2007-12-25 18:02:00 · 7 answers · asked by sainath n 1 in Travel ➔ India ➔ Other - India
A Postal Index Number or PIN or Pincode is the post office numbering or post code system used by the Indian Postal Service. PIN stands for Postal Index Number and the code is 6 digits long. The PIN was introduced on August 15, 1972.
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Distribution of PIN Codes across India
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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 8 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 -
2007-12-28 01:19:12 · answer #1 · answered by Jayaraman 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Postal code
2016-04-11 00:51:41 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
PIN Code
2014-05-30 02:40:10 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
you should mention city for postal code.
if you are asking India's International code is +91
2007-12-25 22:03:13 · answer #4 · answered by Michel 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
India is a country.plz tell me u want 2 know the state postal code.
www.indiapost.com
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www.indiatourism.com
2007-12-28 23:58:53 · answer #5 · answered by mal.nabanita 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://www.mapsofindia.com/pincode/index.jsp
2007-12-26 14:34:42 · answer #6 · answered by Guru 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2007-12-27 09:32:20 · answer #7 · answered by amita b 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋