1st digit of PIN |
Zone |
States or Union
Territories |
1 |
North |
Delhi, Haryana, Punjab, Himachal
Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, Chandigarh |
2 |
North |
Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand |
3 |
West |
Rajasthan, Gujarat, Daman
and Diu, Dadra and Nagar Haveli |
4 |
West |
Maharashtra, Goa, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh |
5 |
South |
Telangana, Andhra
Pradesh, Karnataka |
6 |
South |
Tamil
Nadu, Kerala, Puducherry, Lakshadweep |
7 |
East |
West Bengal, Odisha, Arunachal
Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, Meghalaya, Andaman
and Nicobar Islands, Assam, Sikkim |
8 |
East |
Bihar, Jharkhand |
9 |
APS |
Army Postal
Service (APS), Field Post Office (FPO) |
The combination of first two digits along with sometimes the
third digit represents a specific geographical region. However there is an
exception in the case of the functional zone for the Army. The following table
represents it:
PIN prefix |
ISO 3166-2:IN |
Region |
11 |
DL |
Delhi |
12–13 |
HR |
Haryana |
14–15 |
PB |
Punjab |
16 |
CH |
Chandigarh |
17 |
HP |
Himachal Pradesh |
18–19 |
JK, LA |
Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh |
20–28 |
UP, UT |
Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand |
30–34 |
RJ |
Rajasthan |
36–39 |
GJ |
Gujarat |
396210 |
DD |
Daman and Diu |
396 |
DN |
Dadra and Nagar Haveli |
40–44 |
MH |
Maharashtra |
403 |
GA |
Goa |
45–48 |
MP |
Madhya Pradesh |
49 |
CT |
Chhattisgarh |
50 |
TG |
|
51–53 |
AP |
Andhra Pradesh |
56–59 |
KA |
Karnataka |
60–66 |
TN |
Tamil Nadu |
605 |
PY |
|
67–69 |
KL |
Kerala |
682 |
LD |
Lakshadweep |
70–74 |
WB |
West Bengal |
737 |
SK |
Sikkim |
744 |
AN |
Andaman and Nicobar Islands |
75–77 |
OR |
|
78 |
AS |
Assam |
790–792 |
AR |
Arunachal Pradesh |
793–794 |
ML |
Meghalaya |
795 |
MN |
Manipur |
796 |
MZ |
Mizoram |
797–798 |
NL |
Nagaland |
799 |
TR |
Tripura |
80–85 |
BR, JH |
Bihar, Jharkhand |
90–99 |
APS |
Army Postal Service |