Example of a PIN: The PIN code of Ujjain in Madhya Pradesh

A Postal Index Number or PIN or Pincode is the post office numbering or post code system used by India Post the Indian postal authority. PIN stands for Postal Index Number and the code is 6 digits long. The PIN was introduced on August 15, 1972.

Structure

Distribution of PIN Codes across India

There are 8 PIN regions in India. The first digit of the PIN code indicates the region in which a given post office falls in. The second digit indicates the sub-region, and the third digit indicates the sorting district within the region. The final three digits are assigned to individual post offices.

The 9 PIN regions cover the Indian states and union territories as:

• 1 - Delhi, Haryana, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Chandigarh
• 2 - Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand
• 3 - Rajasthan, Gujarat, Daman and Diu, Dadra & Nagar Haveli
• 4 - Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Goa
• 5 - Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Yanam (district of Puducherry)
• 6 - Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry (except Yanam), Lakshadweep
• 7 - West Bengal, Orissa, Assam, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, Meghalaya, Andaman & Nicobar Islands
• 8 - Bihar, Jharkhand
• 9 - Army Post office(APO) and Field Post office(FPO)

A post box with PIN marked on it

See also

• Indian Postal Service

References

• IndiaPost - Indian Postal Service

External links

• Indian Postal Service - Search PIN Codes anywhere in India
• Indian Pin Codes

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