PIN Code Search - Find India Post Pincode by State
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Postal Index Number (PIN or PIN code) is the 6-digit post office numbering system used by India Post, covering circles, regions, divisions and individual offices across every state and union territory. This directory is synced from India Post’s official records via data.gov.in, refreshed twice a month.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is a PIN code (Postal Index Number)?
PIN stands for Postal Index Number - a 6-digit code India Post assigns to every post office, introduced in 1972 to sort and route mail without relying on handwritten place names alone.
What do the 6 digits of a PIN code mean?
The first digit marks one of 9 postal zones (regions) covering India. The first two digits together identify the sub-region/postal circle, the first three identify the sorting/revenue district within that zone, and the last three digits identify the individual post office.
How do I find the PIN code of a post office or area?
Use the locator above: pick a State, then a District, then optionally the first letter of the post office name, and click Locate. Or type a PIN code, office name or district directly into the search box - it detects a 6-digit PIN automatically.
Can one PIN code cover more than one post office?
Yes - a single 6-digit PIN code is often shared by a main post office and several smaller branch offices serving the surrounding area, which is why search results can list multiple offices under the same code.
What do HO, PO and BO mean for a post office?
They mark the office's place in India Post's hierarchy, from largest to smallest: HO (Head Office) - the main office for a district; PO (Sub Post Office) - a mid-sized office; BO (Branch Office) - a smaller office typically serving a rural or local area.
What does "Delivery" vs "Non Delivery" mean?
A "Delivery" office delivers mail directly to addresses in its area; a "Non Delivery" office only handles mail for pickup or onward sorting and doesn't run its own delivery rounds.
Where does this PIN code data come from and how current is it?
From India Post's official 'All India Pincode Directory', published via the Government of India's data.gov.in open data portal, covering all circles, regions, divisions and offices nationwide. It's re-synced twice a month to stay current with India Post's own updates.
What is PIN Code in India?
PIN stands for Postal Index Number, the 6-digit code India Post assigns to every post office in the country to sort and route mail. Every address in India, a home, a business, a bank branch, sits under exactly one PIN code, and getting it right is what lets a letter or parcel actually reach the correct sorting office rather than getting stuck or bounced back. It's used well beyond just the postal service: e-commerce companies use it to plan delivery routes and estimate shipping time, banks and KYC forms use it to help verify an address, and government forms lean on it as a quick, standardised way to identify roughly where someone lives without needing a full address parsed out. A wrong or mistyped PIN code is one of the most common reasons an online order gets delayed or a courier can't find an address at all.
How PIN Codes Are Organized in India
The 6 digits aren't random, they're a hierarchy, coarse to fine, left to right. The first digit marks one of nine broad postal regions covering the whole country (region 9 is reserved specifically for the Army Postal Service, not a civilian area). The first two digits together narrow that down to a sub-region, typically a state or a defined group of states, and the first three digits identify a specific sorting district within that sub-region, the office mail actually gets routed through before local delivery. The final three digits identify the exact delivery post office itself. Real India Post data on this page shows this play out directly: PIN codes starting with "1" span Delhi, Haryana, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Ladakh, Chandigarh and parts of Uttar Pradesh, while codes starting with "6" cover Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Lakshadweep.
How to Find & Use PIN Code
This page's search tool works by state and district, or a direct pincode/office-name lookup, and returns every post office registered under that PIN, since more than one office can share the same 6-digit code in a busy area. The most common practical use is filling in an address correctly, at checkout on an e-commerce site, on a courier's waybill, or on a bank KYC or account-opening form, where an accurate PIN speeds up address verification. Each result here also links back to its district and state page, so the same lookup that confirms a PIN code also surfaces the district's other post offices nearby, useful if the exact office name on an old document doesn't quite match what's showing up in search.
PIN Code & Delivery Speed
Delivery speed depends far more on whether a PIN code is served by a full-fledged delivery post office versus a smaller branch office in a remote area than on the PIN code number itself. Every PIN in India Post's records here is tagged as either a delivery or non-delivery office, a delivery office handles door-to-door delivery directly, while a non-delivery office typically requires collection or routes mail onward through a linked delivery office, which naturally adds time in more remote or rural stretches. Dense urban PIN codes generally see faster turnaround simply because they're served by more delivery staff and shorter routes, while a rural or hill-district PIN can take meaningfully longer for the same reason, a physical delivery route there covers more ground for fewer addresses. Courier and e-commerce companies factor this delivery/non-delivery status into their own estimated delivery windows, which is why the same order can show a very different delivery estimate depending on the destination PIN.
Why PIN Code Matters
E-commerce impact: An incorrect PIN code is one of the most common reasons an online order gets delayed or returned to sender, since courier networks route a shipment to a sorting hub based on the PIN before a human ever double-checks the full address, a mismatch between the PIN and the rest of the address can send a package to entirely the wrong district. A district that spans several PIN codes can also see meaningfully different delivery speeds between them, since one PIN might be served by a full delivery post office in the town centre while a neighbouring PIN in the same district is a smaller branch office further out. E-commerce and logistics companies use PIN-level data to plan delivery routes and set the delivery-time estimates shown at checkout, which is why the same product can show a 2-day estimate for one PIN and a week for another.
Address & identity impact: Beyond shipping, PIN code is one of the standard fields on nearly every Indian KYC and identity form, bank account opening, Aadhaar, voter registration, since it's a fast, standardised way to place an address within a specific district and locality without a full manual address lookup. It also helps banks and telecom companies flag an address as unusually far from a customer's stated PIN, a basic, low-friction check alongside other identity verification steps. Businesses use PIN-level data for more mundane but real purposes too: planning delivery zones or franchise territories, targeting local advertising, or routing a service request to the nearest branch or technician. Insurance and utility companies lean on it in a similar way, deciding which branch or field office should handle a claim or a new connection request based on where the applicant's PIN actually falls, rather than a manually typed city name that can be spelled several different ways. For anyone filling out a form where an old or half-remembered PIN code doesn't seem to match, cross-checking it against India Post's own records, exactly what this page's search does, is more reliable than guessing.
📊 PIN Code Structure by Region
India Post divides the country into 9 postal regions by the first PIN digit. Counts below are from this page's own live records, not a fixed textbook table, so a border district carrying a neighbouring region's prefix shows up honestly rather than being smoothed away.
| First Digit | Pincodes Tracked | States/UTs |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1,452 | Chandigarh, Delhi, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu And Kashmir +2 more |
| 2 | 1,811 | Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand |
| 3 | 1,848 | Gujarat, Rajasthan, Telangana, The Dadra And Nagar Haveli And Daman And Diu |
| 4 | 2,457 | Chhattisgarh, Goa, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra |
| 5 | 3,012 | Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Puducherry, Telangana |
| 6 | 2,806 | Kerala, Lakshadweep, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu |
| 7 | 2,678 | Andaman And Nicobar Islands, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya +7 more |
| 8 | 1,168 | Bihar, Jharkhand |
| 9 | 1 | West Bengal |