PIN code maps

[Samuel Rajkumar]

Hi,

I do recall seeing a list of pincodes and locations (
http://pincode.datameet.org ?) on the datameet site, that is no longer
available.

Was wondering if somebody has a dump.

Regards,

[Aditya Sengupta]

This is available now. I think there were server issues a short while ago (I was unable to reach the server too).

[S Anand]

Apologies -- appengine's new limits are a bit stifling. The application's exceeded the data read operations. I guess only one person can do a dump on any given day.

The next reset is in 23 hours -- guess that's around 1pm IST tomorrow. You could try then :-)

Regards,

Anand

[Aditya Sengupta]

@Samuel: Consider cloning this (or dumping your data from here): https://github.com/sanand0/pincode

(Anand, this is the same data, correct?)

[Samuel Rajkumar]

Thanks guys. Will get it from Github.

Regards,

[S Anand]

Only the code's on Github, I'm afraid. The data's not.

If any of you extracted the data today, please pass it on, and I'll upload it into Github.

If not, we could download this tomorrow.

Regards,

Anand

[Aditya Sengupta]

Ah- I thought this was a copy of the data on GAE:

https://github.com/sanand0/pincode/blob/master/data/IN.csv

[Aditya Sengupta]

BTW- there is another interesting PIN Code related project here: http://www.getpincode.info/

This project is very nicely done, but does not seem to have any licensing information (that I can find).

[Pranesh Prakash]

Oh data gods: is there anything out there linking pincodes to
Parliamentary constituencies?

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[Arjun Ram]

Nope but it can be figured out if you use the pincode db with lat/longs and the parliamentary constituency shape files that EC used to host on their site.

http://cis-india.org

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[@AntarYaami]

I think @prolificd has a list. We've used it previously. Although the delimitations need to be reconfirmed. Will check and confirm

[Pranesh Prakash]

Dear all,
I'm sorry for necrobumping this thread, but did anyone ever get around
to building that database of PIN codes by constituency? I'm guessing
the spurt of work around the Lok Sabha elections might have finally
resulted in this.

Cheers,
Pranesh

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[Dilip Damle]

Hello to all,

BTW now that the pin codes is being discussed

How many distinct Pincode numbers exist?

That itself seems a big question.

I had done some scraping and downloading long back and have reached this figure  from multiple sources

Distinct Pincodes  Excluding Armed forces = 29595
Distinct Pincodes  Including Armed forces = 34896

Number of post offices about 154000

Could there be many more than that ?

I will share the data after proper cleaning up and verifying and adding some data from one more source which is yet to be cleaned.

rgds

Dilip Damle
(New Delhi)

[Balaji Subbaraman]

There should be 22911 PIN Code.

http://knoema.com/wqrhkud/statewise-pin-code-list-for-india

 

 

Regards

Balaji

http://knoema.com

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[Devdatta Tengshe]

Hi Dilip & Balaji

can you share the source where you got the above figures?

When I Look at the Pincode data available on data.gov.in, I get  barely 19,100 unique pincodes.

Regards,

Devdatta Tengshe

[Dilip Damle]

Hi,

I will share the complete details and data after cleaning up and organising them.

One  important source was this

http://www.machwan.com/knowledege

The other was scraping from India posts website

I will take some time and will share the data in a few days

[Dilip Damle]

On Monday, June 23, 2014 7:03:50 PM UTC+5:30, Devdatta Tengshe wrote:

Hi Dilip & Balaji

can you share the source where you got the above figures?

When I Look at the Pincode data available on data.gov.in, I get  barely 19,100 unique pincodes.

>>> That is the reason I said it is a big question
 

[Dilip Damle]

Hello,

Please see these two links (There are many more )


http://pincode.indiaonline.in/Index.html

http://ind.postcodebase.com/

I think there is no publicly known definitive answer  to the question

" How many pincodes are there?"

Rgds
Dilip Damle

[Arvind Shivakumar]

Can we use RTI get us the accurate public info ?

Arvind

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[Pranesh Prakash]

As per the data on data.gov.in (which it has received from the
Department of Posts),[1] there were

19078 pincodes and 154823 post offices as of June 15, 2013.

[1]:
http://data.gov.in/catalog/all-india-pincode-directory#web_catalog_tabs_block_1

Arvind Shivakumar <arvind.s...@gmail.com> [2014-06-24 10:14:08 +0530]:

> Can we use RTI get us the accurate public info ?

The government department involved in this would be the Department of
Posts (Postal Directorate). Specifically, it seems to be the Mail
Business Division of the Postal Directorate that handles pin codes.

The public information officer (PIO) for the Mail Business Division is:

Director (Mails), Department of Posts, Dak Bhavan, New Delhi-110116.

since s/he handles:
"6. Plan Projects under 11th Plan: Wet lease of Freighter Aircraft,
Setting up of mail Business Centres, Setting of Automatic Mail
Processing Centres, publicity for re-designed pin code and National
Address Date Base Management System." and
"14. Policy on Pin Code and Pin Plus etc. and their Popularization."

http://www.indiapost.gov.in/
http://cept.gov.in/

You could also write to Deputy Director General (Technology), Department
of Posts, who is listed as the Data Controller for the information on
data.gov.in

mailto:balasub...@indiapost.gov.in

Cheers,
Pranesh