The status can be checked by visiting the issuing website of the appropriate State Government for online submissions of application.  

Yes, you can apply for a spare birth certificate at the Municipal office of the location of the birth by submitting apt documents and records proving date of birth, place of birth and an affidavit stating the loss of original birth certificate. 

To attain a birth certificate, the birth has should not be registered because a ‘Non Availability Birth Certificate’ is produced. 

No, birth can be registered at the location of occurrence only.