What is PinCode?
Postal Index Number or PIN or Pincode is the identifier used by India Post to locate geographical regions and post offices in India. The PINcode is 6 digit code. The first digit of Pincode indicates the regional zone, the second digit indicate the sub region or the postal circles, the third digits represents a revenue district. The last 3 digits The final three digits are assigned to individual post offices.There are nine PIN zones in India, including 8 regional zones and one functional zone. The nine PIN zones cover the Indian states and union territories as follows:
- Delhi, Haryana, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir(including Pakistan-administered Kashmir), Chandigarh
- Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand
- Rajasthan, Gujarat, Daman and Diu, Dadra & Nagar Haveli
- Goa, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Chattisgarh
- Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka
- Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Pondicherry, Lakshadweep
- Orissa, West Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, Meghalaya, Andaman & Nicobar Islands
- Bihar, Jharkhand
- Army Post office(APO) and Field Post office(FPO)
Pincode By Indian State
- → 744: Andaman Nicobar
- → 50-53: Andhra Pradesh
- → 79: Arunachal Pradesh
- → 78: Assam
- → 80-85: Bihar
- → 160: Chandigarh
- → 49: Chhattisgarh
- → 396: Dadra Nagar Haveli
- → 396: Daman and Diu
- → 11: Delhi
- → 403: Goa
- → 36-39: Gujarat
- → 12-13: Haryana
- → 17: Himachal Pradesh
- → 18-19: Jammu Kashmir
- → 80-83, 92: Jharkhand
- → 56-59: Karnataka
- → 67-69: Kerala