India Post Office Data

[Varun]

Hi All,
Since post-offices are a hub of activity in many parts of the country, I am trying to understand how post-offices in India are spread. The official website says that each post office serves about 7753 people.
I was wondering if data on post office locations were available?

I also had a clarifying question: Does one pincode correspond to one post office?

Thanks,
Varun

[Devdatta Tengshe]

Hi Varun,

please look here for the data: https://groups.google.com/d/msg/datameet/DJb5cTLr8Sc/FFQ6NTy_DAAJ

And to answer your question, One pincode can cover multiple post-offices. And One Post office can serve multiple pincodes (I've heard this from Employees of the Postal Department, but haven't found an example of it)

Regards,

Devdatta

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[Arun Ganesh]

There used to be a hackpad https://datameet.hackpad.com/PINCODE-Hell.-M4hPFJVV2Gm with a lot of pincode research which unfortunately seems to be lost.

Unique pincodes are assigned to an area that has substantial postal deliveries. A pincode area could be as small as a university with a single post office, or an entire district with multiple post offices.

For each pincode, only one post office serves as the delivery office, where all post destined for the pincode lands, and is further routed to one of the non delivery post offices in the same pincode based on address.

> And One Post office can serve multiple pincodes (I've heard this from Employees of the Postal Department, but haven't found an example of it)

This is quite odd. Would be good to confirm this.

[Devdatta Tengshe]

And One Post office can serve multiple pincodes (I've heard this from Employees of the Postal Department, but haven't found an example of it)

This is quite odd. Would be good to confirm this.

I was told by an old Post master,  that certain Government Buildings had their own Pincodes, and hence the post office which delivered to that building, as well as the area around that building, delivered post to multiple pincodes.

This is either a myth, or an historic fact, but I haven't seen any example of this.

Regards,

Devdatta

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[Varun]

Thanks a lot, Devdatta & Arun

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[Varun]

Thanks a lot, Devdatta. 

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[Devdatta Tengshe]

I have finally found my Whale!!

For a Long time, I have been searching for an example of a Pincode, which delivers to only a specific Government Office/Institution. I finally found this link to a circular on the ICAR site, which says that pincode 110114 has been assigned to it.

https://icar.org.in/files/circulars/new_pin.pdf

Strangely enough, this pincode is nowhere to be found. It is not present in the All India Pincode Directory on data.gov.in, nor on the India Posts Site, nor on the Bhuvan Site. It not present even in the Contact us Section of the ICAR website.

Why it is not present, is one of the many unsolved mysteries of the Indian Government. 

Regards,

Devdatta Tengshe

On Friday, 10 May 2019 17:31:12 UTC+5:30, Devdatta Tengshe wrote:

And One Post office can serve multiple pincodes (I've heard this from Employees of the Postal Department, but haven't found an example of it)

This is quite odd. Would be good to confirm this.

I was told by an old Post master,  that certain Government Buildings had their own Pincodes, and hence the post office which delivered to that building, as well as the area around that building, delivered post to multiple pincodes.

This is either a myth, or an historic fact, but I haven't seen any example of this.

Regards,

Devdatta

On Fri, May 10, 2019 at 5:02 PM Arun Ganesh <arung...@gmail.com> wrote:

There used to be a hackpad https://datameet.hackpad.com/PINCODE-Hell.-M4hPFJVV2Gm with a lot of pincode research which unfortunately seems to be lost.

Unique pincodes are assigned to an area that has substantial postal deliveries. A pincode area could be as small as a university with a single post office, or an entire district with multiple post offices.

For each pincode, only one post office serves as the delivery office, where all post destined for the pincode lands, and is further routed to one of the non delivery post offices in the same pincode based on address.

> And One Post office can serve multiple pincodes (I've heard this from Employees of the Postal Department, but haven't found an example of it)

This is quite odd. Would be good to confirm this.

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[Nikhil VJ]

Hi Devdatta,

Nice find!

It's all dated 2007, so it's possible the program got phased out in the intervening 12 years, or it didn't transfer over to next official in charge or so.

The attached letter from Dept of Posts, explaining that they were identifying institutions with v.high mail volume and allotting individual pincodes to them, indicates there may be more such codes created.

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[Naraina Damle]

Hello, 

Long time back I had tried to get all possible data from Internet. 
Also at that time i had attended a meet in BLR about Pincodes
and shared the data. 
That data has this Pincode.  Assigned to Krishi Bhavan The source was Post Office Site. 

More of such "single" office Numbers are here. 

Prime Minister Of India	110101
Palika Kendra, NDMC Bldg.	110102
Times of India, BSZ marg	110103
ICAI, IP Estate	110104
Sena Bhawan	110105
Vayu Bhawan	110106
Udyog Bhawan	110107
Nirman Bhawan	110108
Central Revenue Bldg	110109
Vikas Bhawan	110110
Police Head Quarters	110112
Delhi Secretariate	110113
Krishi Bhawan	110114
Shastri Bhawan	110115
Dak Bhawan	110116
Sanchar Bhawan	110117
Rail Bhawan	110118
Sharam Shakti Bhawan	110119
INS. INS Bhawan, Rafi Marg	110120
H.T.Media Hindustan Times House, 18-20 K.G.Marg	110121
K.Ganga Dharan Advocates, Chamber No.528, Patiala House court	110122
CAG, B.S.Z. Marg	110124
Rajindra Place	110125
Supreme Court of India	110201
CBSE Alpha, NEET	110202
CBSE Bravo, CTET	110203
CBSE Charlie, JEE	110204
DSSSB Karkardooma	110205
SSC, New Delhi	110206
ICAI, New Delhi	110207
GGSIPU, Dwarka	110208
CBSE, Preet Vihar	110301
DSSSB	110302
Distt. Courts Tis Hazari	110401
DAP Bldg	110402
Guru Govind Singh, I.P.University, K.Gate	110403
Agri India, C-74,OIE, Phase-I	110501
AIMA-All India Management Association, Institutional Area, Lodhi Road	110502
Delhi High Courts	110503
SSC, CGO Complex	110504
Council ICSE Board, Pragari House, 47-48, nehru Place	110505
MTNL, Nehru Place	110506
B.S.E.S. Nehru Place	110507
Registrar of Companies, IFCI Tower,61,Nehru Place	110508
RPF/EPF, Skylark bldg, 60, Nehru Place	110509
Ministry of Environment & forest, B, Block Priyavaran Bhawan, CGO complex	110510
Lok Nayak Bhawan	110511
Pragati Vihar Hostal	110512
Registrar IIT New Delhi	110601
Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangthan,18,Qutab Institutional Area	110602
Central Social Welfare Board, B-32,Qutab Institutional Area	110603
East Block, R.K.Puram, ND	110604
West block, R.K.Puram	110605
Sewa Bhawan	110606
Bikaji-cama place	110607
All India Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS)	110608
Helpage India C-14,Qutab Institutional Area	110609
Registrar of Newspaper of India, R.K.Puram	110610
IGNOU New Delhi	110611

I have not cross checked the data NOW.
Just copy pasted old data.

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[Naraina Damle]

Surprisingly the number 110122 is just for one advocate's office.