PIN CODE SEARCH

ONLINE PIN CODE SEARCH

The full expansion of PIN is Postal Index Number, which is used by the postal department to deliver letters and other services throughout the country. It is a 6 digit no, with each digit having its own significance. India is totally divided into 8 regions for postal purposes. The first digit indicates this 8 regions. The first two regions indicate the sub regions. The first 3 digits together indicate the sorting district and the last 3 digits indicate the delivery post office. The various regions and sub regions are shown in the following tables

1st digit	Region	States Covered
1	Northern	Delhi,Harayan,Punjab,Himachal Pradesh, Jammu Kashmir
2	Northern	Uttar Pradesh, Uttrakhand
3	Western	Rajsthan, Gujarat
4	Western	Chattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharastra
5	Southern	Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka
6	Southern	Tamilnadu, Kerala
7	Eastern	West Bengal, Orissa, N.E.States
8	Eastern	Bihar, Jarkhand

1st 2 digits	Circle
11	Delhi
12 & 13	Harayana
14 to 16	Punjab
17	Himachal Pradesh
18 to 19	Jammu & Kashmir
20 to 28	Uttar Pradesh
30 to 34	Rajasthan
36 to 39	Gujarat
40 to 44	Maharastra
45 to 49	Madhya Pradesh & Chattisgarh
50 to 53	Andhra Pradesh
56 to 59	Karntaka
60 to 64	Tamilnadu
67 to 69	Kerala
70 to 74	West Bengal
75 to 77	Orissa
78	Assam
79	North Eastern
80 to 85	Bihar & Jharkhand

If you want to know the PIN of certain place, Postal department has provided a online search facility for PIN. You can go here http://indiapost.gov.in/Pin/pinsearch.aspx and type the name of the place, the pin will be shown instantaneously. Likewise you can search for the PIN districwise and also statewise. Everything is customised in this search

SPEED POST TRACKING

SPEED POST TRACKING ONLINE.

The SPPED POST service offered by the Deparment of Posts and Telegraph have come of age. Few years ago people were resorting to private couriers to sent a letter across rapidly. Things have now changed and the postal department has done a lot of catching up. Giving a technical edge to the system, the postal department has a host of facilities to offer for speed post. You can track the status of your speed post sitting in your house.

When you book the speed post in a post office, you are given an acknowlegement slip which contains a bar code, the consignee's address, and an unique Post Article number. To track your speed post you can log on http://services.ptcmysore.gov.in/Speednettracking/ and type the post article no given in the slip and date of booking of the post and click track.(click on the image to get enlarged view)



You can view the entire details of your post, like the movement of your post, delivery status etc. online. (click on the images to get enlarged view)







An uniform rate of Rs.25 is charged (upto 50 gms weight)for speed post all over India (one india one rate scheme) and Rs.12 is charged for local speed post. The rates are competetive and the service is good.

SMS facility for tracking your speed post is also offered by the department. You have to send an SMS to 55352 by typing SP(space)speed post number or EMS(space)speed post number. The letter IN at the end of the number need not be entered. The data will be available for 3 months from the date of booking and the rates will be as per the charges of the service provider