India Postal Code

India covers the total land area of 3,287,263sq.km. And ranked as 7th largest nation in terms of lands.

WATER LANDS

India is mostly surrounded by water and mostly the southern part of nation which is near to Arabian sea to the west and Bay of Bengal to the east. India has two union territories composed entirely by islands i.e. Lakshadweep Islands in Arabian sea then, Andaman and Nicobar islands which lies between Bay of Bengal and Andaman sea.

MOUNTAINS

THE HIMALAYAS

The loftiest mountain in the world forms at the northern limits of India. “THE GREAT MOUNTAIN ARC” is about 1550 miles long in the Pakistani administrated portion of Kashmir region to the Namcha Barwa Peak in the Tibet region in China.

MOUNT EVEREST

Mount Everest is Earth's highest mountain above sea level, located in the Mahalangur Himal, sub-range of the Himalayas. The China–Nepal border runs across its summit point. Its elevation (snow height) of 8,848.86 m (29,031.7 ft) was most recently established in 2020 by the Nepali and Chinese authorities. Mount Everest attracts many climbers and many people just comes and visit and its even considered as a tourist spot.

PIN CODE

PIN = Postal Index Number

How and why pin codes are found? Also known as Zip code or area postal code, Pin code is the numbering code system of post office used by the postal service of India, India Post. The PIN was first introduced in India on August 15, 1972. It is a 6 digits long code with each of the digits denoting a particular meaning.

First Digit

The first digit refers to the region and there are a total of 9 pin regions out of which 8 used for the geographical locations and the 9th is used for the Army Postal Service. The number [1,2] is used for north [3,4] is used for west [5,6] is used for south [7,8] is used for east and at last the [9] is used for Army.

Second Digit

The second digit indicates the name of the state, or which state it is. Which number indicates which state is shown below;

Numbers	Name of the state
11	Delhi
12 & 13	Haryana
14 to 16	Punjab
17	Himachal pradesh
18 & 19	Jammu and kashmir
20 to 28	Uttar pradesh & Uttranchal
30 to 34	Rajasthan
36 to 39	Gujarat
40 to 44	Maharashtra
45 to 49	Madhya pradesh & Chattisgarh
50 to 53	Andra pradesh
56 to 59	Karnataka
60 to 64	Tamil nadu
67 to 69	Kerala
70 to 74	West bengal
75 to 77	Orissa
78	Assam
79	North eastern
80 to 85	Bihar & Jharkhand
90 to 99	Army Postal Service (A.P.S)

Third Digit

The third digit refers to the sorting of district within the state.

The Last Three Digits

The last three digits indicates the specific post offices in the district.

For example

Types of letters

All postal articles whose contents are in the nature of messages can be classified as mails which includes Letters, Postcards, Inland Letter Cards, Packets, Ordinary Mails, Registered, Insured, Value Payable Articles and Speed Post, Mail is further classified as first class and second class mail.

These are the types of letters and stamps which are used in India right now and mailing system is also widely used for easy and fastest way of sending the message.

Post offices

Here are some companies which are top famous courier services in India