draft it printing Tumkur or Tumakuru, and Maddagiri, Honnavalli or Kadaba, exactly as each document does, sworn before a notary here with two ordinary witnesses.

One Local Newspaper Notice Placed

One daily local leading newspaper, worded identically to the affidavit, carrying your full address, and we keep the original paper for the file. Not two, and not a national daily.

Fee Paid on Bharatkosh, File Couriered

We pay through the Non-Tax Receipt Portal in your name, print the receipt, assemble the complete file and courier it to the Controller of Publications in Delhi. Nobody visits a counter anywhere.

Your Gazette Notification Retrieved

Once published we retrieve your notification from egazette.gov.in, Weekly Gazette Part IV, and send it to you. Nobody should be charging you extra for a hard copy, which was discontinued in 2015.

Every Document Updated Afterwards

Aadhaar, PAN, passport, bank, provident fund, employer records and Tumkur University records, including anything held in Bengaluru. Most agents stop before this stage, and this is the stage that actually matters.

One person, one number, all the way through: the same team member who reads your first WhatsApp message stays with your file until the last document is updated, in Hindi or English. Call 9540005002 or message 9540005064 to start.
Every Area Covered

Areas We Serve Across Tumakuru

Our service is fully online, so your taluk is never a problem.

Tumakuru CitySiraMadhugiriTipturGubbiKunigalTuruvekereKoratagereChikkanayakanahalliPavagadaKyathsandraBatawadiShettyhalliSiddagangaDevarayanadurgaKaidalaVasanthanarasapuraHebburBellaviAntharasanahalli

Serving all of Tumakuru district, the second largest in Karnataka by area, across the taluks of Tumakuru, Sira, Madhugiri, Tiptur, Gubbi, Kunigal, Turuvekere, Koratagere, Chikkanayakanahalli and Pavagada, with documents collected digitally.

Why NameChangeAgent

Why Tumakuru Families Trust NameChangeAgent

A platform built for one job, done properly, from the department's own guidelines.

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We Do Not Invent Offices

There is no gazette office in Tumakuru. One ranking page sends you to one.

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Old Taluk Names Kept

Maddagiri, Honnavalli and Kadaba are Madhugiri, Tiptur and Gubbi today.

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One Local Paper

The guidelines say local and name no language at all.

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Bharatkosh, Receipt in Your Name

The Government fee is paid in your name and the receipt comes to you.

People Also Ask

Name Change in Tumakuru, Frequently Asked Questions

Clear answers to the questions we hear most often.

How do I change my name legally in Tumakuru?
In three steps. A notarised affidavit sworn here with two witnesses, a public notice in one daily local leading newspaper, and a Central Gazette notification with the fee paid on Bharatkosh. We handle all three for you, fully online.
Where is the gazette office in Tumakuru?
There is not one. A page ranking for the Karnataka gazette office address tells readers to visit a central gazette office at Tumkur, and then gives an address in Bengaluru on Mysore Road. The Central Gazette is published by the Department of Publication at Civil Lines, Delhi, the Karnataka state department is in Bengaluru, and the file is sent by post or courier. Nobody visits a counter.
My old paper says Maddagiri or Honnavalli.
Those are earlier names of taluks that exist today. Maddagiri, also written Maddigiri, is now Madhugiri. Honnavalli is now Tiptur. Kadada, also written Kadaba, is now Gubbi. A record naming the earlier form is old rather than wrong, and we name the taluk exactly as your document names it, with the year.
Do I need a national newspaper?
No. Pages ranking for this state name specific national dailies, and one states that a local paper does not satisfy the central process. The Department of Publication's guidelines for change of name for an adult say one of the daily local leading newspapers. Local is the word in the guidelines, and a national rate is several times a local one.
My degree says Tumkur and my Aadhaar says Tumakuru.
Both are correct. Published accounts record that Tumkur was renamed Tumakuru for Suvarna Karnataka in 2006, and the change took effect for official purposes on 1 November 2014 when central approval covering twelve cities came through. We print each one exactly as your document does.
What does the name Tumakuru mean?
The Zilla Panchayat's page gives more than one account. Popular tradition suggests Tumuke-Ooru, after the tumuke or small drum, from a story about a tom-tom beater. But the same page says the original name in the tenth century was Tummeguru, the place of the tumme or tumbe, a common fragrant herb. Other accounts add tamate ooru after a folk percussion instrument, and a story of Chola soldiers with an instrument called a tumaki.
Does a birth certificate spelling need a Gazette?
No. You apply to the Registrar of Births and Deaths at the body that registered the birth, under section 15 of the Registration of Births and Deaths Act, 1969, with the supporting documents. No Gazette and no newspaper advertisement are involved. An SSLC or PUC marks card is corrected by the board that issued it.
Do my witnesses have to be officials?
No. An affidavit is sworn before a Notary Public or First Class Magistrate and signed by two witnesses, who are ordinary adults. A neighbour, a colleague or a relative is fine. They do not need to hold gazetted rank.
Should I use the Karnataka State e-Gazette or the Central Gazette?
If your case is purely a Tumkur University record, a Karnataka board certificate or a state service file, the state e-Gazette may be what those offices want. For a passport, a bank, a central employer or anything outside Karnataka, take the Central Gazette. Many people from this district work in Bengaluru and beyond, and that usually decides it.
How much does a name change cost in Tumakuru?
The Central Gazette schedule is Rs 1,100 for an adult and Rs 3,500 for Indians living abroad, paid on Bharatkosh, and the receipt comes to you. Rates are revised, so check the current amount before paying. Newspaper and affidavit charges are extra and billed at cost. Our complete service starts at Rs 3,999.

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Reviewed by Gourav Singal, Advocate. Gourav has practised in legal documentation for five years, is based in Jaipur, and works with NameChangeAgent on name change files day to day. He checks the legal accuracy of the process, the offices and the fees set out on this page. Written and maintained by the NameChangeAgent documentation team, who have handled legal name change work for over five years. Last reviewed 28 July 2026.

Sources for the official details on this page: the Department of Publication's published Guidelines for Change of Name for Adult (Major), available through deptpub.gov.in · zptumakuru.karnataka.gov.in · the Registration of Births and Deaths Act, 1969, section 15 · egazette.gov.in

This page explains a documentation process and is not legal advice on your individual case. The accounts of how the city and its taluks got their names are drawn from the Zilla Panchayat's own page and other published histories, which give more than one derivation, and we set out the difference rather than choosing quietly. Birth certificate, marks card, caste, income and residence certificate corrections follow the issuing authority's own procedure. Fees are set by the Department of Publication and by the Government of Karnataka and are revised, so confirm the current position before you pay. For a contested matter, or anything before a court, you need a lawyer engaged for you specifically.

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