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PIN Code Finder
Every address in India ends with a 6-digit PIN code (Postal Index Number), and forms, couriers and banks all ask for it. This free finder works both ways: type a city or area name — try Bengaluru or Whitefield — to get its PIN code, or type any 6-digit PIN code to see which state and postal circle it belongs to and whether it matches a major city in our list. Honest scope, stated plainly: this instant list covers state capitals, major cities and well-known areas — not every village and street in India. For a full locality-by-locality search, the official source is India Post at indiapost.gov.in.
| Place | City | State | PIN code |
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This finder covers major cities and areas only. For a complete search of every locality, use the official India Post website: indiapost.gov.in.
How to use this PIN code finder
- To find a PIN code: type the name of a major city or a well-known area, such as "Jaipur" or "Koramangala", and press Search. Matching places appear with their PIN codes.
- To check a PIN code: type the 6 digits, such as 110001. The tool shows the state and postal circle the code belongs to, and the matching major-city entry if there is one.
- If a small town or village is not found, it is simply outside this major-city list — use the official India Post search linked in the box above for a complete answer.
How PIN codes work
India Post introduced PIN codes in 1974 so that letters could be sorted by machine-readable numbers instead of by reading place names in many languages and scripts. The country is divided into zones by the first digit — 1 is the north (Delhi side), 2 is Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand, 5 is the southern peninsula's west side, 8 is Bihar and Jharkhand, and so on — and each delivery post office has its own 6-digit number.
That structure is why the reverse lookup in this tool can name the state for any valid PIN code, even a village code that is not in our city list: the first digits always give the circle away. The table below shows the quick version of that map.
Worked example
Meena is filling a courier form for a parcel to her sister in Bengaluru and cannot remember the PIN code. She types Bengaluru here and gets 560001 — the head post office code for the city. Her sister actually lives in Whitefield, so she searches Whitefield and uses its own code, 560066, which routes the parcel to the right delivery office. Later, checking a code on an old letter, she types 110001 and the tool answers: Delhi circle, matching Connaught Place / Delhi's head post office.
PIN code prefixes — the first two digits
| First two digits | State / circle |
|---|---|
| 11 | Delhi |
| 12 – 13 | Haryana |
| 14 – 15 | Punjab |
| 16 | Chandigarh |
| 17 | Himachal Pradesh |
| 18 – 19 | Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh |
| 20 – 28 | Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand |
| 30 – 34 | Rajasthan |
| 36 – 39 | Gujarat, with Daman & Diu and Dadra & Nagar Haveli |
| 40 – 44 | Maharashtra and Goa |
| 45 – 48 | Madhya Pradesh |
| 49 | Chhattisgarh |
| 50 | Telangana |
| 51 – 53 | Andhra Pradesh |
| 56 – 59 | Karnataka |
| 60 – 64 | Tamil Nadu and Puducherry |
| 67 – 69 | Kerala and Lakshadweep |
| 70 – 74 | West Bengal and the Andaman & Nicobar Islands |
| 75 – 77 | Odisha |
| 78 | Assam |
| 79 | Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland and Tripura |
| 80 – 81, 84 – 85 | Bihar |
| 82 – 83 | Jharkhand |
| 90 – 99 | Army Postal Service (APS) |
A few prefixes (such as 35 and 54–55) are not assigned to regular delivery areas, so the tool will say the prefix is not in the quick table.
Frequently asked questions
What is a PIN code?
PIN stands for Postal Index Number. It is the 6-digit code India Post introduced in 1974 to sort and deliver mail. The first digit marks one of the country's postal zones, the first two digits together mark the state or postal circle, and the last three digits identify the exact delivery post office. Every town, city area and village delivery office has its own PIN code.
Does this finder cover every place in India?
No — and we would rather say so clearly. India has over 150,000 post offices, far too many for one honest page. This finder covers state capitals, major cities and well-known areas (about 180 entries), plus a prefix lookup that names the state and circle for any 6-digit PIN. For a village or a specific street, use the official India Post search at indiapost.gov.in.
Why does one city have many PIN codes?
Because a PIN code belongs to a delivery post office, not to a whole city. A large city has many delivery offices, each serving a few neighbourhoods, and each has its own code — Delhi, for example, runs from 110001 (Connaught Place) to codes like 110085 (Rohini). Using the code for the exact area gets your post to the right office fastest.
What is the difference between a PIN code and a ZIP code?
They are the same idea in different countries. ZIP codes are used in the United States (5 digits, sometimes plus 4), while India uses the 6-digit PIN code. If a foreign website's form says 'ZIP code' and the address is in India, enter your PIN code there.
The code I typed shows no matching city. Is it wrong?
Not necessarily. The reverse lookup shows the state and circle from the code's first digits, which is always meaningful. The 'matching city' line only appears when the exact code is the head-office or area code of a place in our major-city list — most village and small-town codes are not in the list, but the code itself can still be perfectly correct.
Can a PIN code ever change?
Rarely, but it happens: India Post sometimes creates a new delivery office and gives an area a new code, or merges offices. The codes here are the long-established ones for major cities, which change least. If a code matters for a legal or government document, confirm it on indiapost.gov.in before submitting.