postal index number

A PIN or Pincode is the post office numbering system used by the Indian Postal Service. PIN stands for Postal Index Number and the code is 6 digits long.

Structure

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 as:

1 - Delhi, Haryana, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir
2 - Uttar Pradesh, Uttaranchal
3 - Rajasthan, Gujarat
4 - Chattisgarh, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh
5 - Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka
6 - Kerala, Tamil Nadu
7 - West Bengal, Orissa and the North-eastern states.
8 - Bihar, Jharkhand

External link

*Indian Postal Service - Information on PIN Codes

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