India is one of the largest country of world. It has 28 states, 8 Union Territories, about 766 districts, about 5500 tehsils/taluk, thousands of towns and villages. Sometimes city name, town name, village name or place name have same name or incorrect name. Also there are different lanugages used by people so it was almost very difficult to deliver any mail, parcels or packages to specific address.That's why Postal Index Number(PIN) system was introduced on 15th August, 1972 by Shriram Bhikaji Velankar, an additional secretary in the Government of India's Ministry of Communications. This system clears all the confusions regarding different languages, Incorrent name, same name etc and makes the delivery system strong.

What is PIN Code?

PIN stands for Postal Index Number. PIN Code is a unique number of 6 digit which is allocated to each location in INDIA. Each digit has its specific meaning. In simple lanugage, PIN Code is a partial address of your location. If a delivery boy or postman knows your pincode then he can know easily where you comes from?

How many ways you can search pincode on Area-Pincode.com?

There are main 3 ways to search pincode on Area-Pincode.com. First you can search pincode by Post Offices / City / Town / Village. Second you can search pincode through Colony / Road / Building. Third you can also search pincode through Post Offices only.

What is format of PIN code?

A pincode is a number of 6 digits. Each digit represents a specific meaning.

What indicates first digit of pincode?

First digit of pincode represents Zone. There are four zones East, West, North and South. A particular number is assigned to each zone like below.
North Zone - 1 and 2
West Zone - 3 and 4
South Zone - 5 and 6
East Zone - 7 and 8
It means If your state comes in North Zone then your state pincode will be start either 1 or 2.

What indicates second digit of pincode?

Second digit including first digit represents sub zone or state. For example 12 and 13 number is allocated to Haryana. It means first two digits of Haryana pincode will be start either 12 or 13.

What indicates Third digit of pincode?

Third digit including first two digits represents sorting district which is headquartered at the main post office.

What indicates last three digits of pincode?

Final three digits represents individual post offices within the sorting district.

What indicates last three digits of pincode?

Final three digits represents individual post offices within the sorting district.

How many PIN codes are there in India?

There are about 19,101 PINs in India.

How many Post Offices are there in India?

There are about 154,725 post offices except the Army Postal Service in India.

Difference between Zipcode Pincode?

There is no differece between Zipcode and Pincode.Mostly zipcode is used in United States. It is the number of 5 digits in United States.

What does ZIP Code stand for?

ZIP stands for Zone Improvement Plan.

What are called SubDistricts in different states?

SubDistricts are also called with the name of Tehsil, Mandal, Circle, Subdivision, Taluk, Taluka etc.