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PIN code zones and postal circles of India

The first two digits of a PIN code name its postal circle. This list shows all 70 two-digit prefixes in India Post's directory, the circle and states each covers, and how many PIN codes and post offices use it.

Updated 23 Oct 2026 · Data: India Post's All India Pincode Directory (list dated 3 Oct 2025) and the Local Government Directory · Sources & method

How zones and circles work

India Post divides the country into postal circles, usually one per state (some circles cover several states, like the North East Circle). The first digit of a PIN is the zone; the first two digits point to the circle. A big circle can have more than one two-digit prefix: the Uttar Pradesh Circle uses 8 (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 27, 28).

India Post's directory lists 24 circles: Andhra Pradesh Circle, Aps Circle, Assam Circle, Bihar Circle, Chattisgarh Circle, Delhi Circle, Gujarat Circle, Haryana Circle, Himachal Pradesh Circle, Jammu Kashmir Circle, Jharkhand Circle, Karnataka Circle, Kerala Circle, Madhya Pradesh Circle, Maharashtra Circle, North Eastern Circle, Odisha Circle, Punjab Circle, Rajasthan Circle, Tamilnadu Circle, Telangana Circle, Uttar Pradesh Circle, Uttarakhand Circle, West Bengal Circle.

All two-digit PIN prefixes

PrefixPostal circleMain statesPIN codesPost offices
11Delhi CircleDelhi, Uttar Pradesh103551
12Haryana CircleHaryana1951,722
13Haryana CircleHaryana128995
14Punjab CirclePunjab4513,096
15Punjab CirclePunjab74689
16Punjab CircleChandigarh, Punjab2967
17Himachal Pradesh CircleHimachal Pradesh4392,811
18Jammu Kashmir CircleJammu and Kashmir129918
19Jammu Kashmir CircleJammu and Kashmir, Ladakh98822
20Uttar Pradesh CircleUttar Pradesh3032,909
21Uttar Pradesh CircleUttar Pradesh1191,259
22Uttar Pradesh CircleUttar Pradesh3633,478
23Uttar Pradesh CircleUttar Pradesh1271,429
24Uttar Pradesh CircleUttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand3814,073
25Uttar Pradesh CircleUttar Pradesh58616
26Uttarakhand CircleUttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh1762,105
27Uttar Pradesh CircleUttar Pradesh3203,507
28Uttar Pradesh CircleUttar Pradesh1251,362
30Rajasthan CircleRajasthan, Telangana2942,534
31Rajasthan CircleRajasthan, Telangana1581,782
32Rajasthan CircleRajasthan1992,258
33Rajasthan CircleRajasthan, Telangana, Chhattisgarh2092,265
34Rajasthan CircleRajasthan, Telangana1572,214
36Gujarat CircleGujarat, The Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu2592,489
37Gujarat CircleGujarat54508
38Gujarat CircleGujarat, Rajasthan4143,443
39Gujarat CircleGujarat, The Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu2972,465
40Maharashtra CircleMaharashtra, Goa2971,095
41Maharashtra CircleMaharashtra7255,330
42Maharashtra CircleMaharashtra2372,164
43Maharashtra CircleMaharashtra1491,591
44Maharashtra CircleMaharashtra3093,892
45Madhya Pradesh CircleMadhya Pradesh1832,213
46Madhya Pradesh CircleMadhya Pradesh1661,829
47Madhya Pradesh CircleMadhya Pradesh1892,458
48Madhya Pradesh CircleMadhya Pradesh2493,791
49Chattisgarh CircleChhattisgarh2804,770
50Telangana CircleTelangana, Andhra Pradesh7046,319
51Andhra Pradesh CircleAndhra Pradesh3673,433
52Andhra Pradesh CircleAndhra Pradesh4153,389
53Andhra Pradesh CircleAndhra Pradesh, Puducherry, Telangana4673,849
56Karnataka CircleKarnataka2001,042
57Karnataka CircleKarnataka5954,172
58Karnataka CircleKarnataka4513,734
59Karnataka CircleKarnataka114722
60Tamilnadu CircleTamil Nadu, Puducherry4762,623
61Tamilnadu CircleTamil Nadu, Kerala1921,118
62Tamilnadu CircleTamil Nadu6933,892
63Tamilnadu CircleTamil Nadu5243,427
64Tamilnadu CircleTamil Nadu186779
67Kerala CircleKerala, Puducherry4902,109
68Kerala CircleKerala, Lakshadweep6562,067
69Kerala CircleKerala295904
70West Bengal CircleWest Bengal162494
71West Bengal CircleWest Bengal2571,626
72West Bengal CircleWest Bengal2292,358
73West Bengal CircleWest Bengal, Sikkim2552,300
74West Bengal CircleWest Bengal, Andaman and Nicobar Islands2722,331
75Odisha CircleOdisha, Telangana5324,566
76Odisha CircleOdisha3703,962
77Odisha CircleOdisha41392
78Assam CircleAssam, Meghalaya5784,070
79North Eastern CircleArunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Manipur3464,477
80Bihar CircleBihar, Uttar Pradesh2201,922
81Jharkhand CircleJharkhand, Bihar1382,022
82Jharkhand CircleJharkhand, Bihar2762,908
83Jharkhand CircleJharkhand1161,578
84Bihar CircleBihar3793,950
85Bihar CircleBihar1451,588
90Aps CircleUttar Pradesh, West Bengal22

Going one digit further

The first three digits are the sorting district. See every 3-digit sorting district code.

Questions

Which PIN codes start with 5?

Zone 5 covers Telangana (50), Andhra Pradesh (51-53) and Karnataka (56-59).

What is a postal circle?

India Post's top-level division of the country, usually one state; it is headed by a Chief Postmaster General.

How many postal circles does India Post have?

India Post's directory lists 24 circles.

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