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What is Pincode ?

The word PIN in Pincode stands for Postal Index Number. It is also known as area postal code or zip code and is six digits long. The aim of the system was to make manual sorting and delivery of letters easy by avoiding confusion over an incorrect address and similar names of areas.

How are Pincodes structured?

The first digit of the Pincode (in this case 7) indicates the region, the second  digit (in this case 3) dictates the Sub-region, and the third combined with the first two indicates the sorting district within that zone. The fourth digit of the pincode represents the route on which the delivery office is located in the district. The last two digit indicates the post offices.

How does it work ?

As mentioned above, the first digit in the pincode indicates the Region. Here is a list of that:

  1. For – Delhi, Haryana, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, Chandigarh
  2. For – Pradesh, Uttarakhand
  3. For – Rajasthan, Gujarat, Daman and Diu, Dadra and Nagar Haveli
  4. For – Maharashtra, Goa, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh
  5. For – Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka
  6. For – Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Puducherry, Lakshadweep
  7. For – West Bengal, Odisha, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, Meghalaya, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Assam, Sikkim
  8. For – Bihar, Jharkhand
  9. For – Army Post Office (APO), Field Post Office (FPO)

And then, the first two digits together represent a particular circle:

Pincode prefix (First two digits)ISO 3166-2:INRegion
11DLDelhi
12–13HRHaryana
14–15PBPunjab
16CHChandigarh
17HPHimachal Pradesh
18–19JK, LAJammu and Kashmir, Ladakh
20–28UP, UTUttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand
30–34RJRajasthan
396210DDDaman and Diu
396DNDadra and Nagar Haveli
36–39GJGujarat
403GAGoa
40–44MHMaharashtra
45–48MPMadhya Pradesh
49CTChhattisgarh
50TGTelangana
51–53APAndhra Pradesh
56–59KAKarnataka
605PYPuducherry
60–66TNTamil Nadu
682LDLakshadweep
67–69KLKerala
737SKSikkim
744ANAndaman and Nicobar Islands
70–74WBWest Bengal
75–77OROdisha
78ASAssam
790–792ARArunachal Pradesh
793–794MLMeghalaya
795MNManipur
796MZMizoram
797–798NLNagaland
799TRTripura
80–85BR, JHBihar, Jharkhand
90–99APSArmy Postal Service
Source: Wikipedia

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